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Hello,
I went to my nearest Canadian Tire for a quick oil change (learned my lesson and won't be going back). After this my Subaru Forester was jerking when accelerating from a stop or slow speeds. When I took it back, I learned that they had not only drained the oil but the transmission fluid too (but only replaced the oil). They said about 1L of the transmission fluid was drained and claimed not all was drained. They refilled it and said all is fine now. The car seems to be driving as it was before....but my question is, could there be permanent damage to the transmission system? Should I take it some where else for inspection? The car would have been driven about 20 to 30 km before being taken back in and the transmission fluid replenished.
Would appreciate any advice/suggestions/comments as don't know much about transmissions!
Thanks,
AM
Transmission fluid drained by CT...problem?
in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
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When the ATF is drained, only about half the ATF will actually be drained from the system. The remainder half stays in the torque converter, and cannot be drained. As Fairtax wrote above, it is impossible to know what kind of ATF was used in a refill, or what damage may have been done to your auto tranny. Save any receipts, on what they did, or not do. If you had not asked them to work on the tranny, and they did so anyway, then you have grounds for a law suit, should your tranny fail. You may also want to voice your concern to upper management in the quick lube joint. It is important to start a paper trail of what happened, and that they are responsible should you have transmission problems within the next year.