My MR is Lurching forward every time I start to drive forward in 1st gear only. I bought this car new in '11 and it has 27,000mi on it. never tracked or launched...any thoughts?

 

Ok, I just got home with the car. The dealer charged me 781.15. They changed the following:
A. Transmission Service:
1) Diaqueen SSTF: $175.53 x2 (I kept the excess)
2) Labor: $105.00
B . Differential Service:
1) M/T Fluid, 75W-80: $17.36
2) A/T Fluid, SPIII: $9.94
3) Labor: $105.00
C. Transfer Case Service:
1) LSD Gear Oil, SAE-90: $17.11
2) Labor: $36.00
D. Synthetic Oil Change: (It was within 100mi of 5000)
1) Oil: $36.25
2) Oil Filter $7.71
3) Labor: $14.95
E. Tire Rotation: $19.95 (They did actually need it)

 

I would suggest changing the tranny fluid more often than every 2.5 years and 27000 miles.

Sounds like they did the basic maintenance. I'm surprised they didn't charge you more for the t-case service.

Did they not change the SST filter? They better have. That thing is shot by now.

 

Did it fix the original problem?

 

yowsa
my dealership here will just poor off Diaqueene into a bottle for us if we bring our own container

 

switch to motul trans fluid on your next service with a stainless lifetime filter from ssp. Adding a trans cooler at stock power wouldn't be a bad idea either, the stock one is useless.

 

I've read extensively about the TC-SST-
Only use the OEM fluid or SSP Pro Gold. There have been reports that other fluids can wear out the gel protecting the submerged electronics. This could lead to problems later.
The SSP stainless steel filter is high quality, and will last forever. I have one.

Change the fluid and filter (or clean SSP filter) before the first 5K miles, and every 15k or so after that. That may be a bit more frequent than is necessary, especially since OP never tracks or anything.

I'm guessing since the OP didnt come back, the TC-SST and diff maintenance fixed his issue.

 

Sounds like a cheap price from a dealer. Did they really do the full job? Some thing does not look right. Or you got a great price.

 

Haven't heard from OP since March... [shrug]

 

Wait im suppose to change what after my first 5k? I have a 14' MR and have 11k on the odomoter bought brand new last year. Im concerned about not doing maintanence corrrect as im still under factory warranty

 

it doesn't need any service right now. There's a service interval guide in the manual for regular driving and hard driving.

 

Just follow the service manual. I changed my tranny fluid at 52k and it was still pretty clean. That's with 4 track days and mostly freeway driving.

 

anyone know the interval for the the tranny fluid change in the MR? I only have about 16k miles on mine

 

Manual says 60K but I have been doing mine every 30K.

 

Thanks, I'll probably change mine earlier than 60k too