MaintenanceandCare
OwnerMaintenance
4.
5.
Whiletheengineisstillidling,pullout
thedipstickandwipeitclean,andthen
putitback.
AutomaticTransaxleFluid
(ATF)í
ChecktheATFlevel.IfthereisnoATF
adhering5mmfromtheendofthe
dipstick,addATF.
qInspectingAutomaticTransaxle
FluidLevel
Theautomatictransaxlefluidlevelshould
beinspectedregularly.Measureitas
describedbelow.
CAUTION
IfthereisnoATFadheringtothe
dipstickevenaftertheenginehas
beenwarmedup,donotdrivethe
vehicle.Otherwise,theautomatic
transaxlecouldbedamaged.
5AT
CAUTION
ØAlwayschecktheautomatic
transaxlefluidlevelaccordingto
thefollowingprocedure.Ifthe
procedureisnotdonecorrectly,
theautomatictransaxlefluidlevel
cannotbemeasuredaccurately
whichcouldleadtoautomatic
transaxledamage.
ØAlowfluidlevelcancause
transaxleslippage.Overfillingcan
causefoaming,lossoffluid,and
transaxlemalfunction.
6.
7.
Shifttheshiftlevertoeachrangeand
position,andmakesurethereisno
abnormality.
Drivethevehicleoncityroadsfor
5
km(3.1mile)ormore.
8. Parkonalevelsurfaceandsetthe
parkingbrakefirmly.
9.
Shifttheshiftlevertotheparkposition
(P),checktheATFlevelwhilethe
engineisidling,andmakesurethatthe
ATFleveliswithintheproperlevel.If
theATFlevelisnotwithintheproper
level,addATF.
ØUseonlythespecifiedfluid.Anon-
specifiedfluidcouldresultin
transaxlemalfunctionandfailure.
Theproperfluidlevelismarkedonthe
dipstickasfollows.
1.
2.
3.
Parkonalevelsurfaceandsetthe
parkingbrakefirmly.
MakesurethereisnoATFleakage
fromtheATFhoseorthehousing.
Full
OK
Shifttheshiftlevertotheparkposition
(P),starttheengineandwarmitup.
Low
CAUTION
Donotshifttheshiftleverwhilethe
engineiswarmingup.IftheATFlevel
isextremelylow,theautomatic
transaxlecouldbedamaged.
íSomemodels.
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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