I just bought my wife a 2012 Highlander with 26K miles on it. We really like the car. I want to solicit opinions on how often to drain/fill the automatic transmission fluid. Currently, I have a 2002 Toyota Tacoma and a 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe and do a drain/fill every 30k miles. Both have performed perfectly and both have near 200K miles now. All I'm going to do is a drain/fill. I don't feel comfortable doing any other sort of flush/exchange at home.
The Highlander comes with Toyota ATF WS which is often referred to as a lifetime fluid. Obviously, I don't subscribe to that theory, but I'm not sure I want to change it every 30k miles either. I'm wondering if that is wasteful, especially considering some people never change it out and never have issues.
I guess I'm trying to decide between going with every 30k miles or going every 50k or even 60k miles. I want a nice round number so that it is easy to remember. I DO plan to use Toyota ATF WS. I like sticking with factory-fill for ATF. Thoughts on the interval? Opinions? Thanks in advance.
The Highlander comes with Toyota ATF WS which is often referred to as a lifetime fluid. Obviously, I don't subscribe to that theory, but I'm not sure I want to change it every 30k miles either. I'm wondering if that is wasteful, especially considering some people never change it out and never have issues.
I guess I'm trying to decide between going with every 30k miles or going every 50k or even 60k miles. I want a nice round number so that it is easy to remember. I DO plan to use Toyota ATF WS. I like sticking with factory-fill for ATF. Thoughts on the interval? Opinions? Thanks in advance.