well i got my maxima tranny replaced in Nov of 06" and it was fine until now..its been slipping at stop lights and slipfrom 2nd to 3rd gear..I recently noticed that the fluid level was high and drained some out..it semms to help alittle so im thinking about draining the rest and adding new fluid along with lucas..

I also noticed that it dont slip at all when cold BUT shifts hard. Im just hoping this wont coat me another $1000 to get fix..

Also the fluid is nice and red with alittle browish tint and smells like atf fluid not burnt..

 

Shouldn't have any sort of brownish tint.

Might as well do a drain and fill, if you're leaning towards that direction anyway.

My...first trans was like that, hard shifts when cold, and a little slipping when it warmed up. Went from that to basically doing neutral drops at every stoplight, extreme slippage. Just a short anecdotal story.

In any case, it's not that hard to drain and fill, might as well give it a shot.

 

well when i got ome from work today i put in lucas and then went back out and notice that it didnt slip at all! If this keeps up i would have to kiss who every made this stuff!

 

Lucas is a band aid. i think at this point it will buy you some time, but prepare for the worst

 

you just rained on my parade.. but I hope it will hold off for a while!

 

sorry man, didn't mean to do that. Just wanted to make sure you don't get stranded somewhere months down the line when everything had previously appeared to be ok

FWIW, my trans benefited most from a manual flush (through the tranny cooler line) with mobil1 atf. It wasn't quite to the point of slipping, but I had somewhat harsh shifts form 1-2 and 2-3. I tried a bottle of lucas in it which DID help, but after a couple of months, it just didn't feel as good and the rough shifts started to come back. It had new life after the flush and shifts perfectly now for a car w/ 138k. But if the lucas is working out for you for now, ride it out and keep an eye on it. If performance starts to decline again, you could give the flush a shot. Try to take it easy on the tranny too if you can

 

ight thanks what fluid should i buy? and i just plan on draining it then turn the car on and draining it again 3 times then add new fluid with more lucas..and im going VERY easy on the tranny