A Toyota Master Diagnostic Technician shares 7 Things you should never do to an automatic transmission.

Folks save your expensive transmission. Never do this to your automatic transmission!

In this video I will go over 7 things you should. never do to an automatic transmission.

First Protect the parking pawl! The parking pawl is a small metal part inside the transmission that locks it when you're in park. Slamming your car into park before coming to a complete stop or letting the weight of the car rest on it is a sure way of risking damage to the parking pawl.

Second the transmission fluid! There's no such thing as a lifetime transmission fluid. If manufacturers were so dead set on the fluid really being lifetime they would warranty it for life.
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Third Warm up your transmission before take off. Wait WHAT? Most people warm up their engine but in reality modern engines don't need much warming up. It's your transmission that needs a little bit of warm up to get going well.

Fourth Don't use your transmission as a brake! Downshifting intentionally to slow down the car puts extra load on the transmission. Most people do this to save their brakes which cost a fraction of what the transmission costs.

Fifth In snow driving if you get stuck, Don't just rev up the engine and let the wheels spin. This puts a tremendous load on your transmission.

Sixth Protect your Shifter! Accidents happen where we spill things over the shifter, But don't just leave it be. Clean the shifter and dry it up inside to prevent further issues.

Last but not least Don't put your car in neutral in short stops like traffic lights.

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0:00 Intro
0:33 No. 1 Parking Pawl?
2:06 No. 2 Transmission Maintenance?
3:14 No. 3 Warm up?
5:41 No. 4 Don't Brake!
7:37 No. 5 Snowy Chicago?
9:22 No. 6 The Shifter?
11:46 No. 7 Neutral?