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New Cars Don't All Come With Dipsticks Anymore, Here's Why
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this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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all the things you said are good provided the dipstick is still there. cost nonwhitstanding.
which is already a thing in some cars.
a lot of the ones that get rid of the dipstick (its semi-common on transmissions now) end up being disposable.
friend of mine had a ford like this. and it cost more than the car to fix after only 10-15ish years of use. its terrible.
Yeah, that's just how it goes as the engine becomes more complex, leaving a dipstick there is not gonna change that...
leaving a dipstick there and not recommending against changing your transmission fluid would not have ruined the car in a measly decade.
please don't trust these corporations. unrepairable items are engineered to be unrepairable, and vice versa.