200,000kms and no tranny fluid replacement - Toyota Yaris Forums

JimmyCracksCorn · 05-01-2017, 06:26 PM

Ok so I have a 2007 Yaris hatchback with 203,000kms on it. Regular oil changes and 2 coolant changes, but have never gotten the tranny fluid changed(it's an automatic). Now the dipstick says "no need to change fluid under normal driving conditions". My mileage since the beginning is about 85-90% highway. Never towed anything etc... A couple days ago I thought I would check it. I warmed the car up with a 15 minute highway drive, and then about 10 minutes of stop and go traffic. Pulled into a parking lot, and stopped the with the brake applied I slowly shifted through all the gears, and then put it in park. I left the Yaris running and applied the E brake. Popped the hood and pulled the tranny dipstick out, wiped it with a clean rag and put it back all the way in and pulled it out and checked it. The color on the dipstick was a bright pink, no smell at all, and took the oil off the dipstick into my fingers( expected it to be hot but wasn't?), and felt absolutely no grit or anything. I am seriously not joking. People are telling me that I need to change it, but it shifts as great now as the day I got it. I want to keep this car as long as I can. Should I change it? Sorry for the long post, but wanted to be as thorough as I could. Thanks in advance.

tmontague · 05-01-2017, 06:59 PM

It's your call, but it's likely more just a piece of mind than anything else if you change it.

Its likely fine to leave as is

JimmyCracksCorn · 05-01-2017, 11:40 PM

Ya, I was leaning that way. Thanks.

CB900F2 · 05-02-2017, 06:29 AM

It's very easy to change and refill .. I would change it

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05-01-2017, 06:26 PM	#1
JimmyCracksCorn Drives: 2007 yaris Join Date: May 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 2	200,000kms and no tranny fluid replacement Ok so I have a 2007 Yaris hatchback with 203,000kms on it. Regular oil changes and 2 coolant changes, but have never gotten the tranny fluid changed(it's an automatic). Now the dipstick says "no need to change fluid under normal driving conditions". My mileage since the beginning is about 85-90% highway. Never towed anything etc... A couple days ago I thought I would check it. I warmed the car up with a 15 minute highway drive, and then about 10 minutes of stop and go traffic. Pulled into a parking lot, and stopped the with the brake applied I slowly shifted through all the gears, and then put it in park. I left the Yaris running and applied the E brake. Popped the hood and pulled the tranny dipstick out, wiped it with a clean rag and put it back all the way in and pulled it out and checked it. The color on the dipstick was a bright pink, no smell at all, and took the oil off the dipstick into my fingers( expected it to be hot but wasn't?), and felt absolutely no grit or anything. I am seriously not joking. People are telling me that I need to change it, but it shifts as great now as the day I got it. I want to keep this car as long as I can. Should I change it? Sorry for the long post, but wanted to be as thorough as I could. Thanks in advance.

05-01-2017, 06:59 PM	#2
tmontague View User's Garage Drives: '08 2zr swapped Vios M/T Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Caledonia Ont. Posts: 2,938	It's your call, but it's likely more just a piece of mind than anything else if you change it. Its likely fine to leave as is __________________ No one ever wants to give a Yaris the point by...

05-01-2017, 11:40 PM	#3
JimmyCracksCorn Drives: 2007 yaris Join Date: May 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 2	Ya, I was leaning that way. Thanks.

05-02-2017, 06:29 AM	#4
CB900F2 Drives: 08 Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 301	It's very easy to change and refill .. I would change it Sent from my Lenovo TB-X103F using Tapatalk