Has anyone had a transmission fluid service done recently? I asked my dealer, who told me it wasn’t needed until 150k. I thought that sounded ridiculous and asked how much it would be anyway. $410 was the quote I received, which seems very high. I paid $275 at the Nissan dealer for my 2020 Frontier.
2017~2025 CX-5 Automatic Transmission service?
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Here in SF Bay Area, drain-n-refill ATF used to cost about $200.
A couple yrs ago, it was about $250.
Now, maybe $300 with inflation. (oil change was $49, now $99 for comparison)
Anyway, $410 seems high even with SF Bay Area high prices.
Check other dealers or indie shops, I would suggest.
BTW, I have ATF drain-n-refill on 30k interval for all my four Mazdas.
A couple yrs ago, it was about $250.
Now, maybe $300 with inflation. (oil change was $49, now $99 for comparison)
Anyway, $410 seems high even with SF Bay Area high prices.
Check other dealers or indie shops, I would suggest.
BTW, I have ATF drain-n-refill on 30k interval for all my four Mazdas.
Conrad 16.5
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IF you go to a dealership for this service. Make sure that they don't try to sell you, and charge you for, a transmission flush.
Without a special/custom adapter, a fluid flush can't be done on these Mazda transmissions.
Without a special/custom adapter, a fluid flush can't be done on these Mazda transmissions.
And if I recall, Mazda recommends against transmission flushes anyway.
Conrad 16.5
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Of course they do! Their shop can't/won't do it and they don't want you taking your Mazda anywhere else.
Besides, it's a 'lifetime' fill right?
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I wish I had your dealership close by. I got another quote at an indie Japanese specialist. They want 299 for the job. If I was out of warranty I would do it myself, but I want a record of it being done.
I know, it's amazing. I had coolant drain/filled along with the tranny work and that was $78.97. It's amazing what some dealers think they can get away with. Hint: Honda.
what year was that?
This year, back in September.
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What exactly was included for the $410 quote? Just a drain and fill?
For just a drain and fill, I would expect $150-200. To drop the pan and replace the filter in addition to replacing the fluid, I'd guess that it would be closer to $400.
I happily paid about $130 CDN for the fluid and did 2x drain and fills myself.
Hopefully most shops take into account AT fluid thermal expansion for drain and refill replacement fluid volume of a vehicle that just pulled in for service. On any vehicle I’ve done AT volume based replacements I either left vehicle in garage with replacement fluids overnight or in a few instances weighed the fluid old/new which were at different temps.
