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Originally Posted by JSH
Are these friends of yours doing the scheduled maintenance for their cars? Most automatic transmissions require servicing. My VW is every 40K and my Chevy every 50K miles.
If not, that is another point for the Prius. The transaxle does not require fluid changes.
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Not sure...
I know one of them has taken the car in several times for a Jiffy Lube flush (don't know what that entails). I've never actually done ATF service on a car and I've never had any problems, even on cars at 230,000 miles. I have dropped the pan several times on my truck, drained the fluid, and changed the filter. The truck will actually burn the ATF since it's capable of pulling heavy loads up steep hills.
Cars have no reason to burn ATF, and my theory is that people who have failing auto transmissions are probably just hard on them by making them shift constantly, and under hard acceleration.
Anyhow, broke girl now has a $4,200 check, so this weekend we'll be looking at the cars below. I think hybrid is the way to go considering her constant accel/decel method of driving. Any cars I should add or remove from the list?
Do any of these have timing belts instead of timing chain? I'd like to avoid that maintenance item too.
Altima
C-max
Fusion
Prius
Camry
Highlander
Escape