paul123

Got the "Transmission Service Required" warning indicator this morning when I started it up.

Bone stock 2010 MRT 11K miles. It was 73 deg outside so ambient temperature wasn't a problem.

Made an appointment at the dealership. I have my fingers crossed that it's not a major issue.

Never noticed any problems or strange noises before this....well except the usual slight-delay-from-a-dead-stop issue that all SST's supposedly have.

Will report back with updates after my service appointment.

xi

I had that one time when I got suck in the snow (it was bad, most of the city's snow plows were stuck) and after rocking the car back and forth for like 5-6 min, I got the message.

I shut down, restarted, and it never showed up again. Might've been a fluke. Is the message persistent?

paul123

That night after work, the message was still there.

Next morning, and ever since, no message.

jkennedy293

^That's actually not uncommon. Alot of people have had issues with the SST that seem to resolve themselves. Usually it fixes itself within a few ignition cycles.

paul123

Good to know that I'm not the only one and that it usually resolves itself.

Do you think the service department will be able to "pull codes" for the warning message and diagnose the problem, even though the message is now gone?

jkennedy293

If the CEL isn't on, they can't do anything.

hotkupa

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Good to know. Keep us informed.

tnn35

I also just got that same message "Transmission Service Required" on console, then when I put in reverse, i was blinking and car didn't go anywhere. I turned the car off for a minute and started it again. The service code disappeared and car runs normal again.

that was scary. hopefully that's gone forever.

mrMTB

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Since you might have missed it in the manual, when the gear indicator blinks in the MID, it means that the system was not able to confirm that the requested gear has been selected in the transmission. Typically the blinking resolves itself in a few seconds, but other times you might need to shift to park, release the brake, and try again.

The blinking can happen without causing a transmission service message, but it's possible that whatever caused the system to show the message also prevented the transmission from confirming the gear selection.

paul123

UPDATE: Just got the car back from service today. No error codes (fault codes) were found upon scanning. At this time, it is unknown what caused the initial warning message. I'll probably change the SST transmission filter and fluid in the next month or so just to be safe. Will take pictures of my filter (and post) when I do.

nhgraham

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I wouldn't mess with it... The oem fluid is $125/ gallon and it takes close to two gallons not to metion the $119 for the filter! On top of that the jacker that you got working on your sst prolly doesn't know whats going on with these transmissions. If it ain't broke don't fix it. FYI servce interval is 30K on the fluid change if your not beating on it.

jkennedy293

You can get the fluid much cheaper. Read this:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/mi...sst-fluid.html

paul123

There was a post I read that indicated an SST fluid and filter change at around 15k miles would be highly beneficial. Within the post (or other posts, I can't remember) there were pictures of the filter after only about 10-15k miles, and it was pretty bad.

So I guess there is some debate about the worth in doing this earlier than the 30k specified interval.

evolved13

I just got my DD EvoX MR the 60K service at CobbSoCal. I have always done the required svcs. and had been told that 60K was fine for the SST fluid change, assuming one doesn't do track days and drag races all the time....I had them save the changed-out trans filter (outrageous cost-$122 for a $15 part). The fluid was not very discolored and the filter was clean with no visible metal or metallic pieces, and not gummed up. Looked great for 60,544 miles. The car and the trans work perfectly and it is tuned.

paul123

Thanks for the info. That makes me feel a lot better. I'm going to do more research before I decide on doing the fluid and filter change so early. (especially since it is so expensive!)