New member with a quick question

[Origin_G80]

Hey guys,

Im a new member of this community.

Last October i pulled the trigger and i bought a 2017 G80. So far i put a little over 60k miles on her. Owner manual says to change tranny fluid at 60k miles. Anyone on here with high mileage genesis or g80? Any advice? Should i change it? Sealed transmission is a little tricky. Some should never be touched yet the manual says to change it on the G80. Help?!!

Thanks.

 

[EdP]

Depends on driving conditions. Look at pages 7-14 and 7-15 of the manual. It says to change it under severe conditions. Since you live in CT you may meet one of those driving on salted/treated roads. but may or may not see the others. I'm not sure though, how fluid is affected when in a sealed container if the road is salted. Personally, I'd go much longer.

I know one experience is not a scientific test but from my one experience, i'd wait. I've owned 26 cars. In 25 cars I never changed trans fluid and never had a problem. In one of them I did change the fluid and 5000 miles later was having the trans rebuilt.

 

[Aquineas]

Wow you put 60K on in one year?!? That's got me beat by a factor of 2.

 

[Origin_G80]

Wow you put 60K on in one year?!? That's got me beat by a factor of 2.

lol. A little over 63k so far. Its a great vehicle. Pleasure to drive. I've enjoyed every single mile. Think if i had a 5.0 i would enjoy it even more

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Depends on driving conditions. Look at pages 7-14 and 7-15 of the manual. It says to change it under severe conditions. Since you live in CT you may meet one of those driving on salted/treated roads. but may or may not see the others. I'm not sure though, how fluid is affected when in a sealed container if the road is salted. Personally, I'd go much longer.

I know one experience is not a scientific test but from my one experience, i'd wait. I've owned 26 cars. In 25 cars I never changed trans fluid and never had a problem. In one of them I did change the fluid and 5000 miles later was having the trans rebuilt.

Thank you for your reply. I think im going to listen to your advice and hold off on replacing the fluid for now.

 

[Mark_888]

Wow you put 60K on in one year?!? That's got me beat by a factor of 2.

I have 61K miles on my 2009 Genesis. Adding about 2500 per year these days.

 

[dougmcp]

It's not a sealed transmission, it just has no dipstick and the level is checked by removing a plug on the transmission. These are not much different than the ZF transmissions you see on a lot of Euro cars like VW, Audi, BMW etc. The dealer should be able to drain and fill for a few hundred dollars.

 

[Origin_G80]

It's not a sealed transmission, it just has no dipstick and the level is checked by removing a plug on the transmission. These are not much different than the ZF transmissions you see on a lot of Euro cars like VW, Audi, BMW etc. The dealer should be able to drain and fill for a few hundred dollars.

Thanks. Thats good to know. I wonder how reliable are these?

 

[cviz]

I have 61K miles on my 2009 Genesis. Adding about 2500 per year these days.

Wow, thought I had low mileage, just broke 62K on my 2009 Genesis.