# 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier - Transmission Fluid Substitute **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 18, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-chevrolet-cavalier-transmission-fluid-substitute/146954 "2019-08-18T14:04:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StevenWeeg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevenweeg/32/17191_2.png) [@StevenWeeg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/StevenWeeg)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-chevrolet-cavalier-transmission-fluid-substitute/146954/1 "2019-08-18T14:04:39Z")
What can I use if I don’t have transmission fluid? ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-chevrolet-cavalier-transmission-fluid-substitute/146954/2 "2019-08-18T14:08:58Z")
An Uber to take you to get the SPECIFIED transmission fluid. Any substitute will ruin your transmission. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-chevrolet-cavalier-transmission-fluid-substitute/146954/3 "2019-08-18T14:11:29Z")
You don’t have a friend or neighbor who will take you to Walmart to get the correct fluid ? If you are in the US a Walmart or Autozone is never that far away. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-chevrolet-cavalier-transmission-fluid-substitute/146954/4 "2019-08-18T16:29:37Z")
Disagree on walmart not being far away where my daughter lived in Nevada it was 3 hour’s to a walmart & where my ex wife’s mother lived in Texas it was 4 hour’s to a walmart. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-chevrolet-cavalier-transmission-fluid-substitute/146954/5 "2019-08-19T02:21:47Z")
Shoe leather. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-chevrolet-cavalier-transmission-fluid-substitute/146954/6 "2019-08-19T04:43:31Z")
Ruin your transmission if you use anything else. Surely things aren’t that desperate unless you live out in the wide open spaces away from everything and everybody. Your second step should be figuring out where the transmission is losing ATF. ---
**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-chevrolet-cavalier-transmission-fluid-substitute/146954/7 "2019-08-19T17:07:25Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > An Uber to take you to get the SPECIFIED transmission fluid. Any substitute will ruin your transmission. Or a tow truck to take the car directly to the mechanic… ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-chevrolet-cavalier-transmission-fluid-substitute/146954/8 "2019-08-19T17:24:22Z")
> [@StevenWeeg](#): > > What can I use if I don’t have transmission fluid? Public Transportation since the car aint going anywhere.