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Well made video, very straight forward and informative. It’s funny how people talk crap on the cvt transmissions. I have 160,000 miles on my 2015 civic and I beat the living piss out of it every day. Maintenance is key!!
Yeah I thought the same until 177 and it slipped like a MF’r I’m praying I get lucky and fill it with the correct fluid but not going to get my hopes up
Accept using a pump isn't part of the procedure. You just get a funell and at the fluid to the fill hole. From the top of the engine compartment. Just poor it in. And honda recommends replacing the plug when serviced because the rubber wares out by then usually. This video made it seem like it was more work then it was. Running it hot and checking doesn't do much unless your running dexose also. Honda fluid is clear and doesn't expand like dexron. But I guess if you like extra work.
Thank you for the video! I have been searching for hours for a Honda Civic LX 2015 transmission dipstick and could not find it, low and behold - it's a plug. Since it's a plug, how do you know when you have a low amount of fluid or if it needs to be changed? Do you just put in the amount listed and hope for the best?
I have a 2014 Honda Civic. I have never changed ny transmission fluid and have 164k miles.. should i change it? Im worried people say it will mess it up if i change it now
Change it. Cvts are extremely different than the old style 5 speeds with actual gears. Cvt fluid change is only beneficial no matter the miles or intervals as long as it's done correctly with the right fluid from honda.
thanks for the video. So just to confirm the correct way to check the fluid level is with the engine and transmission up to temperature, engine turned off?
Just flushed transmission fluid on my 2015 Honda Civic. Change only gets 4qts of contaminated oil out. Flush gets all contaminated contaminated fluid out. Why mix new with old contaminated fluid??
I find this video a good and useful reference. I'm currently much more involved in a Large scale project with my wife's car which is exactly the same car in this video. Started with grinding brakes, found a bad CV shaft, which ended up getting some of the fluid out so I figured I'd do the fluid change cuz it was due Anyway. I did it about 60,000 mi ago with the small filter. So this time I'm doing both filters and the pan gasket. I only bought 4 quarts of fluid but I feel like it's not going to be enough to fill the whole thing.
Helpful and informative video! Only wired thing I had was my tranny just dripping after i did the final open to let drain check... I come back an hour later and theres 1/2 quart of oil that drained out when I emptied my drain pan. Car was level so kinda odd and makes me worried since I put in right under 3qts before it started spilling out.
Excellent video! Can you let me know the 2 washers I need to get for the change? If you happen to have the Honda P/N's I'll get them at the dealership (about 1/2 mile from our house. Do you think this should be done every 50,000 miles? I missed it an the car has about 70,000 on it. It's a 2015 EX sedan. Love the car and want to keep it in good shape.
very nice video, when you check the oil, are you lifting the car again? not sure how you can get underneath without lifting the car. Crazy there is not just a dipstick to check, I guess that is the new technology at work. Cheers
I think it still had the regular automatic transmission in 2013 and 14/15 have the CVT. I don't know if there's a big difference between the two in driving or reliability. I would stay away from 2012 though because the interior feels super cheap.
I took mine to the shop this weekend & they charged me for 5 bottles… I came here looking to see how many bottles it really takes cuz I hope they didn’t just charge me for all 5 if they didn’t use all of them from the shipment
@@alexabernhardt2856 if you have a 2012-2015 Honda Civic with the 1.8L engine then yes, they definitely overcharged you and you should definitely place a complain and get your money back because it only takes about 4 bottles, anything over that is overfilled and bad for your transmission. You can also find this information on Google. You should definitely have complain
@@bigfarru2 wowwwww. I wonder if I still have the receipt.. I’m about to go back to that store cuz I also got my starter replaced that day too.. like they didn’t get enough $ out of me & then had the nerve to call me when it was done, saying it actually took 5 bottles..
Idk about that because mine started to come out the over fill on 3 bottles and like a quarter of the 4th which seemed on point for the amount and then after cycling the gears I used the whole rest of the 4th bottle with the check hole off again and it drank the whole rest of the 4th bottle without it leaking out again ? I didn’t have a 5th bottle to fill it till it dripped again but I hope that was enough ??
Nothing wrong with them unless you can’t get past not feeling a shift point when you drive. Some manufacturers actually programmed fake shift points into their vehicles because people “needed” them.
