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called my dealership to see about possibly changing my transmission fluid, they claimed its "non-serviceable" and mopar claims its a life-time fluid (I don't buy it).

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I would find a new dealership. From Google AI

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Changing the transmission fluid on a 2024 Ram 1500 (5.7L Hemi) with the ZF 8-speed automatic requires a specialized synthetic ATF (e.g., Mopar 8&9 speed or ZF Lifeguard 8), typically taking 6–7 quarts. The filter is integrated into the plastic pan, requiring a full pan replacement. Recommended service is every 60,000 miles, or 40k–50k under severe driving.

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That is such a stupid and outdated myth.


OP, yes change your fluid and filter in your transmission around every 50k miles. I know the owners manual says don’t change it

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My tacoma has never had transmission or dif fluids changed

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my grandpa smoked a carton a day and drank a fifth every other day and he lived to be 99

Find a reputable transmission shop. It's a ZF transmission and the fluid, pan, and filter can be changed. I plan on doing the same with my Ram 1500. Here is the protocol.

Action transmission in Central. Great shop and awesome folks.

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My tacoma has never had transmission or dif fluids changed

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What year?

AgCo Automotive, Coursey Blvd, BR. They have full-time transmission specialist tech on staff, Josh, who was raised on transmissions - his Dad owned a transmission shop in BR for many years. They only work by appointment - you’d have to call. I’d trust anything they tell you regarding that Ram transmission & servicing.

A in-house receptionist will answer the phone but you can explain the dilemma and ask to speak to Brian, the general manager, who is a multi-decade tech himself. Better yet, if you have time you can always drive by and Brian will be at the front desk and you can speak and discuss with him, before deciding what to do.

AgCo Automotive

I had a 2019 with 210,000 never changed it. Had a Toyota van with over 200,000 never changed.

Depending on the vehicle and duty cycle you might make it 500,000 miles on the original juice. The transmission certainly wont be in great shape anymore, but you can do it. Get a 68RFE and drag a camper around the Rockies and you probably wont get to 200,000 before stuff stops working.

There's no transmission made that doesn't benefit from fresh fluid, assuming it isnt replaced by a retard.

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I change my own oil and filters now not to save money, but because I don’t trust them to do it.

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100%


Only person other than myself I trust is my mechanic. And he's $110/hr so it's not cheap to get him to do it. I don't want "lube techs" anywhere near something as important as oil or trans fluid.