Originally Posted By: Tones
That's ridculous. Oils meeting Dex II or III can not be "anything" other than oils meeting Dex II or III. Perhaps you should be using more reputable name brands. Engine oil is different than ATF and is not comparable. An engine can operate on a wide variety of oils, but an ATF cannot.
I'm pretty sure that Mopar's ATFs are not that way. That is, ATF+4 is the current specification. All bottles that claim ATF+4 have paid licensing fees to Mopar to have the lubricant validated as meeting the specification, and they can advertise that on the bottle.
Since ATF+3 or ATF+2 is an obsolete specification, Mopar no longer validates lubricants to meet that spec, and no longer regulates the license on that. So an ATF that is advertised as ATF+3 may or may not meet the specification.
No?
As such, that's how I understood the Dexron issue to be. Since II and III are obsolete, and VI is the current specification, what you're getting when you buy II or III may not actually be II or III.