How to Service Automatic Transmission and Filter 2001-06 Chrysler Sebring

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In this video, we're going to show you how to change the transmission fluid in this 2004 Chrysler Sebring. The items you'll need for this include jack and jack stands, pliers, a 10mm socket and ratchet with extension, pry bar, flat blade screwdriver, drip pan, razor blade, RTV, rag, funnel, transmission fluid filter, and some transmission fluid.

Your transmission oil pan is actually right here. You can see that to get to it we're going to have to first remove this panel right here, so you're just going to want to pull out these clips that line it, and you can see our vehicle's missing quite a few of them. There's some up in the wheel well for it, too. We'll show you how to do the first one.

You just want to pull out the center. Pull it out, and then you can just pull the rest of the clip out. We'll fast-forward as Don goes around and does that to the rest of them. As you can see, lining the transmission oil pan there's 14 bolts. For right now, you just want to remove the seven closest to the back of the vehicle. We'll fast-forward here as Don removes those bolts.

Now this is what it should look like. You should still have these seven bolts in your oil pan. Now what you're going to want to do is just loosen each of them. Once you've done this, place a drip pan underneath this pan. With those bolts loosened, you just want to pry down the back end and drain some of that transmission fluid. Then, when it starts to slow down, you can loosen the bolts a little more and do it again. Then when it seems like it's getting empty, you want to just remove all but two of these bolts.

Now you want to just pry this pan down. Once you get it separated you can then remove those last two bolts. The pan pulls right off. Now you can remove your transmission fluid filter.

Now you just want to take a putty knife or a razor blade and just scrape up the old gasket off of the pan. You want to take this magnet out of here and just clean it off and set it aside. Now, using your rag, you want to just clean up the transmission fluid that's still left in the pan. It's important that there's no gasket left on the edge of this pan. As you can see, we're just sanding it off. You can use whatever you need to do, but you want to make sure that that gasket is completely removed. If there's any gasket left up here you're going to want to remove that, too.

Now, you can put your new transmission fluid filter back up into place. Now, using RTV, you want to just make a new gasket on your transmission fluid pan. You just want to circle all the bolt holes, and make sure that it's completely connected all the way around. You may notice that we're using the new transmission fluid pan as compared to the old one because the new pans from 1A Auto actually have a drain plug. The next time you want to do this process, it's going to be a lot easier, but if you don't have a new one, you can just do this on your old pan.

Put your transmission oil pan back up into place. Then you're just going to want to replace all 14 of those bolts. Now you can put this panel back into place. You just want to replace those clips. We'll show you with the first one. You just push it in with the center still popped out, and then you just push that center in to lock it. We'll fast-forward as Don does the rest of these.

To replace the transmission fluid, you just want to pull out your transmission fluid dip stick, put a funnel in there, and replace the transmission fluid. We do about three and a half quarts. It could vary based on your vehicle. Once you feel like you've filled it up to a good point, you want to put the dip stick back, start your vehicle, pull out the dip stick, clean it off, and put it in again so it will help you get a more accurate reading.

You can see ours is actually right where it needs to be. If yours isn't, just turn off your vehicle, fill it up with a bit more fluid, and check again.

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How to Service Automatic Transmission and Filter 2001-06 Chrysler Sebring

step 1 :Draining the Transmission Fluid

step 2 :Removing the Transmission Filter

step 3 :Cleaning the Transmission Pan

step 4 :Installing the New Transmission Filter

step 5 :Refilling the Transmission Fluid

Tools needed

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How to Service Automatic Transmission and Filter 2001-06 Chrysler Sebring

step 1 :Draining the Transmission Fluid 0:40

step 2 :Removing the Transmission Filter 3:28

step 3 :Cleaning the Transmission Pan 3:35

step 4 :Installing the New Transmission Filter 4:42

step 5 :Refilling the Transmission Fluid 6:35

Tools needed

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step 1 :Draining the Transmission Fluid

step 2 :Removing the Transmission Filter

step 3 :Cleaning the Transmission Pan

step 4 :Installing the New Transmission Filter

step 5 :Refilling the Transmission Fluid