I can't feel any quirks in either of my 2021's. All transmissions from one manufacturer to the next shift and perform differently. I did watch the Savagegeese review. I think he's the best vehicle reviewer on Youtube.
Yes, and I agree, which is why I bought mine. He also said the transmission was the one major problem he had with the car. Hopefully he will do the PP soon as well.
What does a dealer charge to change the tranny oil?
I had a quote from my local dealer and it works out to one hour of labor, plus 3 quarts of fluid at approximately $31/qt. Approximately $250?
So.....change your trany fluid almost as often as you do an oil change?? I don't think so.
Wow!! $31/qt = $5,208 per barrel
Did you do it at the dealer or a DIY spill and fill? It's quite an involved procedure but some have done spill and fills.
I personally do not think so. From what I understand ECO mode is only using 3 of the 6 cylinders so overall performance is going to be greatly diminished.
Passport does not have a ECO mode, its the ECON mode. You are comparing apples to oranges.
Correct, my post title should have said ECON, but most people understood.
I don't plan on changing it that often. I just wanted to get the fluids out now that everything was broken in on the car.
I had the dealer do an oil change, tranny fluid, and the rear dif. Cost me about $600 here in Cali. Cost a lot but the runs a lot smoother now.
How would just fluid changes make your Passport run smoother? Did they use different fluids than the originals??
I would hope the manufacturing plants use the same oils and fluids they use when we get our car serviced. But when you get a new car and the engine and everything breaks in a lot of metal fragments can get in the fluids and start messing stuff up over time. I figure if I flush out all the break in fragments early isn't a bad thing. I plan to have my car longer than most people own their cars on average so I'm gonna do what I can within reason to make it last longer.
Mittcherrr...........I would like to believe you but what you say sounds like something that applies to engines and transmissions manufactured many,many years ago. Can you point me to something in writing from a reliable source that states "a lot of metal fragments can get in the fluids and start messing stuff up over time" and best practice is to change fluids before they're due to be changed?
Honestly I couldn't point to anything in writing. My only reason I started doing this with new cars is that a mechanic I know was talking to me about it and they changed their fluids on a new car after around the first oil change and the fluid were pretty dirty. I am not suggesting replacing fluids early for every change. I think everyone is misinterpreting what I've been saying. I am only changing my fluids early the first time because of the engine break in. After that you should be fine changing it for what the manual recommends. But if you watch the video I posted earlier with the rear dif thats never been changed it shows how much metal builds up in the fluid. I was feeling that same lag in the tranny with my passport that everyone else complains about. So when I went for my first oil change I asked them to do my tranny and rear diff also. I'm not an expert. But I did drive my car for 10k miles before I did this. And I can say my passport feels a lot smoother when I accelerate and the gears switch.
