Statistics show many transmissions in a large variety of vehicles including four wheel drives and European cars often fail as early as 115,000 Km from worn out valve bodies. This is the brain of your transmission which controls the clutches, which in turn controls the gear selection. In many cases this costly failure could be avoided by simple regular transmission servicing.
Automatic transmissions can be expensive to service due mostly to the cost of the synthetic fluids now prominent in late model vehicles.
In comparison to repairing a failed transmission, a self imposed service schedule is far more cost effective.
We recommend changing synthetic transmission fluids every 40,000 Kilometers/2 years and non synthetic fluids every 20,000 Kilometers/1 year. Any 4wd vehicles that are performing towing, should adopt a 20,000kms 12 month service interval and it is also recommended that they be fitted with a transmission cooler to avoid the transmission overheating. (If the unit is a five speed don’t be tempted to pull up grades while towing in drive as it will overheat the transmission.) Anticipate and pull the transmission out of fifth or fourth to take the load off the transmission. Adopting a regular service interval can double or triple the expected life of the transmission.
“Good maintenance doesn’t cost, it pays”
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