said by qdemn7 
:What's the story on late model cars eliminating the dipstick on the automatic transmission? I know a transmission in good running order does not consume any fluid. But at least you could check the fluid to see it was getting burned or whatever. Now the only way to know your transmission might be going out is when it starts slipping or just starts leaking. Dumb.
Its not just new cars. My 94 Mercedes doesn't have it either. I went and asked my local repair shop to if I was missing it and they said it didn't have one. Really annoying considering I usually check under the hood every 2 or 3 days.
