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Hmmmph.
atf* was changed
how did you drive the car for the first couple thousand miles of its life?
Sideways, mostly! [emoji23]
This about cars, not your domestic life. Zing! Abuse; depends on who you ask I suppose. I perform regular maintenance and drive the car within the limits of the hardware capability. I do drive for highest performance output often. But I also fly 30 year old planes that are regularly flown at maximum performance and they still run with regular maintenance, and rarely have a catastrophic failure. Many of the factory replaced transmissions posted had 3x or 4x less than mine (~86,000 miles), probably driven very conservatively... and that's just what we know from what was reported here. Being fair, can't really say if the breakdown was product of use and mileage alone, or influenced by a mechanical defect. If I take it apart maybe I can find where the problem started. Regardless, heat is the big enemy of a transmission so I'm adding a cooler to keep my temps down.Don't forget 'abusively'.
You do that; I'm sure it will help. Meanwhile, look at the bright side. You've only got the third member to go and you will have destroyed every major component in the drive train. I'm sure that must be a record of some sort!This about cars, not your domestic life. Zing! Abuse; depends on who you ask I suppose. I perform regular maintenance and drive the car within the limits of the hardware capability. I do drive for highest performance output often. But I also fly 30 year old planes that are regularly flown at maximum performance and they still run with regular maintenance, and rarely have a catastrophic failure. Many of the factory replaced transmissions posted had 3x or 4x less than mine (~86,000 miles), probably driven very conservatively... and that's just what we know from what was reported here. Being fair, can't really say if the breakdown was product of use and mileage alone, or influenced by a mechanical defect. If I take it apart maybe I can find where the problem started. Regardless, heat is the big enemy of a transmission so I'm adding a cooler to keep my temps down.
Don't forget 'abusively'.
This about cars, not your domestic life. Zing! Abuse; depends on who you ask I suppose. I perform regular maintenance and drive the car within the limits of the hardware capability. I do drive for highest performance output often. But I also fly 30 year old planes that are regularly flown at maximum performance and they still run with regular maintenance, and rarely have a catastrophic failure. Many of the factory replaced transmissions posted had 3x or 4x less than mine (~86,000 miles), probably driven very conservatively... and that's just what we know from what was reported here. Being fair, can't really say if the breakdown was product of use and mileage alone, or influenced by a mechanical defect. If I take it apart maybe I can find where the problem started. Regardless, heat is the big enemy of a transmission so I'm adding a cooler to keep my temps down.
He may be planning to add it in as a supplemental inline air-cooled ...plumbed into lines attached to existing "coolant" based cooler.
Correct. The atf cooler runs coolant and is connected to the trans
Chris_Top_Her was talking about removing the fuse for TCS. That should have nothing to do with his failed transmission. IMO the SkyActiv-Drive transmission is a little too fragile and we need to tread it kindly.Sorry to hear about this. Hope you get it fixed soon.
I sort of remember in the past that you were driving the car with some fuses turned off? Something that allowed you to spin the rear tires to get some oversteer done? I wonder if that caused the problem with the transmission.
Sorry to hear about this. Hope you get it fixed soon.
I sort of remember in the past that you were driving the car with some fuses turned off? Something that allowed you to spin the rear tires to get some oversteer done? I wonder if that caused the problem with the transmission.
Chris_Top_Her was talking about removing the fuse for TCS. That should have nothing to do with his failed transmission. IMO the SkyActiv-Drive transmission is a little too fragile and we need to tread it kindly.
I'd just call it hit and miss. Mine went at 85k. Others went at 15k. Scary part is my trans came from a 2014... but it's LKQ so it should be good. Trans should be here on the 18th. I mistakingly ordered a transfer case last week.
Yep, "hit and miss" is the best to describe the Mazda quality and reliability ⋯I'd just call it hit and miss. Mine went at 85k. Others went at 15k. Scary part is my trans came from a 2014... but it's LKQ so it should be good. Trans should be here on the 18th. I mistakingly ordered a transfer case last week.
Looks like it should be done by a shop based on his previous post. But does the transmission still cost only $742 that should be the question for Chris_Top_Her?are you swapping it in yourself or having a shop do it?
Just ordered a 2014 20k trans 742 shipped. About an hr north of the shop.