thespacepope
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I have a question that maybe someone can provide some input so that I can determine whether I am unrealistic in my expectations about transmission rebuilds.
Here's the situation for my 2002 Avalanche:
Now my question is this:
Am I insane to think that it should not be necessary to pull a transmission 3 times in 27 months/29,000 miles for repairs? I have not pulled any trailers with my truck. I don't go offroading unless you could driving around on the dirt road on my property at less than 10 miles per hour as "offroad." I seldom use 4WD (really only once per month to make sure it still works). I am mostly just annoyed because other than the transmission, the truck is working pretty well.
Here's the situation for my 2002 Avalanche:
- October 2015: the prior owner had the transmission rebuilt with about 252,000 miles.
- April 2016: I purchased it from him with about 256,000 miles on it.
- December 2016: The input shaft on the transmission broke and wrecked the transmission with about 270,00 miles. I brought the truck to the same transmission shop used in October 2015, paid them $2500 for a rebuild with a 12 month warranty. This was about $500 less than another rebuild quote (24 month warranty) and about $1000 less than the Chevy dealer (3 year warranty I think) wanted to install a new one. I went with the cheap one because they had good ratings on Yelp.
- January 2018: The transmission won't lock up and stay in OD on the highway. The tachometer just swings between 2,000 and 3,000 rpm trying to pick a gear. I bring the truck to the transmission shop and they can't replicate the issue.
- February 2018: Truck now has 281,000 miles. The transmission still has the issue with OD. The transmission shop now can replicate the issue and tells me that it will cost $995 to pull the transmission and replace a valve/sensor that is preventing the torque converter from locking in OD.
Now my question is this:
Am I insane to think that it should not be necessary to pull a transmission 3 times in 27 months/29,000 miles for repairs? I have not pulled any trailers with my truck. I don't go offroading unless you could driving around on the dirt road on my property at less than 10 miles per hour as "offroad." I seldom use 4WD (really only once per month to make sure it still works). I am mostly just annoyed because other than the transmission, the truck is working pretty well.