# 2015 Honda CR-V trans fluid **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** cr-v, honda\ **Created:** [February 21, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087 "2019-02-21T11:32:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![donphone3\_148583](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@donphone3\_148583](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donphone3_148583)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/1 "2019-02-21T11:32:02Z")
I removed 4.5 quarts of transmission fluid from my 2015 CR V all wheel drive CVT transmission. I can only refill 3.5 quarts. Why won’t the transmission take another quart? ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/2 "2019-02-21T13:11:57Z")
It needs to be driven and rechecked for level. There are passages that were fill with oil that won’t be refilled until the pump fills them. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/3 "2019-02-21T15:45:05Z")
That’s very typical of automatic transmissions. As long as you are using genuine Honda ATF and it’s at the correct level, you’ve done the right thing. ---
**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/4 "2019-02-21T15:53:41Z")
Do this procedure another 2 times and you will have changed the fluid completely. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/5 "2019-02-21T15:59:19Z")
Well, closer to completely. You’ll never get it all. 3.5 to 1 ratio of new to old is probably adequate. Additional drains and refills offer decreasingly significant benefits, but cost the same as the one you’ve already done. I wouldn’t bother but that’s one person’s opinion. It’s your car. ---
**Author:** ![donphone3\_148583](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@donphone3\_148583](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donphone3_148583)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/6 "2019-02-21T16:05:59Z")
Thank you. I will drive it some more, try a refill, and list the results. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/7 "2019-02-21T16:12:59Z")
You actually measured the 4.5 quarts you removed, or is that the rated capacity? ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/8 "2019-02-21T16:26:08Z")
There may be a procedure to follow to get the ATF properly circulated before you check its level. I don’t know just what Honda says. For my Chrysler minivan it has to do with a warmup drive, then idling with the brake on and shifting from gear to gear for a while, then turning off engine, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/9 "2019-02-21T18:16:41Z")
my toyo trans also is supposed to drain 4.5 qts. but only 3.5 came out. so i had the opposite problem ---
**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/10 "2019-02-21T18:30:36Z")
> [@Honda\_Blackbird](#): > > Do this procedure another 2 times and you will have changed the fluid completely. This is the Honda recommended procedure. ---
**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/11 "2019-02-21T19:24:18Z")
Hey… imagine that @tcmichnorth I might be onto something or have done this before…Hmmm LOL ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/12 "2019-02-21T23:43:44Z")
> [@tcmichnorth](#): > > This is the Honda recommended procedure. Is that the recommended procedure for CVTs? I used to own a 2005 Accord EX V6 with a 5 speed auto trans, and that is the procedure for that transmission. That procedure was even in my owner’s manual! Unfortunately, there is no maintenance info in the owner’s manual for my 2017 Accord EX-L with the 4-cyl and CVT. ---
**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-trans-fluid/135087/13 "2019-02-22T01:41:08Z")
My mistake. CRVs before 2012 has the 3 time drain method. Starting in 2012 they switched to the CVT transmission. The CVT is just drain and fill one time.