Sign waiver for transmission fluid change?

[ecotourist]

I did DIY. I did 3 drain and fills with last one doing the filter.

I'm not an auto transmission guy so I'm going to plead ignorance. But I thought the idea was to do one drain and fill so as to leave some old fluid in the transmission. Something about a bit of clutch debris in the fluid being a good thing.

 

[RooflessVW]

I'm not an auto transmission guy so I'm going to plead ignorance. But I thought the idea was to do one drain and fill so as to leave some old fluid in the transmission. Something about a bit of clutch debris in the fluid being a good thing.

Old wive's tale.

New clean fluid is always better.

 

[KrisZ]

Nice! Well done, money saved and valuable experience gained.

 

[Jetronic]

Go elswhere. I would guess the waiver would be for if the fluid change didn't fix the problem or the shop didn't want the , you changed the oil and 2 months later the trans grenaded.

or just: since the oil change the downshifts are harsh.

You wouldn't believe how common unrelated complaints are after a mechanic touches a car.

 

[BMW Dom]

ou wouldn't believe how common unrelated complaints are after a mechanic touches a car.

That’s one reason why I decided not to be a mechanic. My Indy shop actually was not hesitant to do it, but just stared that it might not fix the issue

 

[Pablo]

Missed this thread.

Waiver? No. And no, correct new fluid will NOT make an AT or CVT or MT FAIL. Failure may be imminent but........... really a shop is smart to make customers aware of this..........

 

[BMW Dom]

I've only put about 150 miles on, but no issues so far
No more shuddering or hard shifts