Dodge Caravan Chrysler Town and Country Transmission filter change 

I have a '14 T&W. Planning on doing this myself and have been research how to do it. Out of all the mechanic videos I've watch, yours is the best. Your commentary, and basic information is nice and useful. Thank you so very much for an entertaining and informative video!

You did a good analysis on the clogged filter scenario. Most people don't realize, that hesitation is the filter holding back the transmissions pump, which is trying to suckup fluid to run with. Chrysler uses silicone gasket maker out of factory. That what I'm also gonna use. Not trusting the cork gasket, and not feeling the rubber one either. Those are T25 torx screw, not allen. I feel anyone who performs this job, should apply gasket silicone (even if using a gasket) to insure a good seal, to prevent leaks.

I just picked up a loaded 2011 town and country for $500 sold as is bad trans. Changed the filter and it was good to go.

Purchased a 2012 T/C with 25K mi. in 2013. Dealer said tranny fluid change at 120K and I said YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING! It is a documented topic, but at 75K I had dealer replace filter and fluid. It was done at 36K as well and I plan on doing it every 50K in line with my goal of taking excellent care of our vehicles. This is our 3rd Chrysler van with having 306K on the previous Dodge GrandCaravan before a wreck took it out. The 3.6 is an excellent motor, but all things need excellent maintenance. Nice video.

This was a great tutorial. The only thing i would add is that when you first start the vehicle up after the fluid has been added, you should run the transmission selector in the car through all the gears slowly, stopping at each gear for acouple seconds. You need to give the new fluid time to fill all the appropriate chambers/selinoids before backing it off the ramps. That's why you had that hissing sounds that eventually went away.

THANK YOU!!! I called a few shops, they said I needed a rebuild for $4400. Found your video that described my issues so decided to give it a shot. Van is now back to normal. Your video made me feel confident to do the repair (I've only ever myself done brakes and oil changes). YOU'RE A LIFESAVER!

Thank Bud! I used to work at Daimler-Chrysler ITP4 plant that was the largest manufacturing facility of your 62TE transmission. This tranny is by far the largest transmission project Chrysler has ever produced. It is a good transmission but only if it is routinely serviced exactly the way you are doing it. There are two things that will kill the 62TE. Heat and contamination,so keep them cool and clean. Use Mopar full synth fluid (don't mess around with these other fluids. put Mopar in...). Reset the TCM each time. If you don't have a scan tool, take the battery leads off and touch them together for 5 minutes and that will do it. These things and just drive cool and don't race the hell out of them. If you live in Az or Tx keep that cooler nice and clean and you can get 400,000 miles out of it like I got in my minivan. It had 416,000 when I sold it and it still ran great!.

Also take out the oil dipstick and use the opposite side of stick and mark cold at 10mm and hot at 40mm. You can then use that for checking transmission fluid level.

You can also get a pan with a drain plug, makes future changes much easier.

Every mechanic shop are no longer about the customer but about how they can rip you off some way, some how. This is why they lose customers by the minute, they still have enough poor souls out there who got no choice but to trust them, like women or elderly or the guy who does not know anything mechanical or do not want to get his hands dirty, so thanks to tutorials like this one there is hope. I am in the start part of process of rebuilding our 2015 Town and Country after my daughter hydro locked engine in a local storm last summer, Mopar lifetime warranty and progressive insurance full cover denied coverage after dealer quote the repair close to 12K, that engine was actually replaced already once when the car had 59000 miles due to a spun bearing, costed me $100.00 at the time, now this time around they just wont cover it, my daughter did not drove intentionally through water, she was caught in a flood so they all told me to total the car, I smiled and replied "sure" that is how I am taking it apart and doing it myself, not my first rodeo rebuilding an engine, my second one so why not? When you say " you can fix that" that is absolutely right!

My mother as had one's from 84, 87, 91, 04,06 and 10 she had Grand Caravans and a couple of Town and county's and I got my first 06 Grand Caravan and we loved them all.

BIG WARNING - Dodge Grand Caravan SE 2010, 3.3L engine - Although I thank you for this video and for giving me the courage to do this myself, I was mortified at the DIY garage when I realized AFTER dropping the transmission oil pan that my pan + gasket assembly was NOT the same as in your video. Hence, the parts I had ordered did not fit. My pan is about twice the size as the gasket ordered and the filter is made of metal and snaps on without screws. I was extremely lucky that the DIY garage had a deal with a local parts store who delivered the right parts, because if not, I would've been in serious trouble.

I added 5 quarts to start and checked the fluid over a few days. I used the oil dipstick and basically you dont want to be higher than the letter a in safe from the dipstick. Measure with car on and warm. Ended up adding close to 6 quarts total

This vehicle should have a magnet in its pan. Between the lack of a magnet and the silicon gasket, it looks like someome replaced this already. Magnet is important to collect the tiny metallic shavings over time..

I replaced pan with one with drain bolt. 40 $ ~ then new filter. Cleaned magnet. Measured how much fluid came out and put back in same amount of mopar brand fluid. Around 65k miles. Oh mine is 2015 grand caravan. Then 2yrs/20k miles later, drained and refilled. 90k now and so far no issues.

Thanks for sharing and helping others from getting scammed. Good quality video and good job sir! Just FYI, the factory uses rtv for the pan installation and the factory service manual states to use rtv when servicing. Doesn't really matter as a gasket works fine as you've shown. I've done the service twice now on our 2016 t&c with now near 150k, not a single issue with of the transmission. Service is key to keeping any car alive.

You don't have a magnet in your tray. This is an additional “filter” against metal particles and a wear indicator.

With all my Chrysler vehicles I always have disconnected the transmission line and put a low pressure from an air compressor in there you can get almost all the fluid out except for one quart!

Thank you for the Video brother, I will try this on my 2013 Chrysler Town and Country. it has a leak that seems to be in the same area, the seals look pretty bad on,

My 2018 leaked with gasket after bolts were torqued 12 ft pounds. Drained and cleaned everything and used Mopar RTV. No leak now

did you know there is just as much fluid in the torque converter that is left still in?

Hard to believe you didn't mess up your drive with that drain pan

From the factory it comes with RTV sealant black

Hi that's a good video but you missing the magnet transmission pan

Great job! The only concern I have is there is no magnet in the bottom of that pan. Most Dodge/Chrysler transmissions that are in those Caravans have a circular magnet in the lower side of the pan by the little dimple. I'm wondering if the previous owner changed the filter and took that magnet out and didn't put it back. I'm not entirely sure its needed, just curious not seeing one in there.

looks like your magnet is missing this is a sign someone else was there before you.

The factory uses silicone on the trans and the oil pan.

How is the transmission going on both yours and your friend's? Interested in knowing. I only use the recommended mopar atf +4 but was wondering about the other brands and how they do. Appreciate any info. Good video

i have a 2009 chrysler town and country with the 3.8 litre V-6 with the 62TE transmission. a couple of weeks ago it went into limp mode and the check engine light came on and it would not shift anymore into the higher gears. i think its stuck in 2 or 3rd gear. i do not believe it has ever had the fluid changed or the filter. the engine has over 200.000 miles on it. when i disconnect the negative terminal that will take it out of limp mode but for just a few miles then the engine lite comes back on and it is stuck in the lower gears again. i am going to change the trans fluid and filter and hope that works. what do you think ? will it help ? when its out of limp mode it shifts just fine.

Where's the magnet 😢 for catching the metal shavings

Where is the magnet that goes into the pan.

60k if you tow or use "commercially", 120k if you just drive light duty.

Does the cap on the transmission fill screw in or push in?

I had took a car to a trans shop said oh u need a rebuild so took it to another shop they wanted to do more diagnosis they wasn't condemning trans so I decided to put a new battery in car as the car had original bad battery causing trans issues after replacing battery no more issues drove Impala another 29k.Alot of places wanna do a flush when you only want a filter and pan fluid change to get more $$ out of you.

Beautiful video. 5 stars

Did'nt change the seal for the new filter, and did'nt see a magnet.....

Great information ❤

What a great video ty

Silicone on these means it was factory.

Drain this twice or 3 times to get all old fluid out

Will This Solve My P0731 code on my 2015 Chrysler Town & Country Touring 3.6 v6 flex fuel with 193,800 miles?

Thanks guys I’m going to change mine

Did you just reinstall that new gasket dry? Is that how this is supposed to be done? Thanks

Did your check engine light come on and if so did you get any codes like p1745?

Looks like motor oil (black); not ATF (red).

nice

I MADE IT 163K ON MY 2017 CARAVAN

Fuckin great, thanks!

Little recommendation for the replacement ATF, measure what you removed. And replace an equal amount. Can't go wrong there. For an added piece of mind, have a shop check the level for you afterward, just in case the filter absorbs a certain amount that's unaccounted for.

Damn I’m 144 I think imma do mind before I have to pay 3k for a transmission job