How is your tranny holding up? I'm at 94000 now

 

fine ... the trick to making a transmission last, is to get the fluid flushed every year

 

Just swapped my tranny at 102K, but ive been taking my car to the track a lot and using drag radials which is pretty hard on the tranny. New tranny has 82k when i dropped it in, it shifts a whole lot better when my tranny was at 82k.

 

130+ K, so far so good

 

perfect, 123K, it was a hand me down from my dad, he drove it like a grandma...ive had it since 90K and i have only just begun to mod, so only time will tell

 

~115K here, still shifts crisply in the worst of NYC area traffic.

 

212k here and if finally bit the dust.

 

hey xmax, wut r ur mods? ur cardomain says u only have an intake of some sort, and ran a 14.8 in an auto...sounds good

 

163k. When it's cold it doesn't want to shift until it goes through the whole first gear. Also neutral dropped on it's own(I had it on drive and it just revved and dropped.) I'm waiting till it just dies so I have an exuse for a 5sp conversion.

 

124K and counting with smooth shifts

 

96k, and 2nd seems to slip a little.

 

130K Slips in 2nd-3rd and 3rd-4th and out of gear at a stops sometimes. It's all good have an 05 SE as backup.....

 

172,850 and she shifts like new. I have changed the fluid to Amsoil ATF and I drain the pan once per year (about 5 qts).

Keep the fluid clean and it should last a long time.

 

130k and no problems.

 

my friend has a 95.....already replaced the tranny once.....he has one waitin to be put in once this one goes out.....maxima trannys suck....

 

another one of my friend has a 96 maxima.....5speed......replaced the tranny twice....

 

all u maxima guys do urself a favor and upgrade the tranny with stronger parts before racing them...lol....they werent built for it....the were built for smooth comfortable cruising....

 

replaced at 201k

 

I don't race w/ my Max. I'm sure stop 'n go is a ***** on the tranny though, which unfortunately my commutes to/from work consist of



and not beat on it all the time either (e.g, neutral drops, burnouts, etc..)

 

My mechanic says the Maximas are a "drive" car. Change the oil regularly, and change the plugs and run sea foam in your gas occasionally and in the engine for about 10 minutes before changing the oil, and there's little else to do but drive it. He also reccomended not channging the tranny fluid unless it's burned or dark. This usually happens if you get stuck in snow and rock it or pull a trailer. I've got 115000 on my 1995 and the tranny fluid was changed at 45000. He reccomended not changing it again unless it's burned when you check it. Just my $.02.

Jason

 

118k here. its fine. ever since i added the drop resistor mod and ran with it a couple times my tranny seems to shift EXTREMELY smooth, especially at WOT when im NOT using the drop resistor.
i dont do neutral drops but i power brake occasionally.

 

231k, almost gone But has been good up until ~ 25k ago.

 

Seems like at least 200K is what we should expect if we've been kind to it. is that the general consensous. I'm wanting to get 160 from mine (another 3-4 years). I'm hoping I don't have any major problems.

 

~117,500 here and no problems

 

i have 144,000k never had any slipping smooth all the way through the power ban and sometimes push it to the top speed 140mph mostly 130mph with the overdrive off, been doing it for many years tranny is strong on the gle havent changed the fluid since early 2004 that was at 115,000 k use redline fluid its the best ive tried other but nothing can mess with redline

 

Your trans is going to be toast if you ever change the fluid. Your mechanic is dead wrong about the up keep. I didnt changed my fluid for 160k miles. Then I changed the fluid when we did the engine swap. It only took about 4 months and the trans is dead. I am positive this was due mostly to my improper up keep of the trans. Your mechanic is going to cost you a whole lot of money and frustration in the end. My advice, change your fluid regularly if you have been. If you have gone as long as I did or this guy I am quoting you may be in serious trouble if you decide to change it.

 

For those folks who replaced their automatic transmission, where did you get your replacement? From junk yard or dealership..

thanks

 

115k
When it's cold in winter the 2-3 shift is real lazy until the tranny warms up.
Otherwise it is good.
But it's a piece of crap compared to how my old K1500 (4L80E) shifted. That tranny was a thing of beauty.
If you weren't on it real hard, it would shift so smooth you couldn't even tell.
When you got on it, it would chirp the tires.

 

There is no interval to change the fluid. If it's bright red and clean, you don't need to change it. If you regularly check your fluids, you'll know when it needs to be changed. Changing out 5 quarts of tranny fluid every 30000 miles when it's not needed isn't going to prevent your tranny from failing. Think of how much tranny fluid is in the system. changing out a small porton of that if it's bright red and not burned won't do any good. Now, if someone neglects their transmission for 150k plus miles and did nothing to it when the fluid was spent and burned up, then it's no surprise that the transmission failed. Or if someone regularly abuses the car at the strip or racing around all the time. Common sense there IMHO.

 

101k miles and the tranny is still smooth. 1-2 shifts are a little when the engine's still cold, but otherwise, it's golden. I've only had the car for about 7k miles though, so I don't know the history of the car.

 

I'm at 103900 and it shift fine.

 

121k here have had the car since 93k have never changed the tranny fluid once and just looked at it the other day still red and clean. Somedays are better than others ie. when its cold and it needs to warm up, also sometimes sitting in dead stop traffic on the cross bronx expressway all the downshifting sometimes in 5 miles of traffic it acts up and it downshifts real hard so i try to just baby it.

 

wow, tons of replies... thanks everyone looks like it still has some life left in it afterall! (i hope)

 

120k and gone through 10+ bottles of nitrous on this tranny. She seems to be holdin up just fine. Then again, i've never driven an auto max with a tranny with less miles on it. SO i have no basis for comparison.

 

116k miles and still just as gay as when it had 20miles.

 

97 max 185k so far, still smooth

 

I maked it to 140 before i blew ,and I drive it like i stole it

 

Me and you drive the same way! I have driven it hard since I got it.

Bought at 47k, it's at 111,500 now. VB mod at ~80k. Still shifting hard and fast, usually at WOT(thanks to MEVI...105k)

I am already planning the tranny swap though...

 

156k stage 2+ VB mod and change the fluid regularly. i often beat the ever loving crap out of it and she loves it.

 

103K and never had a problem.