Hello everyone,
I bought my first Toyota this past week. My Toyota is a used 2013 Highlander 4WD V6 (non-hybrid) Limited. The original owner bought it in Oct 2013. So the 2013 Highlander and the ATF is over six years old with total mileage of 19,800 miles. There is no trailer hitch.
I plan on using the Highlander as a second vehicle that will run 4,000 miles per year. That will bring me to 24,000 miles in the next 12 months. I know that the service manual says 60,000 miles for fluid change if doing towing. I won't be towing.
But because the age will approach seven years old after the coming summer and the fact that WS fluid is not synthetic, should I do two rounds of drain and fill in the summer? Or can the transmission safely continue with the old fluid for an additional 2.5 years without having any abnormal damage until it approaches 30,000 miles at which point the fluid will be approaching nine years old
thanks
I bought my first Toyota this past week. My Toyota is a used 2013 Highlander 4WD V6 (non-hybrid) Limited. The original owner bought it in Oct 2013. So the 2013 Highlander and the ATF is over six years old with total mileage of 19,800 miles. There is no trailer hitch.
I plan on using the Highlander as a second vehicle that will run 4,000 miles per year. That will bring me to 24,000 miles in the next 12 months. I know that the service manual says 60,000 miles for fluid change if doing towing. I won't be towing.
But because the age will approach seven years old after the coming summer and the fact that WS fluid is not synthetic, should I do two rounds of drain and fill in the summer? Or can the transmission safely continue with the old fluid for an additional 2.5 years without having any abnormal damage until it approaches 30,000 miles at which point the fluid will be approaching nine years old
thanks