Daihatsu-Forum.de - Automatic gear Cuore L701

There is a Dipstick on the Transmission. On top of it. There is a small plastic knob ontop of a metal tube.

On the Dipstick you'll find marks like on an oil-dipstick. Probably two sets of them, for hot and cold state.

Procedure: Drive the car for a few minutes or let the engine idle for 10min. or so. It should bring the ATF to operating temperature.

Then move the gear selector from P to R, wait for two seconds, move it to N, wait for two seconds, move to D, and so on until you reach the lowest selectable Position. Then do the same thing on the way back up to P.

Make shure you parked the car on even and plain-levelled ground, so it isn't tilted to neither side nor to its back or front. If not, the Dipstick won't indicate the ATF-level correctly.

Then stop the engine and take out the dipstick of the Transmission, clean it with a peace of paper or towel and put it back to its place. When now taken back out, it shows you the level of ATF in relation to the marks on it.

After you've noticed the result, clean the dipstick and put it in its correct place.

The colour of good, new ATF is red. If it is brown or black or smells burnt, change it asap.

To refill ATF, use the hole where the dipstick belongs. The drain Plug is at the bottom of the transmission.

As far as I remember, the Transmission reqires Dexron II or Dexron III ATF, but no guarantee on this Information, since it is almost 10 years that I had my Daihatsu and it was the model one generation newer with a other Transmission.