How to check the transmission fluid on a 2008 Chevy Cobalt?

Answer 1

There is no dip stick on a 2008 Chevy Cobalt.....they made it difficult so you can't check it yourself and you have to take it to a dealer ship so they can make money off of us. One has to completely drain the transmission to know how much transmission fluid is in there and then you have to put the exact amount in that the manual calls for....and of course you want to put new fluid back in. After my car had been fixed in the auto body shop, I noticed my transmission was not shifting right on my 2008 Chevy Cobalt. Long story short, after 2 months finally someone listened to me and I found the leak myself. I took pictures of it dripping and the auto body shop tried to say it was a piece of dirt and all was well. It was still leaking I took it back into the auto shop and it was a loose o ring that they never tightened. It has been almost a year since the problem has been fixed and since the Transmission Fluid went so low,,,,I now have a hesitation when I turn left for over a year now. Had I been able to check the transmission fluid, I would have know for sure the transmission fluid was low and the problem would have never got this far. I am a female.....but I usually can tell what is wrong with the car....call it gut instinct. I was right from the beginning that something was up with the transmission. I hope they change this in the future on vehicles and put the dip stick process back so we can check it ourselves.