Ok, in my owners manual it says only to use diamond SPIII transmission fluid. I called my kia dealer to inquire about buying some the guy put me on hold... comes back on and says the techs say to use chrysler atf+4.... and btw this is a kia/dodge dealership. Now this makes me nervous b/c they topped off my tranny before. So I'm sure that's what they put in.
I called the 1-800 kia number and they said they'll get back to me(still haven't heard). So does anyone else know if this is ok to put in the tranny? I've read some of the posts on this, but curious if anyone has "official" word from a dealership on that.
The reason I need it is that my tranny has had problems since about
3K(at 8k right now). When going up a hill once it downshifts it will not upshift. Even after you are back on flat ground or even going down the other side of the hill it will stay up around 3-4K on the tach and just will not shift until you take your foot off the gas, really annoying. I've checked the level of the tranny fluid like a bazillion times so at this point I figure I may as well just drain and refill it, worth a shot. When I had it in last time they said fluid was low even though i had just checked it and they topped it off. Really didn't seem to fix the problem, just another crappy dealer fix.Anyone else have a similar shifting prob either?
Thanks, Ed