So we all know that the new 6-8 gear automatics are very busy through every day's duty cycles... Here's growing evidence.
The U760E has been in Touota Camrys for at least 7 years and over that time there have been THREE service bulletins for torque converter shudder. I won't go into the whole long story of how that originated in manufacturing specs being on the weak side or the miscommunication to the parts sub manufacturer not will I provide the boring details of how they have changed the way they try to "address it " in the latest version of the TSB with extra magnets to catch the already shredding torque converter materials and material off if the now out of round input shaft. And I won't go on to the fact that my trusted Toyota master tech believes that one one "experiences" problems with the U760E that "the damage is done".
This is about the growing transmission industry actively acknowledging the flaws of the U760E even beyond the embarrassing torque converter shudder resulting in hidden wear in other wear in transmission parts.
I own a '13 Camry that has neither given more nor fewer problems than any other I've seen. So... It's had a few issues and is less than refined. Experienced members over on Toyota Nation have noted odd downshifting 3-4shifts, acceleration delays and of course the shudder (which this isn't about).
So after mentioning a gap...a delay... Perhaps one could say a... float, between shifts 3-4 to my mechanic, he replies that he's been telling Toyota about it for a while but it takes submissions from many techs to reach the threshold of action. Basically he's getting embarrassed with the whole thing and tired o working on them. He refers me to a transmission industry magazine do just this Feb. 2015. He didn't suggest i use the product but uses it as an illustration of the fall from grace of the U760E.
So,
I go check it out online and sure as heck. "Common shift problems in the U760E" "pressure circuit losses" "common shift problems".
So turns out it isn't the wunderkid that it's advertised to be not does the fact that Toyota (resting on the reliability
Smoke and mirrors of their 1990-2006 models) claims I is a "sealed lifetime" transmission .
Here's the ad:
Here's the video: see minute 1:10
http://youtu.be/0YEzuUsXITE
The U760E has been in Touota Camrys for at least 7 years and over that time there have been THREE service bulletins for torque converter shudder. I won't go into the whole long story of how that originated in manufacturing specs being on the weak side or the miscommunication to the parts sub manufacturer not will I provide the boring details of how they have changed the way they try to "address it " in the latest version of the TSB with extra magnets to catch the already shredding torque converter materials and material off if the now out of round input shaft. And I won't go on to the fact that my trusted Toyota master tech believes that one one "experiences" problems with the U760E that "the damage is done".
This is about the growing transmission industry actively acknowledging the flaws of the U760E even beyond the embarrassing torque converter shudder resulting in hidden wear in other wear in transmission parts.
I own a '13 Camry that has neither given more nor fewer problems than any other I've seen. So... It's had a few issues and is less than refined. Experienced members over on Toyota Nation have noted odd downshifting 3-4shifts, acceleration delays and of course the shudder (which this isn't about).
So after mentioning a gap...a delay... Perhaps one could say a... float, between shifts 3-4 to my mechanic, he replies that he's been telling Toyota about it for a while but it takes submissions from many techs to reach the threshold of action. Basically he's getting embarrassed with the whole thing and tired o working on them. He refers me to a transmission industry magazine do just this Feb. 2015. He didn't suggest i use the product but uses it as an illustration of the fall from grace of the U760E.
So,
I go check it out online and sure as heck. "Common shift problems in the U760E" "pressure circuit losses" "common shift problems".
So turns out it isn't the wunderkid that it's advertised to be not does the fact that Toyota (resting on the reliability
Smoke and mirrors of their 1990-2006 models) claims I is a "sealed lifetime" transmission .
Here's the ad:
Here's the video: see minute 1:10
http://youtu.be/0YEzuUsXITE