Ever had a transmission fail? On what vehicle?

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I had a 1988 Grand Caravan which I bought New. The Ultaglide auto trans failed 3x. It was replaced with a new transmission each time because the car was under warranty with low mileage.
Since I never bought a Chrysler product again, I never had a transmission failure since then.
 
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Never had a transmission (or engine) failure in my 47 years of driving until now. My 2016 Nissan Rogue SV's cvt went and was replaced under warranty at 30,000 miles just last month. No confidence in cvt's anymore.

While I'm admittedly not the biggest fan of CVTs, I wouldn't judge CVTs based on Nissan's offering. Nissan's CVT has traditionally been horrible and if they've made any sort of improvement over the years, it's been marginal at best. I will say, for whatever reason, Nissan's V6/CVT combo seem to be much more reliable than the 4cyl/CVT combo. Toyota and Honda seem to make a very reliable CVT and I've heard Subaru's is pretty good too.
 
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I'm a bit surprised that no one has posted a 4T65E failure yet. I haven't had a transmission fail yet, but my 4T65E has me wondering each morning if today's the day that I'll be posting a failure in this thread.
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Seems like I remember those letters / numbers . Is it a GM transmission ? Do they have a bad reputation ? From your post , it sounds like it does .

Thanks , :)

Yeah, the GM 4T65E transmission is notorious for throwing a P1811- Max Adapt/Long Term Shift code. The reasons for the code are numerous, but seems like most of the time replacing the Pressure Control solenoid fixes it for a bit. In most cases though, once the transmission gets this code, it's signaling the end is coming. It can last another 80k miles, or give up the next day, it's hard to tell. I dropped the pan, installed new magnets, replaced the filter, and installed a shift kit. I don't feel the hard shifts anymore, but it's only masking the problem. One day (who knows when), it will give out on me.


I did the exact same thing on my 4T65E @ 100K. 40K miles later and it's still doing OK. Mine shifts pretty firm with the shift kit but seems to me hanging in there. It hasn't gotten any worse so I'm hoping I can limp it along for another few years.

Mine was at 122k or so miles when I did it last year. I've only put about 1.5k miles on it over the last 14 months but it seems to hold up okay. I have no idea how long this temp fix will hold up, but I figure that makes it just like any other car on the road
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I forgot to mention one, our '04 Audi A4 CVT failed at around 12K. The dealer swapped it with an 'upgraded' one that lasted until we got rid of it around 65K. Despite me hating every mechanical piece of that car, it looked great and drove really well.
 
My 64 beetle's trans failed on my way to work. Just made it to the base enterance, looked at the cop and said, "I'm going to make just to that side street." He laughed and I totally broke. The trans was 50 years old so...
 
A number of years back, the old F-150 stopped going into reverse. At least it wasn't expensive to fix. The transmission rebuild plus a differential service and new axle seals was under $1000, taxes in.
 
I had a 91 or 92 Ford Escort wagon that was making a whining noise and thought it could have been a front wheel bearing. I never thought about the transmission. The fluid always looked like new, but after checking it...….it was blacker than black. Drove great, but got rid of it while it still got around. I think something in the differential area was rubbing aluminum and turning the fluid black. This car had around 150,000 miles.

The tranny in my 93 MB 190e went at around 225,000 miles. I had that replaced and hit 300,000 miles and 20 years of ownership.

I'm currently driving a 2001 Volvo V70 2.4T with the original automatic transmission, that has the "drop into neutral" software. Still works perfect. If or when it starts acting up, then I'll run to the dealer for a software update.
 
The reverse went out in my '84 cutlass about a week after I sold it. I would see the car parked like it had been backed into spots around town. It had not given me any trouble before the sale.
 
96 Chrysler cirrus v6. Took the car to get take out. put it in reverse heard a clunk drove 4 miles round trip got back home and found a puddle of atf under it. Something in front diff shot through pan amazingly, I was able to get dinner and back home before calling a tow. New trans car made it a while longer but was sludged up badly oil light kept coming oil despite regular changes.
 
2007 Trailblazer SS. 13K miles. Floored it from a stop and the tranny went "weweweweweeweeee". Towed to dealer.

Had to get rid of it after that because the wife refused to drive something that was so "unreliable".
 
I had a '89 Dodge Dakota Sport. The third time the transmission failed (at about 65k), I traded it for a '95 Dodge Intrepid. I bought the Intrepid with 40k on the clock, and the transmission started acting up immediately. It was fixed by the dealer under the lemon law, and worked fine until the car was totaled at 60k. That was my last Dodge.
 
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Only had two transmission failures. Had one on a 1986 Chevy S-10 Blazer and a 1990 Ford Ranger. The Blazer was at 208k and the Ranger at 140k. The Blazer was on its second engine and I made the mistake of paying to replace the transmission only to have the second engine (with 60k or so on it) start making a ton of racket from the bottom end within a couple of months of the transmission rebuild.
 
Somehow NEVER, technically. I'm hard on cars. I cracked the main gear shaft in my stock 99 Cobra, a part that isn't upgraded on even the strongest rebuild offerings. Drove fine, just made noise in gear. Had it fixed.

95 Accord 386,000 miles, original trans. Threw a rod.
98 Cavalier 306,000 miles, original trans, TH125.
05 CTS-V almost 200,000 miles on it before I sold it, original T56 trans.


My Yukon might eat a trans eventually, doubt my new V will.
 
I had one in a 1977 Chevy Nova 5.0 with the 2 speed Metric trans. It failed with only 9K on the vehicle, and was rebuilt at the local Chevy dealer in Bath, Me under GM warranty.
 
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