Hey folks. I tried searching a bit before posting, so I apologize as I'm sure this has been addressed many times...
I bought a 2021 AC Tacoma back in January and have slowly been going through the truck and catching it up to being current on maintenance. The original owner stayed on top of oil changes, but otherwise just drove it. Fortunately, everything looks pretty clean so far. All that's left to get it caught up is transmission and power steering fluid.
I'm at 73k on the odometer now and have to decide what I'm going to do about the transmission. This is one areas I don't feel confident in outside of a drain and fill or maybe a pan drop. I did a drain and fill on our 4Runner at 60k, but I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and have each one serviced as budget allows at the dealer...
What is the consensus around here, if there is a consensus at all? Is it worth it to pay big dollars to have it flushed, new filter, etc.? Is a pan drop the best of all worlds? Seems like this could be good since you can clean the magnets out and change the filter too... Or do most of us get away with a simple drain and fill, or sequence of drain and fills and just leave the filter be?
Thanks for the input, and again sorry if I'm missing an obvious thread somewhere where this is covered well. Look forward to the discussion.
I bought a 2021 AC Tacoma back in January and have slowly been going through the truck and catching it up to being current on maintenance. The original owner stayed on top of oil changes, but otherwise just drove it. Fortunately, everything looks pretty clean so far. All that's left to get it caught up is transmission and power steering fluid.
I'm at 73k on the odometer now and have to decide what I'm going to do about the transmission. This is one areas I don't feel confident in outside of a drain and fill or maybe a pan drop. I did a drain and fill on our 4Runner at 60k, but I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and have each one serviced as budget allows at the dealer...
What is the consensus around here, if there is a consensus at all? Is it worth it to pay big dollars to have it flushed, new filter, etc.? Is a pan drop the best of all worlds? Seems like this could be good since you can clean the magnets out and change the filter too... Or do most of us get away with a simple drain and fill, or sequence of drain and fills and just leave the filter be?
Thanks for the input, and again sorry if I'm missing an obvious thread somewhere where this is covered well. Look forward to the discussion.