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I would say that the vast majority of tranny's on late model cars are strong. A few duds here and there that were the subject of a few topics on this board, but far and few between. Of course there are some posters who believe any tranny with the initials CVT is by definition weak, but this is a free country and they can believe any old fool thing they want to believe in.
 
The Tiptronic ZF automatic in my passat was great, until is started acting up around 220k miles. Good is a relative term. How long are you planning to keep your car?
 
Jatco 4EAT transmissions used in a number of vehicles for a long time. My vintage 1995 F-4EAT in my Escort is still the original at 256K miles of mostly suburban driving.
 
Originally Posted by spk2000
What about the 4R70W transmission in the rear wheel drive Fords? Never had an issue in my Grand Marquis and many of them on the road fro many hundreds of thousands of miles.

If they still made the I wonder what engine they would go to the 3.5 ecoboost?

Ford stopped using that transmission series. No more 4 speeds. I think everything now is going from 6 speed, to 8 speed , to 10 speed - like a bicycle!

Those 4 speeds had their share of issues. Some people had better luck with them, than others. They benefited from auxiliary coolers, deeper pans with cooling fins, and surprise, regular transmission fluid exchanges even though the transmission fluid was suppose to be lifetime fill.
 
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So far, it appears people have had good luck with the 2000's era longitudinal Nissan(Jatco) 5 speed auto, as long as it isn't used in a heavy truck and has sufficient cooling.

Good luck with the Hyundai!!!
 
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