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Tanny58

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    Aurion SX6
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    2010
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    Queensland

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  1. Tanny58
    Hi Lordbug, Yes, please do keep us informed as to your fuel mileage economy and performance of your AT. Cheers Steve
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    Hi all, Ron, I'm happy that you got your AT serviced, sounds as If it's working a treat. Just before I replaced my transmission I had the dealership flush mine, cost $450 (what do they say, "a fool and his money are soon parted"), oh well, lesson learned. KAA, do it mate, don't let it go, small outlay now can save you thousands of $$ later. LordBug, I admire your persistence and patience, I would have thrown a 'wobbly' probably after the first 2 hours. I have the mechanical aptitude of a garden slug. Take care fellas and safe driving. Steve
  3. Tanny58
    Hi GDude, I wouldn't trust the dealership to do it right, it's not a normal serviceable item, go to an auto transmission specialist. My transmission certainly lasted the warranty period, it's just that the rest of the 'serviceable' mechanical items will last a bucket load longer because they are serviced as per log book and well looked after. It will be interesting to see your comments after you have it serviced, your car will probably sound weird.......quieter!!! Cheers mate, Steve
  4. Tanny58
    Hi LordBug, I use Nulon in my engine and have done so since new, every service after oil change I put a new bottle in. I didn't know that it could be added to the AT, or is there 1 specifically for auto transmissions? Cheers Steve
  5. Tanny58
    Hi Ron, I agree, it will add more to your service costs to have your auto serviced at regular intervals, but the potential savings over replacing a gearbox I believe is worth it. Cheers Steve
  6. Tanny58
    Hi LordBug, Yep, sure does suck, but I simply look at it another way, Toyota have simply polarised a customer, someone that praised their product to someone who will broadcast a warning to as many people as possible. We have company fleet vehicle suggestions coming up, guess who I won't be recommending! Take care mate. Cheers Steve
  7. Tanny58
    Hi Trent, Not using tyre plugs are just my preference, the tyre bloke said they would be fine too. Taken on board about the AT service intervals. Cheers Steve
  8. Tanny58
    Australian car reviews have added to their site after they looked into my particular case. U660E: transmission fluid replacement http://m.australiancar.reviews/reviews.php#!content=recalls&make=Toyota&model=Aurion&gen=881 Cheers all Steve
  9. Tanny58
    Hi Ron, My car has always been serviced by the same dealership that I purchased it from. NEVER have they ever asked or suggested that the auto be serviced or checked, and certainly never given the option to opt out. I'm that anal with my car that I replaced all of my tyres (still had 20,000 km left according to the dealer) simply because I don't believe in tubeless plugs and I wanted to keep all wear the same. Once again, it will never happen twice to me. Take care mate. Steve
  10. Tanny58
    Unfortunately not jacko16. Only if I can prove that there was a manufacturing fault in the bearing. All i can do is to make sure as many people know about this as possible. It's a one man crusade Cheers Stev
  11. Tanny58
    Ron, unfortunately I agree with Trent, Toyotas view is exactly that, the warranty has passed, therefore, unless I can 'prove' that there was a manufacturing defect, then tough. My point is, and always will be, that Toyota doesn't even have a minimum recommendation for their sealed gearboxes, I've asked them what their mean time between failure (MTBF) or expected life is on the sealed automatic would be, but they didn't and haven't addressed that in their replies to me. Quite simply, everything else on my car is serviced regularly and is performing admirably, It's funny how the one thing that is 'sealed for life' AND not in the logbook service schedule is the 1 thing that has failed...... Some people 'in the know' realise that sealed for life gearboxes still require some sort of attention, unfortunately I'm not one of them, as I've said previously, my expertise is elsewhere. It's a mistake that I won't make twice, next time I buy a car the bonnet gets popped and If there's not 2 dipsticks then I'll move on. Cheers Steve
  12. Tanny58
    Hi Ron, You'll probably find that there's more sludge in your automatic than oil, as Mark said above, dealer price $9000 is a great motivator, pity you're not in Brisbane, I would recommend my mechanic. Good luck mate.
  13. Tanny58
    Hi Matt, My new mechanic has been plying his trade at the same address for 32 years, he does RACQ, NRMA, police cars and a heap of private cars. As he said to me "20,000 km is when you should be looking at dropping the pan and changing out the auto oil IF you want to keep it top notch condition". Cheers Steve
  14. Tanny58
    Hi mg85, My NEW automatic transmission service centre will be looking after my car from now on. He's the same as you, every 20,000 drop the pan and let it drain for a couple of hours and refill. Take care mate, safe motoring. Cheers Steve
  15. Tanny58
    Hi trentmeyer23, Ah, the value of hindsight. The Toyota dealership were always told to 'do whatever is needed' to keep the car in top running order, just ring me for expenditure approval. As stated, it accelerates fast, and yes it can and has beaten other cars on the road to legal speed limits ( I also have a clean license). My point is, everything mechanical on the car has been in the hands of the dealership to make sure that everything runs well, I would never have considered that the automatic was an unserviceable component. When you use an authorised dealership, there is an implied agreement that they will service your car to factory specifications and this is something that they trade on, there is nothing in the service manual that excludes the automatic transmission. How is a layman (that hadn't had any trouble with the car beforehand) supposed to know these things, I'm certainly not mechanically minded enough, maybe you are :-) My speciality is electronic surveillance, there are things in my field that most people wouldn't have a clue about, that's why they rely on my expertise. Cheers
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