Q: If I have never changed my transmittion fluid in my 2006 dodge ram 1500 and I have 157000. Should I change it now?

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If I have never changed my transmittion fluid in my 2006 dodge ram 1500 and I have 157700 miles on it. Should I change it now?

My car has 157700 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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