I flushed my maxima's tranny at 60000 and thats when the problems began. I will not have my tranny flushed. besides, I dont even know how to check the fluid so i wouldn't now if they flushed it or not.

 

I haven't flushed mine in 20k miles, will let you know when my tranny breaks down

Need to swap to MT anyways

 

Talking about driveability, the transmission seems to be more prone to bogging at low speeds after the ATF change. At highway speeds, I don't feel any noticeable change in the behavior of the trans.

 

Are you saying you flushed your tranny 20k miles ago with no problems? If so, at what mileage did you get it flushed

 

I had a 5.5 gen Max, too, and it seems for every generation of it there were always people who reported of tranny issues after a machine flush.

It's been said that the machine puts too much pressure in the system and affects the seals, thus the problems.

That said, i never did it to my Max and it's still going strong at 160k miles. On the G, i just do a plain drain-refill.

 

IMHO flushing is asking for trouble. A simple drain/fill is all that's needed.

A lot of these systems (tranny, power steering, etc) have one way valves inside them. Start jamming thru a "flush" at high PSI, and crap starts to break. Some MFGR's (like Subaru) specifically say NOT to flush, and only do a fill/drain for this exact reason.

Yes, some fluid will remain in the unit. Especially the torque converter. If you really really want [almost] all new fluid, your best bet is to drain/fill, drive it around the block a few times, then drain/fill again.

 

I thought I read somewhere on here that if you want to drain/fill and get all the old fluid out before you do the fill, that you drain as much as you can, then start the car and let it run idle WITHOUT PUTTING IT IN GEAR for a few minutes so the fluid gets out of the TC.

 

The Honda way was 3x drain and fill. Drain and fill, drive for 5-10 minutes, repeat another two times and most of the fluid is replaced.