![]() ![]() Anyway it's running great now i've had it back for about five days. The dealer in town told me it would be $4,000 to replace so i had a shop here in town do it. So a phone call to the toyota consumer hotline followed and after a call back from them toyota then told me too bad they didn't now of any issues with the planetary gear and since it was an 01 they couldn't cover anything. planetary gear so you would think i would have had a lot of miles on it yet i only had 59,000 miles on my 01 tundra. Welcome to the club my tranny just went recently you'll never guess what was wrong the. ![]() When the dealer pulled the fluid pan out, there was a ton of metal in there. So, cost aside, what is the better option: have the local shop rebuild my current transmission or a "new" transmission from Toyota?Īlso, I should add that the problem looks like the OD planetary gear. but then again, they also want my business. The shop says rebuilding is the better choice, since the aftermarket upgrades will prevent any future problems. ![]() So the "new" transmission will be ~$500 more than the rebuild. After almost a week of estimates, dealer visits, and an hour on the phone with the Toyota warranty department it's come down to two choices:ġ) Have a local (and highly recommended) shop rebuild my tranny.Ģ) The local Toyota dealer will put a "new" (I'm not sure what Toyota's definition of new is.) transmission in.Īfter going through the hoops with the Toyota warranty dept, they'll give me a 25% discount on parts only. I recently joined the large group of people that have had their 2001 Tundra transmissions crap out just beyond warranty. ![]() So if you put a 5k transmission in a 5-7 thousand dollar truck your not going to get anymore money out of it.This is my first post here, but I've gotten a lot of good info from this site up until now. You won't recoup that when you go to sell it. It is hard to justify spending what could easily be the total worth of your truck on only 1 component. I have never gone with a NEW from Toyota part on an Engine and Transmission exactly for this reason. It doesn't matter that they no longer sell the truck anymore and that all the transmissions they have are just sitting, it will cost you NEW and that tends to be really expensive. NEW transmissions from Toyota are usually sold at RATE for new, when the vehicle was new. If they offer it, it is a simple: We promise that it will work, at least once, once you take delivery. The best you will usually find is a pick and pull/salvage yard that will give you a simple DOA warranty. That is why they are cheaper than a rebuild. Yea, you will be hard pressed to find a used transmission with a warranty. Knowing you get a several year warranty really helps put you at ease. I got a 5 year year warranty on an engine reman I had done. Jasper gives pretty good warranties on their engines and transmission. That is them admitting they don't do good work.Īt least several year. Otherwise, make sure you get a very good warranty and stay away from any place that doesn't. If you can find a good donor car, one where you can get that the engine popped but the trans was fine. You do kinda take a crap shoot on the condition when pulled. The problem comes with buying a pulled transmission. If you get 150k out of the original, I consider getting 50k out of a rebuild to be a good start. Theoretically, a rebuild should last as long as the OEM but they rarely do. they never do it as well and this usually becomes apparent in longevity. Asian, the maker for Toyota's transmission for as long as I can remember, builds to very high spec and extremely tight tolerances (using advanced robotication). By hand will never be as good as the original transmission's build by very good, automated companies. If they don't give you a very good warranty, I tend to consider a pulled transmission from a salvage car usually a better bet. My personal opinion is the only thing that makes a rebuilt transmission even a possibility is if they give you a very, very, very good warranty. ![]()
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