# 2015 Honda CR-V needs trans fluid change?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-needs-trans-fluid-change/118070>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** cr-v, honda\
**Created:** [May 25, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-needs-trans-fluid-change/118070 "2018-05-25T20:00:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![FrankRunnels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@FrankRunnels](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FrankRunnels)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-needs-trans-fluid-change/118070/1 "2018-05-25T20:00:48Z")

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Took our CR-V (33,000 miles) in for service and was told the next time it came in would need to have the transmission fluid changed. Does this need to be done? I can remember driving some of my cars with hundreds of thousands of miles and never changing the fluid.

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**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-needs-trans-fluid-change/118070/2 "2018-05-25T20:32:30Z")

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> [@FrankRunnels](#):
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> Does this need to be done?

Without looking in your owners manual and seeing what Honda specifies, I would say yes. Typical recommendation on these forums is to change it every 30k miles

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-needs-trans-fluid-change/118070/3 "2018-05-25T20:41:07Z")

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> [@FrankRunnels](#):
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> I can remember driving some of my cars with hundreds of thousands of miles and never changing the fluid

Not to be snarky but Welcome to the 21st century! This car has a continuously variable transmission or CVT. It gets better fuel economy than a conventional automatic. But, it is very different than conventional automatic transmissions and requires fluid changes to keep them running properly.