Hands tied re: Trans Fluid change? Advice needed - Toyota Yaris Forums

jdlamoreaux · 07-09-2019, 01:42 PM

Thanks for all the responses! I am wanting my car to last as long as possible, that's my motivation at this point. I know when I hit 200k miles, I'm on borrowed time already, so I want to do everything I can to educate myself and keep up with all the proper maintenance. I was able to have my Toyota dealer look at my car's history thru the VIN, and the fluid was changed for sure 9 years ago when I was having it serviced by a dealer, so at least I know it was changed at least once. Their opinion was to go ahead and change it. I asked why the price differences, he said the chains are doing the flush for $130 with the same machines as the mom & pop shops for $300 (he told me the dealer price was $350) - he seemed to think they were just charging way less because it's not very complicated procedure and they just wanted to be competitive. But I think I will be asking if they can do the drain and fill rather than the flush anyway, just because the opinion here sounds like that's "safer".

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07-09-2019, 01:42 PM	#7
jdlamoreaux Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 8	Thanks for all the responses! I am wanting my car to last as long as possible, that's my motivation at this point. I know when I hit 200k miles, I'm on borrowed time already, so I want to do everything I can to educate myself and keep up with all the proper maintenance. I was able to have my Toyota dealer look at my car's history thru the VIN, and the fluid was changed for sure 9 years ago when I was having it serviced by a dealer, so at least I know it was changed at least once. Their opinion was to go ahead and change it. I asked why the price differences, he said the chains are doing the flush for $130 with the same machines as the mom & pop shops for $300 (he told me the dealer price was $350) - he seemed to think they were just charging way less because it's not very complicated procedure and they just wanted to be competitive. But I think I will be asking if they can do the drain and fill rather than the flush anyway, just because the opinion here sounds like that's "safer".