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Old May 2, 2014 | 10:41 PM
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Bought my '03 about 1 month ago. When it is cold the gears on my 6 speed to go in very well. Even when it is warm upped it seems sluggish. Do you think changing the fluid will help? What is the best fluid to use.

Also today my " active handling light" came on and it says to service it; if hit the reset will it go away. I have 75,000 miles on it?
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Old May 2, 2014 | 11:07 PM
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Amsoil Torque Drive ATF fluid, 3.8 quarts. Problem solved.

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Bought my '03 about 1 month ago. When it is cold the gears on my 6 speed to go in very well. Even when it is warm upped it seems sluggish. Do you think changing the fluid will help? What is the best fluid to use.

Also today my " active handling light" came on and it says to service it; if hit the reset will it go away. I have 75,000 miles on it?
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Old May 3, 2014 | 08:02 AM
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For your AH issue, pull your DIC codes and see what is there. You can then do a search on what is going on.

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