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Originally Posted by JSH
Do you change the transmission fluid on schedule and with the correct factory spec fluid? If so that is some seriously bad luck.
On my Astro Van the normal service interval is every 50K miles but lots of people (including myself) fall into the heavy duty cycle of every 15K miles. I have the trifecta: Drive in heavy city traffic, drive in hilly or mountainous terrain, and tow.
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Yes I do change transmission fluid with OEM by the book.
I even changed the lifetime fluid in the TDI twice and still ended up with the dreaded throttle pulsing failure I was hoping to avoid.
My driving has always been pretty light duty Flat
save the 82 diesel but that truck saw the least maintenance and lasted the longest Despite pulling most of its 438,000 miles.
Based on the folks who live around here your experience is abnormal unless you have only had sedans or 3 speeds. Most of the folks I know that keep their CUV/SUV vehicles over 100,000 end up with major transmission service.
My friends that drive sedans seem to be the exception.
Maybe your climate is more mild? No idea , but the local transmission shop has around 50 cars parked waiting for service week in and week out, must be moderately common.