I'm planning to get my 60,000 mile transmission service done soon. There's a local shop where I take my fiancee's MDX that has a special this month, so I figured now is just as a good a time as any. As much as I trust these guys to do good work, I've seen a couple of threads that make allusion to different ways the transmission fluid can be changed (drop the pan vs. power flush), so before taking it in, I wanted to get as much information as I can about what needs to be done and how it needs to be done. After a couple of days of searching around the forums, here are the questions I've come up with so far that I need to ask the shop. Please let me know if there is anything else I should ask them or make sure they're doing. (Or if any of these questions really don't matter, let me know that too so I don't make myself look like an idiot!) In case it matters, I have the 4R75E transmission.

1. Will you also change the transfer case fluid?
2. Will you also change the filter? What kind do they use?
3. Will you do a flush or drop the pan?
4. Will you use a Mercon V fluid?

Thanks in advance.

 

1. No.
2. I dunno. At 30K and 60K, I leave the filter alone, and change it at 90K. That's me.
3. I dunno.
4. Probably not if it's not a Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer.

 

Thanks for the input. What I actually meant is, these are the questions I think I should ask the shop before I let them tear into my truck, but I wanted to make sure (1) that these are valid questions, and (2) that there aren't any other valid questions I need to ask. Funny how my post seemed 100% clear to me before posting it, and now, re-reading it, it's a little cryptic. So, is there anything else I need to ask?

 

At 60K, I'd just request that they use a flush machine, and that they use Mercon V.

 

wow... good post

 

I dont like the flush machines, unless they put it in exhange mode. That uses the trucks tranny pump to do the fluid change. Less chance of crap going up into the valve body.
I used the Mobil 1 Full synthetic and the tranny works great.

 

Nevermind