DanDweller

Found it! It's right under a radiator hose. Yep, definitely not happening today. Seems pretty involved. I'm not sure I want to remove a radiator hose and be dealing with that fluid as well. They really design against the DIY mentality don't they?

Well I'm off to a bad start, maybe because it's Friday. All I know is that the hole where you add fluid is definitely not where it is shown to be in the video. I'm gonna wait until I'm refreshed to take the wheel off and look for the leveling hole, as I'm guessing that too will not be as straightforward as the video makes it seem. Is there a video like this for the TC, 2015?

Oops, I forgot to mention that the mileage is at around 65,000. I will definitely be learning to check the level and change the fluid myself. So I'm still left with the question about whether an aftermarket cooler is a good idea or not, and whether it is worth it to pay someone to erase the adaptive learning codes.

Hi, thank you for the responses. I guess checking and changing the tranny fluid myself then is the only way? I'll give it a try. Wasn't really trying to do all this stuff myself but definitely don't want to deal with dealers or pay a couple hundres to have Aamco do a half-ass job--or I guess a third-of-an-ass job since they apparently only drained and filled once out of three times. I think the idea they had at Aamco is that my transmission might be bad and so they didn't want to add entirely clean fluid all at once to avoid problems (which is why they also didn't recommend a power flush--Is that the same as the fluid exchanger that was mentioned?) Not sure why, but they recommended coming back in 30 days to change it again (when I have the aftermarket cooler installed, if that's what I end up having them do). On the cooler, in that other thread there were comments about the tranny fluid being controlled by a thermostat. I worry that adding an aftermarket cooler (no bypassing) could end up keeping the fluid temperature too low. Is that worry unfounded?

Hello all, I recently bought a 2015 TC, XL, LWB which I am converting into a camper. I wish I had been more thorough in my inspection before buying it because it seems the transmission may be on its way out. There is a 1.5 to 2 second delay going into gear from park and (not every time) it hard shifts into gears while driving--kind of jerky. I had the (jet black) transmission fluid changed a couple days ago and am going to have it changed again in a few days. I have three questions here: 1) Is the delay and jerkiness kind of normal for this model and so it doesn't necessarily mean the tranny is on its way out? 2) Is there a chance that resetting the adaptive learning codes will make a difference? (A guy who could have charged me $140 to do it advised against it because he said it will learn all on its own anyway, with the new fluid and my driving.) 3) Does anyone reading this have experience with having an aftermarket tranny cooler installed? Would it help this model, is it worth it? Any recommendations for what cooler to buy? Thanks!