Class action lawsuit filed for transmission issues

[TacoFreak]

@32spoke When I get the bad shifts no one could argue that it was working right. But that is my problem, they hit at random and I can't reproduce them for my dealer. It is a great dealership and if the damn thing would start doing it reliably I am pretty sure they would help me out.

Right now I am just waiting and hoping that Toyota comes up with a better way to address this than drive it until it dies. Some trucks have shifted perfectly right up until they died, and others trucks shift like crap but just keep running like @Gfenza89's truck does.

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[Gfenza89]

@32spoke When I get the bad shifts no one could argue that it was working right. But that is my problem, they hit at random and I can't reproduce them for my dealer. It is a great dealership and if the damn thing would start doing it reliably I am pretty sure they would help me out.

Right now I am just waiting and hoping that Toyota comes up with a better way to address this than drive it until it dies. Some trucks have shifted perfectly right up until they died, and others trucks shift like crap but just keep running like @Gfenza89's truck does.

Yup and that right there is the very confusing part, I thought for sure mine would die by now, although I am coming up on 2500 miles and that seems to be the sweet number for failures from what I’ve researched . She shifts decent at cruising speeds, but driving anything under 15mph GOOD LORD, it’s torture. Clunks, rocks the whole truck around, vibrations, shudders enough to vibrate the whole truck….. it’s torture and completely embarrassing that this is a brand new Toyota product. I wouldn’t let anyone drive my truck out of pure embarrassment

 

[32spoke]

@32spoke When I get the bad shifts no one could argue that it was working right. But that is my problem, they hit at random and I can't reproduce them for my dealer. It is a great dealership and if the damn thing would start doing it reliably I am pretty sure they would help me out.

Right now I am just waiting and hoping that Toyota comes up with a better way to address this than drive it until it dies. Some trucks have shifted perfectly right up until they died, and others trucks shift like crap but just keep running like @Gfenza89's truck does.

If Toyota is certain this problem is from contamination found in the valve body, and torque converter, then the contamination will also be in the bottom of the transmission pan. It cannot go anywhere once it finds its way to the pan. If you could get a commitment from Toyota and the dealership to perform the necessary work if contamination is found, I would take the risk and have the dealer tech, drop the pan in your presence, so you can verify what they do, and it cannot be hidden from you. The tranny fluid cleans everything and flushes it.. of the contaminants are there, they eventually will find “low flow” low pressure places to hide. For instance: in a creek, debris will accumulate where water isn’t flowing as fast. Same applies to engine oil= sludge, and also transmission fluid= debris… once the contaminants find their way to the pan, they remain there until the pan is dropped. The contaminants can also hide where small ports are, and I suspect this is where the problem is- it is preventing solenoids from operating properly due to obstruction, or reducing flow to a circuit being used in the valve body.

 

[TacoFreak]

@Gfenza89 Yep - and that is what I think some people don't understand. It isn't just feeling some shifts like other posters have suggested. Last week it shifted so hard into reverse that I looked in the mirror because I thought I had hit a light pole in a parking lot.

 

[TacoFreak]

Good info @32spoke. It will give me some ideas to discuss with the service department when I take my truck in.

 

[Gfenza89]

@Gfenza89 Yep - and that is what I think some people don't understand. It isn't just feeling some shifts like other posters have suggested. Last week it shifted so hard into reverse that I looked in the mirror because I thought I had hit a light pole in a parking lot.

Mine slammed into reverse today, all truck jolted….

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