Well, my transmission broke.

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03-16-2011, 11:15 PM

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Well, my transmission broke.

I was in third getting ready to go into forth normal driving, loud bang, followed by no third gear. Left a puddle of tranny fluid on the ground. Drove in 1, 2, 4, 5. My guess is third gear came apart and broke the transmission housing. Dealer towed it for me, we'll see what they say. Hopefully it will be a warranty thing, never been tuned. Wish me luck.

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03-16-2011, 11:16 PM

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i wish you luck ive went through 2built tranns and 3 stock ones in 6-7 months lol so i do feel yuh, if you need a tranny i can get you a new tranny for 450-500 shipped

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03-16-2011, 11:19 PM

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Damn that sucks.. Hope its warranteed.

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03-16-2011, 11:31 PM

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stock tune?

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03-16-2011, 11:42 PM

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stock tune?

Yeah I've never had it tuned.

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03-16-2011, 11:52 PM

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so stock tune, and you were driving normally? pretty weird

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03-17-2011, 12:00 AM

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so stock tune, and you were driving normally? pretty weird

Yeah wasn't in boost, was getting ready to shift to fourth, that's when it went. Fluid ALL over the bottom of the car and ground.

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03-17-2011, 02:47 PM

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Well, they began taking the tranny out today. I had to get some stuff out of it. The PCM is gone, assuming they are looking for a tune. No estimate of when I'll get it back or know more

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03-17-2011, 02:56 PM

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did u get a rental?

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03-17-2011, 04:20 PM

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^yeah but I'd still rather have the Balt

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03-17-2011, 04:38 PM

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is this common on the lnfs? or just balts in general? i mean i think ive seen more lnfs blowing trannies than i ever had on lsjs...

Goodluck OP

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03-17-2011, 04:49 PM

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I've noticed a lot of problems with transmissions on the TC's.

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03-17-2011, 08:24 PM

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As far as I know they are replacing it under warranty, they got the tranny out today. I have a pretty food idea what went wrong, waiting for the dealer to confirm what happened.

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