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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
Too bad not everyone is like you (and me. I wouldn't go that far either without an ATF change).
I've talked to folks that buy a new car every 3 to 5 years that say they'd never even think of changing the ATF, regardless of what the manual says, nor do they ever go by the shorter oil change schedules regardless of how they drive. After all, by the time they sell the car it's not very likely to be a problem for them.
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Only thing I've ever changed ATF on was my truck. No transmission failures on other vehicles.
I did change the manual gearbox oil in the Acura at 10 years (yeesh, that was 7 years ago now). A decade seems about right to do infrequent maintenance like changing fluid you otherwise don't. Flush the radiator, consider replacing the air filter instead of just knocking the dirt out of it. Never replaced power steering fluid before except that time I replaced the PS pump on my wife's POS Pontiac Grand Prix. Funnily enough, it was named appropriately as I sold it for a grand.