Argentimage
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- Joined
- July 25, 2009
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- City, State
- MI
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2005 Limited
The transmissions from DORF are JUNK!!!So what if i dont change the filter or fluid in my tranny. It runs good now at 116,00 miles without it being serviced before. Am I playing with fire?
They don't last.
These gen 3's are notorious for being the worst for failures.
First its the reverse bang slam, and then a few 10k intervals more the entire trans is blown gone, and that is all highway and no towing.
If the fluid is not bright red, its burnt over time.
And thus should have been changed a long time back.
Change filter and what's in the pan.
The way I got to about 175k before it was blown was by changing the pan oil at the same intervals as the engine oil.
A rebuild cost $2300 and then a month later the T case chain stretched and the T case was trash.
And that was simply driving to work on a flat road, no towing, and with the measly HP the G3 has, there isn't much torque the trans sees either.