[m095733w]

I read in this forum that the transmission holds 10 quarts of Honda ATF-DW1 fluid but the drain and refill procedure replaces only 3 quarts of old fluid with new fluid. What remains is 66.7% old fluid. Several of you run the vehicle until the transmission fluid warms up or drive the vehicle for a short time and repeat the drain and replace 3 quarts of fluid. Now what remains is about 44.5% old fluid. I guess Honda believes the 66.7 procedure is sufficient to keep the transmission functioning appropriately.
I have been performing the 66.7% procedure and my transmission began to "shudder" when shifting between 2nd and 3rd. A transmission repair shop recommended adding 4 oz of Lube Guard Instant Shudder Fix and that cured the problem. I now am at 100,000 miles and plan to perform the 44.5% procedure (or two sequential changes) and see if the shudder problem reoccurs.
Any others of you have experienced the shudder issue? If so what was the solution?

 

[Higgy Baby]

I had that on my 2013 at around 108k miles. The Honda dealer did the- 3 drain and refills back to back. I assume they ran it through the gears in between? But it fixed it and it didn't return- so i guess that method works?
Unfortunately I lost it in an accident back in July.

 

[Kazoo2U]

Your vehicle - your choice. 2x sure beats 1x, but as many forum members will attest, 3x is the best of all with several miles of driving in-between each drain-and-fill. Sometimes, using non-Honda transmission fluid can cause problems.

Might also want to check your solenoid filters. Plenty of YT videos out there showing how to do this.

To help others, click on your Avatar in the upper right hand corner, --> Account Settings, complete yours with Vehicle Information, then hit Save. After doing this, that vital piece of information automatically appears every time you post. With 6 generations of the CRV on the road, knowing the year & trim level of the vehicle in question helps both the person asking the question and the folks who want to help solve the problem.

 

[Carbuff2]

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That is important for Gen4 CR-Vs because of the two different transmissions used. Yours is probably the earlier 5 speed automatic.

they require different 'flavors' of ATF.

 

[Je7612]

I read in this forum that the transmission holds 10 quarts of Honda ATF-DW1 fluid but the drain and refill procedure replaces only 3 quarts of old fluid with new fluid. What remains is 66.7% old fluid. Several of you run the vehicle until the transmission fluid warms up or drive the vehicle for a short time and repeat the drain and replace 3 quarts of fluid. Now what remains is about 44.5% old fluid. I guess Honda believes the 66.7 procedure is sufficient to keep the transmission functioning appropriately.
I have been performing the 66.7% procedure and my transmission began to "shudder" when shifting between 2nd and 3rd. A transmission repair shop recommended adding 4 oz of Lube Guard Instant Shudder Fix and that cured the problem. I now am at 100,000 miles and plan to perform the 44.5% procedure (or two sequential changes) and see if the shudder problem reoccurs.
Any others of you have experienced the shudder issue? If so what was the solution?

Dealer performs a software update and drain and fills trans fluid 2 times. This was covered by Honda up to 80k miles. After that it’s on you. since Honda did not alert me I discovered it at 81k and they still would not cover it. But this did fix the problem and my dealer did it for 225.00
good luck

 

[j8j]

2012 EX-L 5speed auto AWD. I had the sudder develop a few years ago. I replaced the transmission filter (not easy to get to) and did the drain and fill with Honda transmission fluid and Lube Guard Instant Shudder Fix and the shudder went away. Now I do a drain and fill once per year or about every 15K miles with the Lube Guard Instant Shudder Fix. I haven't had the problem for a few years now with this routine. My fluid come out nice and clean every year. Miine takes about 3.4 quarts on the transmission drain and fill. On my model the drain plug is really easy to get to when doing the engine oil change so not much extra work and only about $50 in materials per year to go this way.

 

[LI2016CRV]

2016 CRV 70K miles. CVT fluid changed at 30k and 60K miles with Valvoline Full Synthetic CVT fluid and haven't had any issues. Just drain and fills of a bit over 3 quarts each time and measured at the level plug each time.