For all you l who enjoying driving a stick shift, you’ll be glad to know the maintenance needs are minimal. We recommend changing the fluid in the manual transmission and transaxle every 60,000 to 90,000 miles. This is an easier procedure than flushing an automatic trans, and as a result, costs a bit less.
Depending on your vehicle, we may recommend these related services at the same time as a fluid flush:
Replacing the trans filter.
Changing the transaxle fluid.
Changing the differential fluid (four-wheel drive vehicles).
Inspecting the tires (four-wheel or all-wheel drive vehicles). If your tire tread is wearing unevenly, your vehicle may have trouble going into four-wheel or all-wheel drive. This can ruin the four-wheel drive unit, which is an extremely expensive repair.