My car had a recall released late last year. It was for the airbag module, so I made the appointment as soon as I received the notice. This would be the first time I brought the vehicle to the dealer since I bought it (I do my own maintenance), so I was also excited to see what services the manufacturer recommends for my car.
The day of my appointment comes, I go to the dealer, give them my info and keys, and sit in the waiting room. About an hour passes before I get a text; it’s the dealership. They had sent me a video of their multi-point inspection, and a link to approve or deny the services they are recommending. One of them is an automatic transmission fluid change. Confused, I go to the service desk to talk to the service advisor.
Service Advisor: “Hey, did you get the text?”
Me: “I did, I’m just a little confused. One of the recommendations is an automatic transmission fluid change?”
Service Advisor: “Yes, it is recommended by [brand] that the ATF is replaced at 80k miles. You are at 84k, and we have no history on your vehicle. Have you had it done somewhere else?”
Me: “No, I haven’t, because my car has a manual transmission.”
Service Advisor: “…”
Me: “With that being said, please just complete my recall. Thank you.”
I looked it up later, and the ATF for the automatic version of my car doesn’t even have an interval, whereas the manuals do, and it’s 60k. It was done by the dealer I bought the car from.
I also brought it to the only other dealership in my state for that brand to confirm that my software was indeed updated, as I was very skeeved out by the mechanic working on my car not even knowing it has a manual transmission before recommending work to be done. It wasn’t.
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