Clockman wrote:
CavemanCharlie wrote:
Everyone I know that has a Chevy pickup from about 2000 to 2008 (approximately)had to do a transmission swap at 70-130000 miles. They were really bad transmissions.
Unless you have a Year 2000, 2500 with the 4L80 trans, then you can go 240,000 like I'm at.....
My 2004 pickup needed a tranny at 80000 miles. My close friends have a 2005 Suburban that needed a tranny at 100000 miles. And, I have heard of a lot more. Of course on occasion you will get one that last longer but, on the whole they have a bad reputation.
Of course the first Ford 4 speed auto back in the 80's called the AOD had a bad reputation too. I have 2 cars with that tranny that have 150000 miles on them and I have had no problems with it. So, it really does seem to be partly a matter of luck.
Still, since the OP asked, if I were him I would avoid Fords from the 80's and early 90's that had the AOD and also Chevy / GMC's from the early 2000's. Those seem to be some of the ones that have bad reps.
