Took my 60,000 mile 2009 toyota corolla for maintenance, they did a transmission fluid drain and refill with filter change and told me that the fluid was dirty with debris. Haven’t noticed any strange sounds while driving and the car drives completely fine for now. The guy said the debris is most …

I really question a repair like this. I’d get a second opinion. This doesn’t pass the smell test. First off I don’t know of any reputable transmission shop that’s going to open up a transmission just to replace the clutch disks. That doesn’t make sense. At $1600 in labor actually seems low for a tr…

The reason for dropping the pan on the transmission to service it is to clean the acumulated debris from clutch wear. A black residue and metal scraps are normal. There are magnets in the pan to hold steel shredded from the clutches. I suggest you find another shop.

Agree! Years ago I had the transmission serviced by a local shop, and the tech carefully explained to me that “some debris in the pan” was normal, but eventually all that wear would mean a rebuild. That was at 125,000 miles and we were pulling a small camper at the time. The transmission outlived th…

+1 more. That is the reason for a drain and pan drop and filter change. I suspect the gentleman was Covering His Ars; if you have problems, he can say he told you so, but it’s doubtful you will. Just keep up with your recommended maintenance as you have been, check all your fluids on a regular basis…

One point to add to the good advice above: be sure the transmission fluid that was used is the exact fluid recommended by the carmaker.

What kind of shop did you take it to? Dealer? Chain? Independent?

The Guinness Book of World Records can’t count the times a mechanic said something like that and was telling a tall tale. There is always 60,000 miles worth of debris. RV people get lied to all the time when they get their axle fluid changed the first time. This is ground transportation not spacecra…

I am impressed that a 2009 car has only 60K miles. The mechanic is dishonest. Don’t know if you have a standard or automatic, but I had a standard with 242,00 miles. And had to do only minor transmission repair on a Mazda Protege. (Less than $300) I would never go back to him and tell him so.

This guy might not be honest. At this low miles, and in the absence of any other problems coming from the trans? I’d dump this guy like a bad habit. ALL used transmission fluid is going to have dirt even if it only has a couple hundred miles on it. This dirt could be clutch material, wear from t…

Dirty Transmission Fluid, Do I Need To Repair?

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TwinTurbo March 13, 2017, 5:05pm 2

Personally, I wouldn’t do any repair like this proactively. I would wait for some drivability issue to surface. What I would do is another fluid drain and refill in about 5-10k miles and check it again then. Depending on how quickly you accumulate miles on this car…

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