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Is there such a thing as a life time transmission fluid?

I had a customer a few days ago asking me if he should change his transmission fluid, he has a 2017 VW Tiguan with a DSG transmission, he said he went to the dealership and they told him it's a life time fluid, i checked the car's manual, nothing in there, Scotty always recommend changing it every 40k-50k miles, but idk if there's something special or specific about those DSGs i should know about before doing anything 


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When manufacturers and dealers talk about "lifetime" fluid the lifetime they are concerned about is the warranty period. After that they don't care. If you care, change the fluid regularly.


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No, unless the "lifetime" of the transmission is 40-50,000 miles.


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Is there such a thing as a life time transmission fluid?

Oh absolutely there is!

But that lifetime is going to be very short.

 

https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/qa/atf/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUfOdsZLoCs

 


Yep. funnily enough, there’s nothing special about the “lifetime fluid” - it’s actually the same fluid type and spec as regular automatics that require regular fluid changes.
(In most cases**)


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There is no such thing as lifetime transmission fluid, unless you want the car/transmission to only last the warranty period.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuNNqh8-jkw


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NO


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