Manual transmission fluid change

Cory Gillmore · 11-17-2018, 01:00 PM

When is this service actually supposed to be done? Isn’t it like a 50k mile service? I bought my car a year ago with 70k miles and as far as I know it had never been done. The diff fluid had been changed though according to the service records. I’m actually at my local dealer having the tranny fluid being changed as I type. It took me a long time and a bit of a hassle for them to actually give me a price for this service though. Legit it took me 3 times of asking about the service before I finally complained about it on a “how was your experience with us” survey and once I did that, they jumped into action and gave me a 20% discount on it. Their price is $150. Which yeah, is a bit nuts considering how easy it is. They charge like $45 for a full synthetic oil change (which is damn good, especially for a dealer) but then turn around and charge triple for a manual transmission fluid change. And yeah, it’s even more for an auto, so don’t think they’re just charging me the same as an auto “transmission flush”.

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11-17-2018, 01:00 PM	#39 (permalink)
Cory Gillmore Base Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Memphis TN Posts: 113 Drives: 09 Sport/Touring MT Rep Power: 3363	When is this service actually supposed to be done? Isn’t it like a 50k mile service? I bought my car a year ago with 70k miles and as far as I know it had never been done. The diff fluid had been changed though according to the service records. I’m actually at my local dealer having the tranny fluid being changed as I type. It took me a long time and a bit of a hassle for them to actually give me a price for this service though. Legit it took me 3 times of asking about the service before I finally complained about it on a “how was your experience with us” survey and once I did that, they jumped into action and gave me a 20% discount on it. Their price is $150. Which yeah, is a bit nuts considering how easy it is. They charge like $45 for a full synthetic oil change (which is damn good, especially for a dealer) but then turn around and charge triple for a manual transmission fluid change. And yeah, it’s even more for an auto, so don’t think they’re just charging me the same as an auto “transmission flush”.