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Hey man, I found some info on another forum that suggested you do a transmission drain and fill, and........... IT WORKS ! From amazon I ordered: 12 quarts of the toyota brand WS AT fluid ($140 bucks on amazon) 2 pitchers, one for clean fluid, one for dirty $30 bucks total on amazon) The exact same pump she used in this video ($50 bucks on amazon) And the toyota Software she used in this video to check the levels. ($70 bucks on amazon, includes the odb cable.) - this was bootleg, but it worked well. You do need a windows laptop to install it on, but they give you instructions and they worked. I did it myself at home. Basically used the youtube video below All of it was on amazon, and it all cost me collectively less than $300, and after doing the fluid drain and fills (did about 4 of them) and driving the car for about 50 miles the shudder has gone away. The reason I did it myself is because when I called around to other places the price was either too low or too high. The place that seemed like they were going to do a full 12-15 quarts like I thought I needed was charging upwards of $1,000, which was wayyyy too much. Other shops were charging $100 or less, but I felt like they were only going to do 1 drain and fill (because I spent $140 on JUST THE OIL. so it is no way they were going to put 12 quarts thru my system), so I decided to handle at home. Can't stress enough that this works. If you got this done on your own, my guess is they only did 1 drain and fill. Each time you do a drain you are getting out about 2-4 quarts, but if you only do 1 drain, then that means you are leaving 9-12 quarts of OLD fluid in your transmission. That is why you need to do it at least 4 times to clear all the gunk out. So, just wanted to come back and let you know, NO BS, that the drain and fill 100% worked for me. It is worth a shot. Good luck if you decide to try it.