A/T - Dipstick Production Change, No Retrofit

Group 24
Automatic Transmission



Bulletin Number
24 05 89 (1945)



Woodcliff Lake, NJ
September 1989
Technical Dept.



SUBJECT:
Transmission Oil Dipstick

MODELS:
All equipped with automatic transmission

An improved transmission oil dipstick will be phased into series production early in the 1990 model year.

The new dipstick will lock onto the end of the dipstick tube by means of the black cylindrical grip.





The lock is released with a tilted, lateral movement of the black cylindrical grip (see illustration).

The purpose of the new locking grip is to prevent incorrect "lopping up" of the ATF level by untrained personnel. The new dipstick also provides an improved sealing function.

It is not possible to retrofit the new locking dipstick to automatic transmissions fitted with the previous version.