well i have 36000 fluid not looking to good gm recomends i have it flushed by their machine and well i hear thats not the best so i want to know what everyone thinks so do i flush it or just change the filter and pan gasket

 

Filter and change, mine went not too long after a flush...

 

no flush!!

just drop the pan and do a fluid/filter change...

 

never flush ever!!!! just change the filter and fluid gasket should be a reusable one iirc?

 

Don't need a new gasket correct? Maybe after the second time. Just reuse the stock gasket

 

Everything good with the tranny? Was it covered under warranty? You must be good to go

 

hey man...

nah, no warranty... I had an extended GM warranty, but that was over at 75k miles... I've got 101,000 on my car, hehe....

so, no warranty... was $3,000 outta my pocket...

yes, everything's done and good to go... I had them put a new GM SERTA tranny in it... told them I didn't want them to rebuild mine, and then I have something else go wrong in a month or two and I'd be back in there... just get me the new one... plus this way, it has a 3yr 100,000 mile warranty on it....

she runs STRONG... pulls like a fricken freight-train once again... hehe..

 

Watch the Tranny Filter/Fluid change if you don't do it yourself...

local dealer told me it would be $250 dollars to do the job...

I almost fell over.




Has everyone just done their own fluid/filter change??

 

Search, please.

 

i did search and some got flushes and some did the filter thank you all for the quick responces

 

I thought we go until 50-60K on trans fluid according to the manual. I'm at 35,000 now and I don't remember seeing this as something that needs to be done.

 

its not but when i checked my fluid it was discolored and i dont want to waste a trans yet

 

Mine was darker than my oil at 38k, I drive hard though. Speaking of I need to check it.

 

Wow Lew,

Can you say class action? That sucks. 3 grand around Christmas? They should be ashamed of themselves

 

Long story short I just got my Gxp back and had the trans serviced that made a bigger difference than a trans service should of dealer had been lying to me for months SUPRISE

 

I've done one fluid change in the 60k miles I've had the car. I usually have to get the trans rebuilt or replaced before I ever have to change the fluid.

 

yeah after the dealer not finding anything wrong with my tranny despite it slipping on me ... i checked my fluid, and its a reddish amber color ... so i hope just changing it will get me going again ...

what is a reasonable price to pay for a filter/ fluid change ???

 

The filter is 20 I use scheaffers so trans fluid is 7per qt

You should be under 150

 

if you were closer i would do it for you for the cost of a sig lol

 

I have the same problems (transmission slipping 1500-1700 rpms and a dealer that told me "car runs perfect, couldn't find anything wrong with it)

100K, 2nd transmission ... probably going to need a 3rd soon. fun fun fun.