Rice Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Hi All, I just bought an 05. The car is very nice in all respects, but it has 80K highway miles on it. I wanted to do a transmission tune-up (change filter and fluid) and the guy who sold it to me said to NEVER do this. He said that 05 trannies are sealed and are not meant to ever be opened up. In fact, the car doesn't even have a transmission dip stick. He also told me that if you touch the existing fluid, it will upset something inside and will cause problems. This seems to be a common thing that most mechanics tell me - A customer comes in to perform routine trans. flush and leave with problems - bad shifts, no shifts, etc... My question is, what does Toyota recommend to do as far as tranny maintenance and how often? Also, I want to tow a bike for about 2K miles this spring. I used to have a hitch on my 97 LS and it handled it w/o any problems. However, in order to be on the safe side, I'm thinking of adding a transmission cooler. Just in case. Has anyone done it before? What's involved? Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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