How many times have you been in a car when the transmission went ? - Page 3

Mike N · #41 10-02-2008, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Deacon_Blues

Is it the automatic transmission? Here I guess over 90% of the cars have manual transmission.

Well in our case we were pushing 1500 horsepower through a two speed Powerglide, so I wasn't suprised the tranny had issues.

JimB52 · #42 10-02-2008, 06:17 PM

2 or 3 times.
Beats losing a wheel, that's for sure.

seanm · #43 10-02-2008, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike N

Well in our case we were pushing 1500 horsepower through a two speed Powerglide, so I wasn't suprised the tranny had issues.

I was pushing a massive 53 horsepower through the Honda. But I bet *you* couldn't hold the transmission with one hand while you bolted it in place

Actually, I was really glad to have the 4 speed manual. The Hondamatic tended to blow up at 100,000km and where even more gutless on the highway.

Chunk-O-Funk · #44 10-02-2008, 07:39 PM

I've never had a transmission fail on me, but thanks for the curse.

**Ryan L.** · #45 10-02-2008, 11:00 PM

A few times, but never in a car, always in a 4x4.

And it involved snow or mud each time.

Deacon_Blues · #46 10-03-2008, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by seanm

How many kms on your car? Until you start getting well over 200,000km you really don't expect too many major problems. Many people consider 160,000km (100,000 miles) just broken in

I just traded in my old car that had 240000 km on the meter. Out of those I drove 90000 myself. I had a lot of problems with that car though. Once when it had about 210000 km on the meter, the oil clock (?) broke and it consumed 4 liters of oil on a distance of 160 km. I'm happy the engine didn't break too...

How far you can/want to drive with a car depends a lot between different brands and the size of the engine. Most cars will easily reach 200000 km, some will last well over 500000. You seldom get problems with the engine though, it's mostly other things that start to break.

My new car, a saab 9-3 2.0 from '98, has only 130000 km on the meter, so I expect to drive far with that one without more than regular maintenance and services. It should be a more reliable car than the previous one (a Mazda 626 2.0i from '94), or so I hope at least.

Mike N · #47 02-08-2013, 04:30 PM

Somehow I remembered this thread and after today I had to bump it up. I lost the transmission in my plow truck today during the NE storm. The good news is I have a back up plow truck and I got the trans out of the other truck. My rebuilder will have it done by Tuesday.

MatticusMania · #48 02-08-2013, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL

How many times have you been in a car when the transmission went ? I had the misfortune twice this past summer when I was the driver.

Twice. Once about 8 or 9 years ago on my Mazda 626,
and again almost exactly a year ago in my Saturn Ion.

Solarmist · #49 02-08-2013, 04:34 PM

I lost all but 4th gear in a Nissan 4x4 once.

Bloodhammer · #50 02-08-2013, 04:45 PM

I've never had a transmission go out on me, but one time the shifter tube broke on my old automatic 1992 Ford F-150. I had to get out and shift gear selections under the truck (it broke in reverse) in order to drive it to the shop. Fun fun fun.

seanm · #51 02-08-2013, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bloodhammer

I've never had a transmission go out on me, but one time the shifter tube broke on my old automatic 1992 Ford F-150. I had to get out and shift gear selections under the truck (it broke in reverse) in order to drive it to the shop. Fun fun fun.

My Mazda 323 used to lose the bolt that connects the gear shift to the rest of the transmission. I used to carry spare bolts that where sloppy, but worked.

Once it failed while I was out and about, so I called CAA (Canadian version of AAA). They came, lifted the car, I put the bolt in place, they put the car back down, and I drove away

I finally fixed it myself. A little locktite made a *huge* difference. Before that I always got it fixed under warranty since the bolt and cheap plastic sleeve was $50 or $80

fdeck · #52 02-08-2013, 05:08 PM

Never

seanm · #53 02-08-2013, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by fdeck

Never

Everybody should experience having a transmission failure at least once!

Ok, maybe not.........

Eric Perry · #54 02-08-2013, 05:12 PM

Once. Lexus ES300. I limped home, but the tranny was shot. $2,300 I dumped that piece of garbage!

agent77 · #55 02-08-2013, 05:56 PM

Once. 150 miles from home, 2 A.M. in a really bad part of Boston.

TolerancEJ · #56 02-08-2013, 06:19 PM

Me! I had an old POS Pontiac Bonneville. I knew something was coming but didn't know when. The engine was so full of sludge, it made it impossible to properly check the oil. I ended up running out of oil in the middle of a road. Car died & I had to buy a different second hand car.

I am not handy in the least. No way I could have leaned how to fix it.

lowfreq33 · #57 02-08-2013, 06:25 PM

4 times, all while touring.

Philonius · #58 02-08-2013, 06:33 PM

Had a clutch fork break on my '69 VW Type III once while just starting out on a long camping trip, about 45 minutes into a 6 or so hour drive. I was able to syncro shift it and we drove from southern NY up into the Adirondaks and back with no clutch. Another time, another clutch mechanism failure left me stranded in the South Bronx in an old Dodge Tradesman work van. I was able to limp that one home the next day. Fun times; ah youth!

Avalon · #59 02-08-2013, 06:34 PM

1st Strike; 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu El Camino with my Dad in the late 70's or early '80s. It was a stick. We were sitting in traffic at a red light and I noticed stick shift just kinda slump down real subtle-like. Then Dad tried to go and got nothing when he let out the clutch. Linkage had snapped.

2nd Strike; 1996 Chrysler Town & Country Minivan
3rd Strike; 19?? Ford Escort

The other two were automatics that i bought. They were all used vehicles, so I guess it was to be expected.

The worst was having a timing belt go on my Subaru Loyale when i was bringing the wife back from the airport with her bags and my sons in the back seat. I was on the Palisades Parkway and i just happened to be near the 1st gas station north of the George Washington Bridge. Luckily that car had a stick and was on demand 4WD instead of that full time AWD, so i put in the clutch and I coasted into their lot strictly on momentum during rush hour. The line for gas wasn't blocking the entrance quite yet so i squeezed by the line and got into the parking area with a few inches to spare.

G.Bisson · #60 02-08-2013, 11:34 PM

Once, while sitting in the passenger seat, without ever leaving the parking space. A buddy bought a as-is car from a used lot and burned out the transmission the very next day attempting a burnout with the parking brake still on.
$3000 down the drain, the sunken look on his face after I told him it was a bad idea, priceless.