Transmission problems, will a flush help?
In short, “No”. Well, most of the time, anyway.
A transmission flush is your car maintanence for the gear box. Similar to changing the oil in your engine, a transmission flush just changes the transmission “oil” or what we refer to as “transmission fluid”. By not flushing the transmission, you’re only more likely to have problems. By the time you have transmission problems, a flush probably won’t do any good.
I know, I know, “But, what could possiblly go wrong? Adam, I’ve never flushed my transmission and don’t know anyone who does on a regular basis…”
Ah, yes my friend, I’m guessing you drive a domestic. As Import owners are two and a half times more likely to stay on their scheduled car maintanence plans. No, I don’t have any idea why that is, so don’t ask.
While I’m on a rant, let me tell you something that will change your life (okay, maybe that’s a little much to promise) – 90% of all repair work that I see on a regular basis, is DIRECTLY related to people do not follow their car maintanence schedule. Sure, you might think that I’m SUPER happy about that, because that’s more work for me….but really, I’d rather have customers who visit me regularly and spend a little each time, instead of only seeing me every couple of years, when they have to spend a lot.
