I have a 2011 Accord and I've only put about 31,000 on it in the first 6 years. My maintenance minder just popped up again and it's only for an oil change.

Any idea when or at what mileage the maintenance minder will recommend transmission fluid to be changed? Should I just wait until the maintenance minder tells me? Just wondering because of the length of time. I checked the fluid and it's just a little low, so I topped it off for now.

Thanks for any input.

 

On a Subaru Forester with 225,000 miles I've changed the AT tranny oil 2x as often as recommended, and the tranny is now the most solid part of the car. So change it - if this is a car to stay with.

 

See attached table from my 10 TSX. Yours should be same. It does not specify the mileage interval, but mine popped up on my 10 TSX at ~100K, although fluid appeared to have been changed (bought used w/ 86K miles).

From maintenance table change interval for heavy duty service is 60K, so no absolute necessity to change. However, cost of 3 qts of ATF is < $30 bucks so not much downside to an early change. It does require removal of underbody shield to access drain plug, which is no fun for DIY.

good luck

 

Thanks guys. This is exactly what I was thinking. Probably about 60K, but why not if you can.