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The risk is poor shifting and vibration from the transmission when you use anything but the OE fluid. Spec for your car on a drain and refill is about 3 quarts of fluid, with almost 8 quarts required for a complete change-out. With dealership price of the fluid running about $12/quart, even a drain/refill is $36 worth of fluid.
Transmission cost between $1,000 to $4,000 to repair depending on type of transmission RWD AWD or FWD. Changing your transmission oil every 2 years or 25,000 miles will help the transmission last a very long time, adding a transmission rad cooler unit to it will help it last even longer.