crash1134

good evening all,
How long (on average) do transmissions last?
I have a 96 ford ranger with 151,000 miles on it, and the transmission blows
fuses, whistles when its hot, and 2nd and overdrive dont work.

the the tranny fluid is correct, and it was flushed about a year and a half
ago.

any suggestions?
!Justin

jim

might be time for another flushing????? try that first for another year
and a half.. the transmission should last as long as the vehicle.....

cory dunkle

The FMX transmission in my '67 Galaxie 500 was still working at ~202,000
miles when I sold it. The only problem it had was that when it got below
freezing the transmission would slip on the first 2-3 shift if I didn't let
it warm up before allowing it to shift to 3rd. After warming up shifts were
firm. This started happening after a few obscenely high RPM full throttle
manual shifts, holding 1st until the 289 ran out of breath, and sometimes
2nd. Keep in mind 289s love to rev, and that engine kept pulling and kept
revving... It would keep revving for a long while past what my '68 302
would! In any case, I'd call that a minor problem which was most likely
caused by a bit of hard driving and beating on the tranny rather than any
normal failure.

I would expect an engine and transmission, if well cared for, should last at
least 200,000 miles without any major failures. Unless of course we are
talking about most FWD automatic transaxles which just plain such and seem
to be prone to failure. I've heard Ford has fixed that in recent years, but
still, I hear about a lot of transmission failures in domestic FWD automatic
vehicles... Not only Fords. I don't understand why that seems to be such a
common failure point. Maybe it's all the heat in the engine compartment and
the higher running temperatures of modern engines putting more stress on the
transaxle than a normal transmission would take.

ken gallo jr

might be time to bring it to a place to diagnose...

good luck partner..

Ken

im right

On a chevrolet it is 162,000 trouble free miles and counting
But I do tow a flatbed trailer and race car with it

: good evening all,
: How long (on average) do transmissions last?
: I have a 96 ford ranger with 151,000 miles on it, and the transmission
blows
: fuses, whistles when its hot, and 2nd and overdrive dont work.
:
: the the tranny fluid is correct, and it was flushed about a year and a
half
: ago.
:
: any suggestions?
: !Justin

stevef

a friend of mine added brake fluid to his transmission. this stopped the
transmission from slipping.

i am not recommending this-it probably is a temporary measure, but it worked
for my friend. i don't know how much brake fluid he put in; just a little I
believe.


good evening all,
How long (on average) do transmissions last?
I have a 96 ford ranger with 151,000 miles on it, and the transmission blows
fuses, whistles when its hot, and 2nd and overdrive dont work.

the the tranny fluid is correct, and it was flushed about a year and a half
ago.

any suggestions?
!Justin


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palmer_ent

go to any transmission shop and they can give a round figure of what is
reasonable for a particular model.

there are a lot of factors, other than the usual - lead foot.

for example, some transmissions are the same and will give a certain
amount of mileage out them, but when used in a heavy body, or hooked up
to a slightly larger engine that was offered from the factory, the trans
life shortens, not to mention what the transmission is hauling around on
it's back.

for what's it worth dept. got a friend i've known for decades who works
at trans shop. he can tell me within a certain amount of miles what the
usual life is of a transmission for a particular brand.

i was told that the ranger automatic will get anywhere from 80 to 140k
out of it. my son has one and took excellent care of the truck. at
130k, the overdrive unit went out. he kept saying, that he didn't do
anything wrong. it just went out. i looked at him and said, i
understand and left it at that.

yes, some trans units are going to get a lot more, but there are some
that will be replaced at 50k.

bought a van with 63k and bad trans. records in the glove box showed
the trans had been replaced at 43k. so this was the second trans that
had gone out of it. paid to have jasper engines to rebuild it, and sold
van. 11k, they said the trans was out of it again. luck of the
draw???? i don't know. i can only tell you what i've saw or
experienced.

~ curtis

knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional

scott_z500

My suggestion is to not take it to AAMCO. Try a Jasper transmission
or have it rebuilt at an ATRA member shop. The Jasper transmission
might have a good guarantee (their engines do).

bob urz

And what kind of van was this?

Bob

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palmer_ent

hi bob - it was a 1993 dodge caravan.

we were the largest mini van dealer in the area. i've sold a lot of
areostars, windstars, apv's, and caravans.

the areostar transmission is basically same as the ranger transmission
but is has more load on it due to bigger body.
jasper engine and transmission plant is just down the road. and when
they did the rebuild on a transmission, they usually stayed fixed. that
is were i got the numbers 80k and up because they see them come in.

the windstars had transmission problems when they came out. one
transmission repairman just came back from school and said that ford has
safety switches and limiters on the transmission to prevent damage to
the unit in drive, but when you put it in reverse, the transmission
bypasses all the safety switches and it will let the internal pressures
build up too great and blow the transmission in reverse if you do over
30 mph in reverse. i said, "ok, that makes sense. how many drive 30
mph in reverse?"

he looked at me and said, "when you get stuck in snow and are rocking
the vehicle out of the drift going from low to reverse, they blow the
transmission. we got three of them in this morning alone"

the apv's held up usually very well. sold 42 to one company and we had
reports that some of them had over 200,000 miles on them without a
wrench put on either the engine or transmission. these were the 3.1
units. didn't get enough in to comment about the 3.8 units, other than
to say they had more power. i'm not saying that all of them do that,
but we had good service reports from our customers.
never had a complaint about the transmission after we sold the unit.


the caravans would give us a lot of transmission problems. the 1993 was
the worse. and the person who rebuilt the transmission was the head
shop foreman in the jasper transmission shop with over 30 years
experience. and as i said, the transmission didn't hold up that long.
i've had a customer that brought a caravan in with 152,000 miles on it
and wanted to trade it in. they had put 4 transmissions in it and spent
1100 on the last repair. the mechanic that repaired it told them to get
rid of the van before it had 11,000 miles on it. they had drove it
12,000 miles and it was acting up, which is why they were wanting to
trade it in.

speaking on the other side, i've known of a person who has had two
caravans that they bought new, drove 200,000 miles and never had any
problems with the transmission.

it also seems that the 4 cly transmission unit held up longer than the 6
cly models.

i had a full size dodge van that the transmission started shifting
strange and took it to the transmission shop. i was informed at that
time that it wasn't just the front wheel drive transmissions that have
problems, that the rear wheel do to and at about the same mileage. and
the cost of the repair for a rear wheel drive transmission was the same
as the front wheel drive - 1600 dollars.

~ curtis

i will put a STRONG disclaimer on the post. i am NOT promoting one
brand over the other. i presented the facts as i've experienced them.
i'm sure that there are good units of all brands out there. i encourage
others can join in and maybe the reader can get a more overall picture
of what they have.

knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional