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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3235109" data-attributes="member: 29706">Have to drop the pan if you are going to change filters though. Mine has the sump filter as well as a spin on like an oil filter. 200k is a long time for tranny fluid to run though. I think mine is every 100k <a href="http://blog.chiltondiymanuals.com/2002-2008-dodge-ram-full-sized-truck-routine-maintenance-reference-guide/" target="_blank">http://blog.chiltondiymanuals.com/2002-2008-dodge-ram-full-sized-truck-routine-maintenance-reference-guide/</a> and most are pretty similar.If you tow regularly it's a lot less than 100k for service intervals on a transmission. The hotter the fluid gets the faster it breaks down. At 325 degrees so towing uphill in a hot climate with a big load for long distances it will only last about 500 miles.<img src="https://www.freeautomechanic.com/images/transmission-temperature-chart.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />That it's why I cringe when I see little cars pulling trailers u haul will put a hitch on anything. I know someone who had a vehicle they were going to use to tow with and I advised them against it.  They were hauling a little pickup on a trailer and they had uhaul install the hitch and rent the trailer. They said it would be fine. They made it to okc from Lawton and the trans died.  It was a new vehicle with maybe 40k on it.  But if I remember was a small SUV like a juke or rogue size but can't remember the brand.  Uhaul paid for the rebuild but still the lost time and other issues just isn't worth it not to mention that it will never really be the same again and with carfax you just took a lot off the resale value.</blockquote>

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