Have you ever had your SportShift tranny replaced?
Trying to get a feel for just how many of you have had the SS fail, when, specifically for those people that were NOT racing (autocross, track, drag, and the like). We know there have been a lot of failures, but I'm curious to see how many of you there are (or were) and when it happened.
PLEASE, this is not going to get you a new tranny, be honest, and PLEASE do not vote if you abused your tranny.
um, that doesn't give us any idea of the failure rate. all it tells us is that most of the ones that failed were 1997 ludes. the purpose of this poll was to get an idea for the overall rate of failure and the time at which it occurs, not what year the cars that failed are.
there are 26 votes in that poll, i figure a few abused the trannies, drag raced extensively, nos, boost, whatever, so let's say 23. we have 1020 members. to make some random guesses, well over 1/2 5th gens and around 1/3 of those are probably SS. so call it 200. that's a failure rate of slightly over 10%. pretty high!!!
only SEVEN votes! come on people, there must be 150 SS drivers on this site...... everyone is always complaining about the tranny, lets see some stats!
Maybe this should be moved to the 5th gen forum to get more exposure to SS luders. Also, I think there should be a choice of "No, and I have less than 20K miles" so those individuals can be included in the total.
I figured it would get more exposure in the 5g forum, and that no failures in <20k miles doesn't represent any valuable data. Not that those people don't matter... but not having a failure in that few miles doesn't tell you much.
What abotu people liek me who got thiers at a dealer used at 50k+ miles? No problems since I got it an dat 63k. Which should I choose, I dont know if its been done before I got it.
Jeff
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Originally posted by BBsixer Of those who had tranny problems, what percentage used the sport shift to shift instead of just driving it as an automatic.
A Dealership mechanic said don't use the Sport Shift and your tranny should last. If you use it everyday your tranny will go.
That is like say, "If you don't drive your car, it won't break or run out of gas..."
Originally posted by BBsixer Of those who had tranny problems, what percentage used the sport shift to shift instead of just driving it as an automatic.
A Dealership mechanic said don't use the Sport Shift and your tranny should last. If you use it everyday your tranny will go.
rarely used SS mode.......anyways i haven't since 30,000 but it still gets ****ty
OT u going to the meet in philly? I know your a newb but go in the meet forum
Originally posted by BBsixer Of those who had tranny problems, what percentage used the sport shift to shift instead of just driving it as an automatic.
A Dealership mechanic said don't use the Sport Shift and your tranny should last. If you use it everyday your tranny will go.
Yea, this sounds like to me... like mugenlude said.
I don't see how it's all that different from auto mode... now you're telling the car when to shift instead of the computer, but how are you making the tranny operate any differently? They're just trying to find another way to put the blame on you instead of them for making the sh*t tranny in the first place.
Anyway, I'm in the > 20k with no failure category, and crossing my fingers. I think it's complete and utter bs that the recall only includes 00-01... it's the same damn tranny.
Originally posted by MedinaJ78 What abotu people liek me who got thiers at a dealer used at 50k+ miles? No problems since I got it an dat 63k. Which should I choose, I dont know if its been done before I got it.
Jeff
Since there is no way of knowing, assume that it hasn't been replaced.
Originally posted by BBsixer Of those who had tranny problems, what percentage used the sport shift to shift instead of just driving it as an automatic.
A Dealership mechanic said don't use the Sport Shift and your tranny should last. If you use it everyday your tranny will go.
I use Sport Shift every day, even when boosting. Is that considered abuse???
Last edited by sharkcohen; 11-13-2002 at 12:27 AM.
75k on mine before it went out. started slipping between shifts, 5-6 second lag before jamming into drive or reverse. wish i did the 5 speed swap, but my dad didn't want the resale value to go down.
Well, I'm still covered under the extended warranty, as I have a 2000. If it ever gives me trouble, I'm going to return it back to stock before I take it in for repairs.
What's so hard to understand about "normal operating condition?" No, boosting isn't normal!!! Running NOS isn't normal!!! Racing isn't normal!!!
The whole point here is to try and find what SS's crap out as a result of normal driving- not racing, not doing neutral drops, not doing a 300 hour endurance test. To and from work, to and from school, using SS mode or not, but no racing, nothing that the dealer would consider abuse. A dealer would NOT warranty the car with a blower on it, regardless.
I just started boosting on it. Isn't it still helpful to know that I didn't have any problems up to 36000, well maintained, well cared for miles? Other than the boost, I take care of this car very well. It is not abused, and I don't race. If the tranny is going to fail because of a defect, there is nothing that is going to stop that. And if I get 100K miles out of it in spite of my boost setup, have I not achieved the expected life of the tranny? I'm more concerned for my pistons than my tranny.
Last edited by sharkcohen; 11-13-2002 at 11:14 AM.
i would think, for purposes of the survey, that if you have mods and your tranny HASN'T failed, you put it in as "not failed," because it's safe to assume it wouldn't have failed on a stock car. if, on the other hand, you boost or run nos or street race or whatever, and your tranny fails, you can't vote for "it failed," because in all likelihood you killed it yourself.
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to me... like mugenlude said.
They're just trying to find another way to put the blame on you instead of them for making the sh*t tranny in the first place.
I'd be in the same boat if I didn't have an extended warranty
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