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Originally Posted by MAXUM
In the mid 2000's Toyota started to introduce the concept of lifetime automatic transmission fluid put into a sealed transmission pan and NOT intended to be changed for the life of the vehicle under "normal" driving conditions.
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"Lifetime" is a misnomer in every vehicle that I have seen.
I did own a vehicle with an Aisin (Toyota) automatic transmission that had no dipstick and was "sealed".
The vehicle owners manual stated to change this lifetime automatic transmission fluid at 60,000 miles under hard use and 100,000 miles under normal use.
There is a drain bolt and an add bolt. I did have the fluid changed between 60,000 and 100,000. That vehicle is a 2003 and that car is still on the road today.
Most service schedules in owners manuals end at 100,000 miles. So is that the end of any service or is that the end of the vehicles life?