Take it to an Independent shop and tell them what you want or consider doing a drain and fill with a new filter yourself.
A gasket and filter is about $30 bucks.

 

Hello sdspeed, where do we get a gasket and filter for about $30?

 

Take a look on Rock Auto.

 

I would like to make comment about independent transmission shop and some auto shops STAY AWAY. When it comes to your Toyota trans stick with Toyota, you will feel good about your vehicle with out hassle.

PS I have own 9 Toyotas since 1988 and I own a 2015 Venza now with 140,000 miles, trans oil flushed & drain at the Toyota dealer

 

Looks like Beck Arnley $28.79 is the only one in stock on rockauto.

2018 TOYOTA RAV4 2.5L L4 Filter | Shop Now at RockAuto

Transmission-Automatic Parts and More for Your 2018 TOYOTA RAV4 at Reliably Low Prices. Fast Online Catalog. DIY-Easy. Your Choice of Quality. Full Manufacturer Warranty.

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You can also try online dealers. Filter is $39.79 and gasket is $14.57 (#35168-73010). Give them your VIN number to make sure you get the correct parts.

Automatic Transmission for 2018 Toyota RAV4 | Ourisman Toyota Parts

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For ATF you can use Aisin ATF0WS $7.33/qt. Aisin is a Toyota Group company. Many members like fully synthetic Valvoline Maxlife ATF, about $19/gallon at Walmart.

And use the 5% off discount code if you buy from rockauto, scroll to the newest post:
RockAuto Discount Code

 

Looks like Beck Arnley $28.79 is the only one in stock on rockauto.

2018 TOYOTA RAV4 2.5L L4 Filter | Shop Now at RockAuto

Transmission-Automatic Parts and More for Your 2018 TOYOTA RAV4 at Reliably Low Prices. Fast Online Catalog. DIY-Easy. Your Choice of Quality. Full Manufacturer Warranty.

www.rockauto.com

You can also try online dealers. Filter is $39.79 and gasket is $14.57 (#35168-73010). Give them your VIN number to make sure you get the correct parts.

Automatic Transmission for 2018 Toyota RAV4 | Ourisman Toyota Parts

toyotaparts.mcgeorgetoyota.com

For ATF you can use Aisin ATF0WS $7.33/qt. Aisin is a Toyota Group company. Many members like fully synthetic Valvoline Maxlife ATF, about $19/gallon at Walmart.

And use the 5% off discount code if you buy from rockauto, scroll to the newest post:
RockAuto Discount Code

Aisin ATF is not synthetic. The Valvoline says synthetic but it has no synthetic base which is Group 3. REDLINE makes a true Group4/5 real synthetic ATF available at Amazon. I use REDLINE D6 in my Priuses.

 

At those miles I would just do a drain and fill. I never flush. I do the filter on mine at 100 k miles. I use Maxlife. There is no differential fluid to change on a FWD.

 

I’d be very wary of a full flush unless the company says to. That was the end all be all of old hydraulic auto trannys but faded from grace mostly 15+- years ago. In the manuals many manufacturers directly forbid flushing likely because it causes far more issues than it solves .
You’ll see this on YouTube. In particular look up a guy who goes by THE CARCARE NUT, he’s a real Toyota wrench and knows his shit. He does many great do and never do videos . I don’t know his take on flushing is though.
Most cars today don’t even have an accessible filter anymore and seem to hold up fine. As with coolant draining what you can and refilling with new is plenty good enough as coolants and oils are far better these days .
I’d definitely go with OEM Fluid though as Scotty Kilmer says. It’s not that much more and today sometimes it really does make a difference even if the specs are identical.


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If you intend to keep the car beyond 3Yrs/160,000kms......Recommend change the WS ATF & the Filter, its not a lifetime fluid unless you want the Transmission to "Whine like a Banshee & have other challenges". Run new fluid thru the box/torque converter until the fluid out the return line comes out clean.

Mine looked like this:

2018 RAV4 6Sp Auto with lock-up torque converter...

WS ATF is not a Life time fluid unless you want to change your transmission or want it to "Whine like a Banshee". My 2018 RAV has the U760F-03A Auto 6Sp with lock-up torque converter & note that in the RAV's attempt to optimise fuel economy it does a lot of "gear changes" involving pressure...

www.toyotanation.com

If the RAV4 is 3Yr Leased & you give it back at the end of the Warranty Period.....its a future buyer beware.

Rob

 

Last service I got my tranny fluid done.130km

 

You have to drop the pan to access the filter, and while you're there, clean the pan and the magnets. It's still not technically a flush, just a glorified drain and refill, as there's still plenty of old fluid in the torque converter

 

Without dropping the pan, you would only be able to drain 2/3 of the old fluid retained apart from the torque converter.

 

did you do it yourself? if so, how difficult was the procedure and how did you measure the temperature of the fluid ?

 

Just my opinion, but that dealer who blew you off? Never...NEVER go back there.

 

its the "service advisers" that blow it off because they do not have the correct technical knowledge that a mechanic - or well informed vehicle owner would have.

 

would also like to know how to service the transmission on my 2018 rav xle

 

how do you get the car into check mod for the correct temp?

 

 

i have been researching this topic more and since then, i have acquired the techstream software that can be used to identify transmission temperature for fluid level check. further,, based on the following youtube video, it appears that i can do a fluid drain and fill without having to remove the driver's wheel and also without having to jack up the car - this makes the operation much more accessible for me because i do not have jacks <

> can anyone verify if this procedure shown on youtube can in fact be done?

 

The video I posted shows the procedure actually being done by a certified Toyota Master Technician vs this random guy talking and not doing the steps and making the ridiculous assumption that the fluid level was correct to begin with instead of following the proper Toyota procedure to verify the fluid level.

 

thanks everyone, I watch the car care guy ,learned a lot from him.