For those in CT (or in next-door states), can you recommend a reliable dealership/garage who understands Nissan CVTs?

I need to bring my car in for a transmission fluid drain and fill. As you all know, this can easily get screwed up if a mechanic a.) does a "flush and fill" instead and/or b.) uses a 3rd party CVT fluid that isn't the Nissan 999MP-NS200P.

Thanks in advance!

 

You don't need a reliable dealership.
Buy 5 quarts of Nissan NS2 fluid, a drain plug washer and an external filter.
A monkey can do it really. Search this forums for the How-To.

 

It's really easy to do I would save money on the labor and buy the CVT fluid and filter from Nissan and do it yourself it doesn't take long at all.

 

I'm in NYC i'll do it for half the price hit me up if you want

 

Do it yourself... about 4 and 1/4 qts. drain fill. takes about 20 min.. Don't need ramps...

 

I just did a drain and fill on my 2014 Maxima yesterday. 4.5 quarts & a new rubber ring around the drain plug. Easier than an oil change.

The old fluid was very, very dark. It may be overkill, but I do this service every 20K-25K miles.

 

Replace the filter. Your fluid should be nice light green if you are changing it out every 20-25k. The last time I did it was at 100K and it was still nice light green. But the first time, I believed the Service Department that there was no filter and it was very dark as you mentioned. Every since I started replacing the filter it stays nice light green between service dates.

 

I bet changing the filter is the real savior for this transmission and even more important that the fluid itself.

 

I agree!

 

I don't disagree. But I was thinking that if I go to the trouble of taking the right front wheel off and mud guard, I should get extender hoses plus 11 quarts of NS2, and do a 100% fluid exchange. Would need an extra helper too. This service is a now little more complicated than an oil change!