People who have had auto transmission problems (3rd Gen)

[Spetz]

Can people who have had problems with their auto please post back with the following answers:

1. 4 speed/5 speed - 3.0/3.5L?
2. kilometers when problem appeared?
3. How much of a "warning period" was there/what warning signs were there?
4. What did you do (reco, wrecker swap etc) and what was the cost split between parts and labor?
5. Your driving style
6. If you know, what went wrong internally?

Thanks for any help

[Skapper]

1 - Four speed, 3.5 - 2000 model TJ series one executive.
2 - Approximately 130,000km
3 - ZERO WARNING. Just lost drive.
4 - Second hand (Sandgate Wreckers). Fitted by the worst mechanics in the world (RACQ approved repairer apparently). Serviced by the best transmission specialist in town. Total Cost $1200 for transmission and $1000 fitting. Servicing of the transmission $210.
5 - Driving style? Bi-polar grand dad driver with bursts of road rage resulting in "flat-the ****-out" style. This transmission gets 100% grand dad driver now though.

[3.5L_V6_TL_ES]

1. Four speed Tippy, 3.5 - 2003 TL ES
2. Approx. 95,000 km
3. Changes between 2nd and 3rd play up (slip a bit) when planting the throttle
4. Just gonna let it go then either do manual conversion or use the auto from my 03 TL ES wreck with 123500km
5. Hard to Aggressive

[xclackers]

1. Four speed 3.5 - 2002 TJ Advance
2. 155,000kms
3. About 3 days warning. Sometimes it would go nowhere (wheel lock up) just after D/R/N etc was selected until finally it would become almost impossible to "jerk" the car to get it to move (cycle reverse to drive) funny noises randomly, funny gear changes. Wave spring was apparently floating around causing problems and locking up the diff somehow.
4. Manual conversion fixed it!!!! (quoted $1800 recon auto fitted or $2000 man conversion)


1. Four speed 3.5 - 2001 TJ advance
2. around 120,000kms
3. no warning, lost all gears
4. Transmission place did something and it cost $400 ????


Both non tippy

My driving style was easy and both auto's were serviced every 20,000kms

[jimbeam_james]

Old car
1. 2000 tj advance wagon, 4 speed
2. Less than 100000km around 80 somewhere
3. Began slipping, for about 3 days, then locked up at 100km, sent me off the road narrowly missing a tree...
4. Second had box from trading post (makes me sound old, I'm only 23) dodgey mechanic down the road put it in, cost just over $1000... lasted about a month and had changing issues under high revs, so sold the car

[Spetz]

So it seems that gearboxes don't last long at all.
So when buying a car with about 150,000km, is it to be expected that the gearbox was relatively recently changed or that it is about to break down?

[vrada/art]

Not necessarily, my old TE went well over 300000klm until it started playing up. regular service will help ! Current Verada over 185000 klm and trouble free ..touch wood.

[MR SPL]

'this will be a long thread

1. 4 speed - 3.5L
2. 180,000
3. Been slipping for the last 70,000kms and still going?
4. Services
5. Harsh

[Life]

1. 4 speed 3.0L
2. 40,000km rebuilt; 260,000 slipping; 270,000 lost 4th gear & limp mode; 275,000 lost half of third gear
3. 10,000km
4. Rebuilt; Manual Conversion
5. Aggressive

[pwn3d_69er]

1. 4 speed 3.5
2.done 167,000, started slipping at 161,000 for 700Km till I got the tranny flushed
3. Slowly started to happen, will hold a gear then slam into the next or will just shoot up on rpms and get confused and can't makeup what gear it wants
4. Got a quote to tuffen the box so it could handle more Kw's, $2000 for new clutches and wave spring (be worth it to go manual)
5. Average


Your wave spring can go anytime, I've seen one go at 14,000Km on a TJ 2 and still the original in a 00 TH that's on 679,000KM next week, the "revised" wave spring is actually out of the 4cyl's, in them it was a solid piece and in the 3 gens it was a spring about 3 coils?