{"id":51233,"date":"2017-03-20T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T15:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=51233"},"modified":"2020-02-28T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T23:25:47","slug":"2005-cadillac-cts-transmission-fluid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/03\/2005-cadillac-cts-transmission-fluid","title":{"rendered":"2005 Cadillac CTS transmission fluid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34684\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2004-cadillac-cts.jpg\" alt=\"Cadillac CTS\" width=\"600\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2004-cadillac-cts.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2004-cadillac-cts-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>I need to check transmission fluid. Where is it located? Where is place to put trans fluid?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>RESPONSE<\/p>\n<p>These days the transmission fluid isn&#8217;t designed for the consumer to access. This doesn&#8217;t however mean it can not be done. Though it may not be as simple as it may have once been it is still possible.<\/p>\n<h3>Transmission Fluid Replacement<\/h3>\n<h4>Draining Procedure<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51321\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2005-cts-transmission-diagram.gif\" alt=\"2005 CTS Transmission Diagram\" width=\"320\" height=\"296\" \/>Raise and suitably support the vehicle.<\/li>\n<li>Clean away all dirt and debris from the transmission fluid temperature sensor\/drain plug area.<\/li>\n<li>Place a suitable drain pan under the transmission.<\/li>\n<li>Disconnect the electrical connector from the transmission fluid temperature sensor\/drain plug.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the fluid temperature sensor\/drain plug (4).<\/li>\n<li>Allow the system to drain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Caution!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Install the transmission fluid temperature sensor\/drain plug (4).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tighten<\/strong><br \/>\nTighten the transmission fluid temperature sensor\/drain plug to 18 N\u00b7m (13 lb ft).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connect the electrical connector to the transmission fluid temperature sensor\/drain plug.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Filling Procedure<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51322\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2005-cts-transmission-fluid-fill-plug.gif\" alt=\"transmission fluid fill plug 2005 CTS\" width=\"320\" height=\"296\" \/>Clean away all dirt and debris from the transmission fluid fill plug area.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the transmission fluid fill plug.<\/li>\n<li>Fill the transmission with DEXRON\u00ae-III transmission fluid, until even with the bottom of the fill plug hole.<\/li>\n<li>Install the transmission fluid fill plug.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tighten<\/strong><br \/>\nTighten the transmission fluid fill plug to 18 N\u00b7m (13 lb ft).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove the drain pan.<\/li>\n<li>Lower the vehicle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I need to check transmission fluid. Where is it located? Where is place to put trans fluid? RESPONSE These days the transmission fluid isn&#8217;t designed for the consumer to access. This doesn&#8217;t however mean it can not be done. Though it may not be as simple as it may have once been it is still&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/03\/2005-cadillac-cts-transmission-fluid\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2005 Cadillac CTS transmission fluid<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14443,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,147],"tags":[11445,9878],"class_list":["post-51233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-cadillac","tag-check-transmission-fluid","tag-cts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}