Dodge Durango Forum II

Stay away from Jiffy Lube (kinda long)

Ya I know I should know better, but I diden't have the time to do all the fluid changes so my wife took her 98 D to Jiffy Lube and had them do all the fluid changes Oil,Transmission flush,Both Diffs and the transfer case well they got the oil and the diffs correct but they put DEXTRON in the tranny and the transfer case! As I understand it you MUST use ATF+3 in the D's transmission and transfer case. Well after my wife got home and I read the workorder is when I noticed that they had indeed used the incorrect tranny fluid (I told her to make sure they used ATF+3) anyway I called the manager and he tried to tell me that it was ok to use Dextron in the Durango and I told him that no it was not and that he was full of it. I also told him that I would be bringing it right back so that he could flush the tranny and drain the transfer case and put the correct fluid back in. Well to make a long story short I had to have a Service Advisor from my local Dodge Dealer call him and tell him that he needed to get that Dextron out of my Durango A.S.A.P as it will ruin the transmission and transfer case if left in. Well I went back with the D and I myself made sure that they put in the correct fluid. I know that I should never trust these places, but I have been so busy and since I told my wife to make sure they put in the correct fluid I thought it would be ok NOT! So make sure if you have the fluids changed by a place like this be sure that they use the correct fluid. It was only driven around 20 miles with the Dextron in it so do you think it will be ok?

Jeff B.

Mon Dec 30