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>>1) How often should I have the transmission fluid changed (at a cost of $79.99)?
The generic recommendation is to have at least what is in the pan changed every 2 years. In front wheel drive cars, I think non-synthetic ATF should be changed every 15,000 miles. For your driving, sounds like every 2 years would be fine. It's inexpensive to change the few quarts of ATF--for that price, they must be changing the filter too.
In any case, maintenance is much cheaper than replacement.
>>2) How often do I really need to have the oil changed? I noticed the manual seems to suggest every 7,500 miles is ok?
If you are using non-synthetic, 6 months is probably a good idea. If you are using a good synthetic, then yearly/7500 miles is fine.
>>3) Any other fluid changes that should be made yearly or more often.
If you change at least as much power steering fluid as you can suck out of the reservoir every year, and replace with fresh, your power steering system will probably function well for many years.
Brake fluid should be changed every 2 years--it absorbs moisture from the air, and can cause internal gunking in the brakes. Again, fresh fluid is much less than new calipers.
>>Recently however I've noticed that it may take 2 cranks of the engine or a crank and simultaneous pump of the gas for the engine to start, where as before 1 turn of the key was all that was ever necessary. Could this be as a result of not changing the transmission fluid as they insist?
Not likely. I recommend you use a dose of AMSOIL PI or BG 44K in the gas tank and see if that helps. It is relatively inexpensive ($6-20, depending on which one) and won't hurt anything.
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