<P> An attempt to introduce an' upgrade' that was not fully accepted by GM management for a number of reasons including the way that it was promoted internally and cost . It was therefore abandoned in favour of making further incremental upgrades to the existing DEXRON - III specification . </P> <P> The fluid specification for Dexron - VI was introduced in 2005, and was first used as the GM factory - fill automatic transmission fluid for model year 2006 . All Dexron - III licenses expired permanently at the end of 2006, and GM now supports only Dexron - VI fluids for use in their automatic transmissions, although fluids asserted by their manufacturers to meet Dexron - III standards continue to be sold under names such as Dex / Merc . These fluids are not regulated or endorsed by GM . </P> <P> Dexron VI is of a slightly lower viscosity when new compared to the prior Dexron fluids (a maximum of 6.4 cSt at 100 ° C for Dexron VI and 7.5 cSt for Dexron III), but the allowed viscosity loss from shearing of the ATF during use is lower for Dexron VI, resulting in the same lowest allowed final viscosity for both Dexron III and VI (5.5 cSt) in test . In reality most of the DEXRON - III fluids typically sheared to about 4.2 cSt in use . The lower, more stable viscosity improved pumping efficiency within the transmission and fluid stability over life . Since Dexron VI is not allowed to thin out (lower its viscosity) as much as Dexron III during use, it requires the use of higher - quality, more shear - stable (less prone to thinning while in use) formulations . The current GM specification that defines the fluid is GMW16444, which superseded the original specification, GMN10060 . </P>

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