Home › Forums › Stay Dirty Lounge › Service and Repair Questions Answered Here › ATF MaxLife instead of DW1 for Honda Civic › ATF MaxLife instead of DW1 for Honda Civic August 16, 2019 at 9:25 am #894282 KevinParticipant I’ve been using MaxLife in my ’98 CRV and ’05 Pilot for over six years without a single issue. It’s ML all day for me.