Manual says, "Change Auto Trans Fluid" at 60K towing...

It doesn't say "Change some of the fluid", or "Drain and fill and only change 3 qu of fluid". It implies to change ALL the fluid unlike car care nut says. I like the guy and all but he ain't Toyota and if I'm ever asked to provide maintenance receipts for an extended warranty claim I want to have done what THEY recommend. So my question is, what is the procedure in the factory service manual for "changing ATF" ?

 

Drain and fill every 50-60 you should be ok ..

 

The procedure is a drain and fill.

If you're really that worried about an extended warranty claim, just tell the warranty company you don't use it to tow.

 

Don’t think too hard about it, even if you ignore it completely I’d bet the odds are you’ll still get an “acceptable” or “marginal” lifespan out of it at the minimum so a drain/fill around that interval will mean you’re golden.

(This is not an endorsement of never changing your transmission fluid.)

Edit: Tweaking wording

 

The FSM does not have any procedure for "changing" the fluid. It only has a procedure for "adjustment", which is the well known (on the internet) sequence of steps used to set the level by opening the check plug while the fluid is at the correct temp.

 

Toyota did not make the world in 7 days and that's not a Bible. It's a marketing ploy to sell unnecessary maintenance. Chances are they will tell you they did and do nothing.

 

if you do fluid changes from new and follow the 60k miles interval you can drop all 12 qts. just unhook one of the lines going to the radiator start truck pump out 2 qts. stop engine add 2 qts. do this till you see fresh fluid coming out. overfill by .5 qts. and do level check procedure. if you havent changed the fluid in over 100k they recommend doing a pan drain and fill,about 3.5 qrts, about every 5k miles till you get most of the old fluid out. they say this will minimize knocking any large deposits loose or shocking the clutch pack frictions