Class action lawsuit filed for transmission issues

[Wags]

almost 12,000 miles on my truck and no issues so far

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[Sagebrush]

It would interesting to know what kind of restitution Toyota gets from Aisin.

I was wondering the same. My guess is they are providing the new transmissions for free.

 

[Gfenza89]

I was wondering the same. My guess is they are providing the new transmissions for free.

So why not jump on it and start fixing our trucks that shift like a 20 year car with a bad transmission. It’s getting ridiculous to be put on the back burner this long with zero acknowledgment from Toyota

 

[Sagebrush]

our trucks that shift like a 20 year car with a bad transmission.

What did the dealer tell you?

 

[Gfenza89]

What did the dealer tell you?

Told me it was a normal characteristic of the truck, of course, I knew that would be the answer before I even dropped it off

 

[Wags]

Told me it was a normal characteristic of the truck, of course, I knew that would be the answer before I even dropped it off

sounds like your dealership sucks, mine always fixes any issues I have

 

[bking]

Told me it was a normal characteristic of the truck, of course, I knew that would be the answer before I even dropped it off

Yeah, your dealer sucks. It shouldn't shift rough. Mine is smooth as butter. Find another dealer.

 

[32spoke]

I'm not familiar with how the assembly process works or if the torque converter is part of that "sealed" portion, but the torque converter produced by Aisin is the SOLE contributing factor to the entire transmission Allahu Akbar'ing itself. The torque converter has debris in it from the casting process, which gets sent down the line to the trans, which detonates.

The torque converter could definitely be the source of the contamination, but it could also receive contamination from the transmission itself. Torque converters are impossible to flush debris from, and nearly impossible for a transmission oil cooler to be completely flushed, that’s why when I sell rebuilt transmissions, we sell new radiators, that contain the stock trans oil cooler, or we bypass the oR trans cooler on the radiator and run an aftermarket trans oil cooler. I might put an inline trans filter on my return line when I install an aftermarket trans oil cooler with a fan on it, and hide it under the truck, lots of room with a non hybrid setup.

 

[32spoke]

Told me it was a normal characteristic of the truck, of course, I knew that would be the answer before I even dropped it off

Service writers at dealerships are… bullsh*t artists.

 

[TacoFreak]

The torque converter could definitely be the source of the contamination, but it could also receive contamination from the transmission itself.

Toyota said that the torque converters are the source of the debris when they first talked about what was causing the transmissions to fail, although once it is in there it really doesn't matter where it came from.

 

[TacoFreak]

Service writers at dealerships are… bullsh*t artists.

Yeah - they don't really seem to know that much about our trucks, but they sure do know how to lie.

I used to own an old Chevy truck with a V8 and a three speed automatic. It was beat to hell and back and had over 100k miles, but it shifted better than my new Tacoma. Pretty pathetic that some service writer creep would try to tell us that this crap is normal.

 

[Dirt]

When my tranny failed, the service mgr at the dealership read the codes, called the engineers as directed and gave me a rental. When the new tranny came in she would not install it until a new torque converter was delivered. 7600 miles later, 1000 of those towing a trailer, and its doing fine.

 

[TacoFreak]

That was a good service writer @Dirt - I think some early transmissions got changed without the torque converter and the transmissions quickly failed again. I guess we are making some progress here after all.

Good to hear that your truck is fine after the replacement - hope to get there myself eventually.

 

[32spoke]

Yeah - they don't really seem to know that much about our trucks, but they sure do know how to lie.

I used to own an old Chevy truck with a V8 and a three speed automatic. It was beat to hell and back and had over 100k miles, but it shifted better than my new Tacoma. Pretty pathetic that some service writer creep would try to tell us that this crap is normal.

I am sorry that they are giving you a line of crap. If you can get a service writer to go for a drive in your truck after you both test drive a brand new Tacoma, it might help.. but only if your transmission is predictably giving you trouble, so you can prove/replicate your problem… also, if they can drop the transmission oil pan, while you are there to witness this, and look for any contamination in the bottom of the pan. You could also epoxy a strng magnet to the pan and after 100 miles, have the dealership drop the pan…in your presence. If you have “silver sludge” you have a transmission problem that can only be explained by the ferrous metal components getting pulverized by something…I feel bad for you, and if I can be of any technical assistance, let me know. I own a couple of auto parts stores and grew up in one of the stores, worked in the store since I was 15..

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