Dodge Grand Caravan Transmission Fluid Change (2008 - 2020)
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Join me this week as I change the AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION fluid on my wife’s 2018 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. I will show you how I drop the transmission fluid pan, remove and replace the transmission fluid filter, replace the transmission pan GASKET, and work through finding the CORRECT FILL LEVEL. I hope I can relay the new information to YOU for your future projects. Additionally, I talk about the process for cycling the NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID through the transmission to ensure the fluid level you read is accurate. LEARNING always ENGAGED! Finally, I take the van for a quick spin where I do some quick acceleration and climb some STEEP HILLS. This fix is simple to do and will bring your transmission back to its original performance level with some time, elbow grease, and a little know-how. I am SO EXCITED to share this information with you so you can take the power of fixing your vehicles back into your own hands!
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Good video, it worked on my 2010 dodge grand caravan with 185,500 miles. Just follow the steps like he shows and it works like a charm. After buying the transmission fluid, transmission filter and gasket, it cost me $90 (the fluid was $12 a quart and I needed 6 bottles so that is what cost the most). Thanks for posting the video, made it easy as can be....
I do all my own work, paid a shop 3x in my 40 years and had to payand fix every repair ive paid for. I used to deliver pizza and if you want to make money doing it, you must fix yourself, helps to have a 50 year mechanic as a father as well.
If anyone watching this is planning on changing their fluid regularly, take the time to add a universal drain plug if you are confident in your modification skills. Also the best way to make sure you’re putting the same amount of fluid back in is to add a quart, then pour the old fluid in the empty bottle, and repeat until you’ve emptied the old oil from your catch pan.
Pans with drain plugs already installed are available on Amazon or Autozone.
I know this video is 2 years old. But for anyone that has this year caravan with no dipstick..you can use your engine oil dipstick. It's a little bit of a process but worth it in the long run. Just need to figure out where the level should be and use a scribe to mark the back side of the oil dipstick so you can use it on both engine oil and tranny. Mark the dipstick at 5mm for the minimum mark and 15mm for max. This is for the 62TE tranny.
Did that too works well
Excellent video. Getting ready to do this job myself, never had to do it before. You made it look easy and I appreciate the tips and even the sometimes extraneous info along the way.
Thank you very much this worked very well for my wife's fan and it's shifting a lot better now too.
❤ THANK YOU SO MUCH for making this video. Appreciate your informative process.
This is a really great video! Very detailed yet moves quickly with all pertinent info!! Only think that might have been helpful is to see the bead of RTV and applying the gasket. But it was pretty obvious what you did there. :) Thanks so much.... sub'd and liked just cuz such a great vid! Cheers.
I’m clearly here for the same reason. Thanks 🙏
They make and sell an aftermarket drain pan that has a drain plug installed. I installed the pan on my first fluid change out on my 2017 GT and I do a fluid drop every 20,000.
Anyone know how many quarts you put in after u drain fluid from pan or if u have pan with drain plug ? Thank u in advance
You can suck a little more than 3 quarts out of the fill hole, measure and refill with exact same amount. Do this 3 times while driving 50 miles in between going through the gears and a highway drive. 3 times is sufficient to equal nearly replacing all the fluid.
The filter can go probably 150k before needing changed if at all.
These trans need filter changed every 50,000. Very temperamental
Or unloosen a few bolts and do it right won't even take an hour.
I've owned a couple 90s celicas and the upkeep on those is tremendous', lots of wheel bearings and weird stuff gone wring with them but I had them rubbin good lol, now we have a wrx and I usually change the oil on it, did sparkplugs Nd recharge the k&n airfilter it came w, as far as gearboxes and harmonic balancers, ive done a drivetrain swap on my 91gts and have a special technique for removing harmonic balancers involves drilling tapping and special HB remover tool lol they used to just come right off but I had to get one after my gts wouldnt become unstuch
Headsup for those who want a drain plug Dorman sells a replacement with the plug for about 45.
How many km on your van? Thank you for the video! I have an 11’ with 180k just curious if this might be what I’ll be expecting when I open it up is all
Very helpful thanks! Mines been done but its way overfilled i suspect. About 2 inches at operating temp and its lesking so im doing mine with a pan with drainplug. How crazy is that! Lol
If there is no leaks, you can also measure how much fluid came out and put the same amount back in.
That's a great idea. Unfortunately, my catch pan is not ever fully clean so there would be on way for me to accurately measure. I could probably get close though.
What should you do if you do have a leak? I have a 2019 grand caravan with a leak right now that’s why im on here
So when I was buying the filter from rock auto, I just added a brand new drain pan for like 2 bucks, for that very same reason as you mentioned, my other pan has stuff in it. @@BeShift3d
5.5 Quarts is supposedly the drain & refill capacity. I put 5 in mine and it was good.
One of the best tools a guy can buy is a fluid extractor for jobs like these.
you can measure how much fluid you drain and use that as starting point to refill.
2005 grand caravn, Mileage is at 201k not sure if my van has ever had a transmission fluid and filter change , should i proceed still or leave it alone
have you tried extractor to remove some of the fluid
Did it solve slipping problems in your transmission?
Thank you for share this video!
Question: Does this pan need a sealing ring? I see your do this without any sealing, my VW Routan 2012 still leak in this pan, looks previous maintain use some black thing to seal it!
I used the correct type of formable gasket recommended by the dealer and ran a bead of it around the entire edge.
How nany miles did the car have when u did this?
Did this oil change make any difference in the shifting? What did your wife say?
I'm now having trouble with my CEL, P0430. I'm now faced with replacing both catalytic converters, need the light out for state inspection.
17 Grand Caravan GT
I'm sorry to hear that. CEL's can ruin a day pretty quickly.
When pouring from a Quart bottle, hold it so opening is at the top not bottom, gets rid of the glue glue glue
i've done my roller rockers on my town and country 2012
I measure what came out automatically put that amount back in then measure with dipstick to make sure I’m at the correct level
how tall are you
I would really like this question answered:-):-( I have just bought a 2013 Dodge Caravan and I heard you say that the RPMs were revving and the transmission was slipping a little bit. That's exactly what's happening with mine I'm getting a transmission fluid pressure sensor code already flush the transmission and change the filter paid $200 for that and a month later my transmission fluid was non-existent and it started revving again. My first assumption is that sensor needs changed!!! But I'm curious of what happened in the end of you changing the fluids and if you had to make another repair to fix the revving
I'm literally taking it to a transmission shop to get checked today I have a feeling they didn't put the pan on correctly and it was leaking you're supposed to change the bolts to new bolts to make it more secure I'm sure they didn't do that why else would I be missing transmission fluid after just having new put in come on
If you need advice on any older vintage auto please let me know I been 🔧 wrenching vintage cars since I was 17. From 1940s to the 1970s muscle cars. I a girl who grew up in this field. Take care.🔧🔧🔧👍🙏
Ps.thank you for your video I have 2013.🧛
God your not kidding no dip stick .😱
Thanks for the video. However, my problem is the hole cap is right under very thick and rigid wire harness and the harness is right against the cap and I cannot even turn the cap to open it. Even if I open it, it's going to be very difficult to even stick the dip stick in there much less pouring in the fluid. You are lucky that you can access the hole without problem. What a bummer!
That's unfortunate. Are there any clips on the wire harness you can disconnect to create some slack and get to the cap?
Should be a way to detach the harness
Did you ever figure out how to refill?
did ur wifes van have a check engine light for the slipping ? i am changing mine now on a 2008 town and country
There was no check engine/warning light at all. She just noticed it was started to slip while driving.
Did this fix your engine light @stevenbarber
2017 Grand Caravan GT here with 131.000 miles, bought a year & a half ago with 93 thousand miles.
Now has over 131.000, getting ready to have my 2nd fluid & filter change.
One oddity I've noticed, with in a drive through stopped w/ van in drive, I've noticed a clicking noise that takes place 4 to 5 times in a row.....ever 30 seconds or so.
Anyone else have this issue?
I have a 2016. It could be the electric radiator fan relay turning on and off.
Did you have to buy a dip stick for the van if so could you share what kind you got. I have a '13 Dodge Grand Caravan that I'm about to have to do the same thing to and was wanting to do it myself because the dealership wants about 400$ to do the service.
I did not. I just used the oil dipstick
Use the oil dipstick, put scratch marks on it at different measurements, to gauge the level, there are videos on the tube you can learn from
Took the dipstick out of my 2003 van before I junked it at 400k+ miles, made scratches at 5mm and 40 keep it handy in the tool kit
I haven’t bought it yet but I found a transmission dipstick for 11$ on Amazon for Grand Caravan my dealer also wanted to charge me 483$ for this service
Mine stopped on me while in drive my Trans fluid dark as hell
Hey great video it sure ease my anxiety about changing my transmission fluid and filter. I would like to share this dipstick I found for my dodge. Ordered from APSG, Part# 16452387KIT, description: gauge tool with cap. The kit come with paperwork that explains how to check most Mopar vehicles trans fluid levels and graph for 10 degrees temp increase with fluid levels.
How many liters of oil did you take?
About 5.2
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lol you gonna fix her motor mount? look at al that movement
Happy life . No wife.
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Thanks
How many km on your van? Thank you for the video! I have an 11’ with 180k just curious if this might be what I’ll be expecting when I open it up is all
I am not sure of the mileage in Km, but it was around 60k miles at the time of this video.