Good day,
Following my previous post, I went to the Mazda dealer for the occasional hard downshift/upshift, and they absolutely refuse to change the transmission fluid, I have an automatic. They claim its lifetime and thats the end of it, no drain and fill, no flush, nothing. They claim if they drain it and put new fluid in, it will block small passages and ruin the transmission.
So, a young mechanic came back from the shop and told me, since its intermittent and occasional, to just unplug the battery and let it sit overnight and plug it back in the morning so the ECU can reset itself. I did that and I don't see much change in the behavior of the transmission.
There is no code, no lights in the dashboard. My car is a 2018 Mazda 3 sedan six speed automatic with the 2.0L engine, with around 126 000 km on the car, bought it new. All the millage is 70% highway and the rest is city driving. I am a spirited driver on occasion, but I mostly drive to work with the car on a daily.
What should I do now? Should I find another shop that would at least drain the pan and fill it up with new fluid? I don't know what to do.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Following my previous post, I went to the Mazda dealer for the occasional hard downshift/upshift, and they absolutely refuse to change the transmission fluid, I have an automatic. They claim its lifetime and thats the end of it, no drain and fill, no flush, nothing. They claim if they drain it and put new fluid in, it will block small passages and ruin the transmission.
So, a young mechanic came back from the shop and told me, since its intermittent and occasional, to just unplug the battery and let it sit overnight and plug it back in the morning so the ECU can reset itself. I did that and I don't see much change in the behavior of the transmission.
There is no code, no lights in the dashboard. My car is a 2018 Mazda 3 sedan six speed automatic with the 2.0L engine, with around 126 000 km on the car, bought it new. All the millage is 70% highway and the rest is city driving. I am a spirited driver on occasion, but I mostly drive to work with the car on a daily.
What should I do now? Should I find another shop that would at least drain the pan and fill it up with new fluid? I don't know what to do.
Thanks in advance for the help!