Transmission flush or no?

[Bobwayne1]

Wanting to get some opinions, please. I've got a 2019 5th Gen with 137k miles and to the best of my knowledge, it has never had a transmission fluid flush. Just recently there have been a few events where it will randomly a shift to neutral while driving and I have to a shift to park and then back into gear to keep driving. Obviously I'm worried about the safety concerns and also major repairs that can be even more costly. I just assumed that the fluid/additives have worn down and needs to be changed. Has anyone experienced this yet? And what was your fix? Appreciate all the help, thank you.

 

[79 300]

Personally I would get it checked out by a shop or dealership. Our Grand Cherokee started having trans problems recently, and I thought fluid and filters would help, but it turned out being the solenoid pack, which needed replacing. It has to be scanned to diagnose the cause of the problems.

 

[Bobwayne1]

I forgot to add it only happens when decelerating and downshifting. It's almost like it will slip and go into neutral automatically, but I do not hear a hard downshift or a clunk of any type.

 

[Snekpete]

Wanting to get some opinions, please. I've got a 2019 5th Gen with 137k miles and to the best of my knowledge, it has never had a transmission fluid flush. Just recently there have been a few events where it will randomly a shift to neutral while driving and I have to a shift to park and then back into gear to keep driving. Obviously I'm worried about the safety concerns and also major repairs that can be even more costly. I just assumed that the fluid/additives have worn down and needs to be changed. Has anyone experienced this yet? And what was your fix? Appreciate all the help, thank you.

This is a known issue. There is no known fix. Trans fluid won't make any difference. You don't have to shift to Park, shifting to Neutral and then back to Drive will work.

 

[Bobwayne1]

This is a known issue. There is no known fix. Trans fluid won't make any difference. You don't have to shift to Park, shifting to Neutral and then back to Drive will work.

No known fix?! Holy crao so they just let us drift around? God dang fast and furious in a truck lol.

 

[jljbtm]

I di hear that no flush was needed by the Dealer but then i heard that the trans Mfg. says yes doit? I didnt have any problems but i thought it would be a good idea to do the flush so i did last night 122,000

 

[Bobwayne1]

I di hear that no flush was needed by the Dealer but then i heard that the trans Mfg. says yes doit? I didnt have any problems but i thought it would be a good idea to do the flush so i did last night 122,000

Did you do it yourself at home or a shop? Drain and fill? I forget if it's a sealed system or not but Blau says you can only get 5qts or so out if you just drain. I guess that's better than no new fluid but...

 

[HSKR R/T]

I di hear that no flush was needed by the Dealer but then i heard that the trans Mfg. says yes doit? I didnt have any problems but i thought it would be a good idea to do the flush so i did last night 122,000

You did a drain and fill, not a flush.