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Vw passat transmission fluid change cost1/11/2024 ![]() Check out our service department reviews online to see why thousands of VW Passat owners choose us for nimble, affordable, and capable auto repair. A Full 2020 VW PassatTransmission Service includes a gasket, fluid change, filter replacement, flush, hose and pan inspection and a free multi-point inspection on all other components.Īt Nalley Volkswagen of Alpharetta, our technicians specialize in 2020 VW Passat transmission repair and are OEM certified.I use a BP service station and always bring my parts, and they charge labor, it’s cheaper, plus you get the warranty on the parts, if they get the parts, you get no warranty, and they charge you more than it cost’s them.2020 VW Passat transmission services offered by Nalley Volkswagen of Alpharetta: A used tire shop my put the new tires on. I will find them cheaper online and have them sent to the shop that does the work. They had a lot of off the wall tires I never heard of for the same price. So far, priced at 2 places $600.00, includes alignment, balance ,steams, taking off old tires and putting on new ones, etc. Walmart $11.48 per gallon trans fluid / brand super tech/Advanced auto parts $19.99/ brand Castrol I will find a shop that let’s me bring my parts and they charge the labor only, will save some. Went to Auto Clinic,( WASH DC METRO AREA) they wanted $300.00 called it a job price when I asked the labor rate, AND USE QUARTS INSTEAD OF GALLONS, SOME DIFFERENCE IN PRICE THAT WAY, and they only clean the filter not replace it. $20.00 each, or less, the garage is going to charge more, that’s where over $100.00 is going, of the quote you got. ![]() Should take 4 gallons of transmission fluid, which one can find cheaper, 4 gallons for appox. Suggested I take the car to the dealer, and you know what happens there. Price quote was $129.00 to flush and change filter, and the fluid (everything included.) Could not get it done because my transmission is sealed, and the service center did not have the equipment for this. Just went to Merchants Tire 2/3/18 for the same thing. (Its why I don’t follow my GM oil life monitor and why I’ve never actually looked at what any of my manuals say about transmission service). That is the only interest involved in developing those recommendations. The short story is that to me official manufacturer service recommendations are about getting a car past its warranty period. Its not good for the consumer who wants to maximize longevity. This kind of thing is good for car makers since those problems will get more people onto the lots. Its just that they are unlikely to go much past that before beginning problems. Most transmissions these days can go 100K w/out service. Obviously new car sales are what it is all about. 100K also works well for coinciding with having a car paid off, people getting bored or whatever - so then getting a new car becomes more probable. Partly perhaps b/c this number seems burned onto consumer’s minds as well (my dad always told me car’s are only good for 100K). A car that makes it 100K or so without major issue is probably good enough to look ok in terms of quality. I don’t think this qualifies as a “conspiracy theory” b/c I just call it economics, but in my own interpretation it is contrary to the interests of car makers to shoot for maximum longevity. With European cars the rationale is different they are driven about 1/2 the distance that US cars are, and then most older ones get exported to developing countries, where low pay mechanics can do all those needed overhauls when they are needed. Since the rest of the car has improved immensely over the years, it has increased business for transmission shops. I don’t think it has anything to do with creating a demand for more cars. I believe it was also part of the movement to create a “maintenance free” car. This was at a time when GM still thought it was smarter than its customers. As a result, GM had decided to do away with the dipstick, since he firmly believed that the fluid was “good for the life” of the car. He believed the average person would do more harm than good be checking or trying to check his transmission and perhaps putting in the wrong fluid. His answer was that most people are rather ignorant about checking their transmissions or the need to change the fluid. ![]() ![]() At an SAE meeeting one time I asked the Powertrain Chief Engineer of GM that very question, not as a consumer of course. ![]()
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