Hey Scotty, Love your show. Anyways, I have a 2015 Chevy Cruze LT 1.4L turbo, with 81,000miles. My question is do I have to change the automatic transmission. Per the owner manual it has 2 sections, 1 for normal driving and other severe driving. For normal it says to change fluid @90,000 and for severe @45,000. I called GM and the GM dealership, and they stated to not change the fluid, since I’m not having issues. I regularly change the Engine oil, but I wanna keep this car for a long time. I know Cruze are notorious for having black Automatic Transmission fluid. I’m almost done paying off my loan, should I just trade it now? Especially with the market paying more for what one paid for? Thanks
I always think that fluids should be changed according to the "severe conditions" descriptions. If this is an error on the side of caution, that's fine. Like Scotty said, oil is cheap, engines (and transmissions) are not.
I'm with @Doc. The normal condition for car companies is the ideal condition, which never happens in the real world.
So you wanna keep it for a long time or do you want to trade it in?
If it’s the former, I’d check the condition of the ATF first, and then change it, using this as a guide - https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/qa/atf/
If it’s the latter, trade it in ASAP and find yourself a good condition Corolla or Civic.
All the best!
