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    Mitsubishi 380 auto servicing

    Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Advice Mitsubishi 380 Mitsubishi 380 Advice Mitsubishi 380 2006

    The auto transmission in my 2006 Mitsubishi 380 has blown after 190,000 km. I use it to tow a 1-tonne caravan and I use the manual shift as much as possible, but I have just travelled some 4000 km in very poor road conditions with multiple road works causing me to slow and speed up numerous times. How should I drive this vehicle correctly?

    Answered by CarsGuide
    27 June 2014
    Carsguide.com.au

    Use the manual shift as much as you can and anticipate the road ahead. When you're facing a hill, be ready to down-change manually without waiting for the transmission to do it for itself. Never let it lug at low revs in too high a gear. The other thing to be mindful of is servicing. The transmission fluid should be regularly changed, at least every 50,000 km if not before, and a full service is recommended around 100,000 km. By doing that you should be able to extend the life of your automatic transmission. Servicing is even more important if the transmission is made to work hard, such as when towing.

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