This is why fluid services are so important
The material you see in that pan. The glitter and dark material is from clutch material and steel plates inside of your automatic transmission. It's normal for you to have a slight amount of material from normal wear.
Your automatic transmission has clutches and steel plates that separate each clutch disc. Over time if not properly lubricated and protected those clutches can wear down to quickly and once the friction material is gone you now have metal to metal contact which will cause a transmission to fail. Due to the contamination of other components with the metal particles.
Regular servicing of your transmission filter and fluid can help to prevent a premature transmission failure. When your transmission fluid is dirty or burnt it is not protecting the clutches and other internal components of your transmission. A transmission fluid service should be performed on your transmission every 50,000 miles, if you tow regularly or heavy we recommend every 30,000 miles - or sooner based on the condition of the fluid.
As note some manufactures are not recommending transmission services until 100,000 miles and some say they have lifetime fluid. The problem that we find is that these transmissions are failing much sooner and are more costly.
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Happy Adventures,
Heather
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