I'm almost ashamed to say I know next to nothing about automatic transmissions. I do know that my car is about to hit 60k and that I should be changing the trans fluid since it was last done at 30k.

I'm assuming this is not a "DIY" job in the driveway like a t-56 would be. If it is, school me.

More than likely I won't have the time to do it, so I'll take it somewhere. What kind of prices should I expect? Also, is there actually a filter in there?

 

I changed my A4's fluid and filter one time in my driveway, and I'm not sure if I'd do it again. It was very messy. But from what I understand, it's about twice the cost and then some compared to an oil change to have done.

The tricky part is getting the tranny's pan lowered from the car without spilling the oil all over hell's half acre. If you can do that, changing the filter is a snap and then all you have to do is refill the oil. I've never done a flush, so I can't help you there.

What I did was remove the bolts from the pan on the front side of the tranny first. Then I began to loosen the rest from the front - on back to let the pan dip down draining some of the fluid. Once that was done, I just removed the rest of the bolts carefully and removed the pan and gasket. The filter is pretty self-explainatory on replacement. Use a new gasket when you re-install the pan, tighten your bolts accordingly, refill the oil.