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My transmission went at 86,000 on my 2007 Avalanche. Pulling out from a stop sign I heard the loud "thud" lost overdrive, and limped home with manual shifting. I took it to the dealer, they quoted 3300 for a rebuild, 3800 for a replacement.
I phoned GM Customer Support, we spoke several times throughout the process, and they ended up paying for the rebuild less a $900 deductible which I was responsible to pay.
So while it still sucks the transmission went at 86K, at least GM made the effort to pay for some of it rather than making me foot the entire bill for a faulty part.
So thanks again to everyone for the information.
It really is a travesty after reading about all these transmission problem posts. I have a 2004 - Z71 Avy, I purchased brand new in Sep 2003, ~$44k truck at that time, all the bells and whistles and upgrades. I bought the xtended warranty, and of course thats long expired. The passenger seat motor failed just before warranty expired, fixed at no cost. The transmission was hard shifting on starts, about a year or so after buying, almost like a "bang", dealer in Northern VA said it was common but should not be a problem, they actually pulled the driveshaft and put in what I believe was nickel coated splines to help it shift smoother - not!, had no effect. Since warranty expired, Ive had both driver window motors fail, then both rear window motors have slowed to half speed, the heater or air conditioner now only works when it feels like it (winter or summer), and the 6 unit CD player confiscated 6 of my favorites last year - and still wont eject them. Today, back out my driveway, put in drive, a clunk, and voila!! No overdrive, no 3rd, 2nd barely holds going up a slight incline, and basically only have 1st gear! This truck has been babied, Mobil 1 Synthetics from the start, required dealer maintenance (tranny flush and transfer case and rear end gear oil 2 years ago), cleaned and waxed, and planned to be my retirement vehicle. It only has 108,000 miles!!! These trucks are supposed to log over 250k without major problems, when serviced and maintained! I work for a major GM supplier subsidiary, and was so thrilled to own this for a decade, now this. Brought to local dealer today in 2nd gear, 1 mile from my home, and they found zero codes, bringing back this Thursday for a longer investigative visit. I can hardly wait what GM's input/response will be on this one, as I have seen quote a few here from GMCUSTSERVICE. I see theories on sprag, rebuilds, replacements, TCM's, solenoids, etc. Engineering design flaws??? Hmmmm. Standing by their product? I hope so...Will update here with shorter briefs, once I get new info, just wanted to get the background established.
I have a 2007 avalanche,with 66365 miles. I took it to a chevy dealership, they said it was the nature of the beast.(when I put the tranny in drive the universal would bang the rear then the tranny...I took it to another dealerhip...told me the same thing....Ask to have a GM rep come in, a week later he said the same thing...It's the nature of the beast..I told him that ..(You and two other dealerships told me the same thing....This all happened in 2011, still under warranty. Now the tranny went.... called GM. They told me can't help you sorry...2007 is when GM was going bankrupt...and nobody gave a crap...Now I got a $3200.00 bill to look at. Any thoughts?
Here's where I'm at guys. Please help me.
#1 - I noticed the last post was entered in Sept 2014. Has any recall or such happened since then?
#2 - I don't notice any slipping, but from time to time the "clank" is loud from shift from D to R and N. Especially on very steep driveways.
#3- Since the "transmission hot" came on, should I have the transmission oil changed?
#4 - I'm not really mechanically inclined so when you guys mention losing 2nd and 4th or 2nd and 5th or whatever, what do you mean?
I'm really upset and bummed out right now. I can't afford to fix something that major at the moment. I've always liked the Avalanche since i first laid eyes on it, and I was excited when I became the owner of one. My daughters love the truck, and I specifically bought it to tow our pop-up camper for next summer. Plus, I love trucks! I wanted to lift it, put bigger off road tires on it, and now it seems like it has enough issues without doing anything to it.
I'm screwed. I bought the truck with no warranty and it's obvious now why this beautiful truck (tuxedo black 2006 Avalanche) was sitting on the lot. Even if I have the transmission rebuilt, and what i gather from other posts it seems like it'll have an issue again 3-5 years later. Is it worth it? Why would GM use such a weak transmission for a big, heavy truck. I guess everyone is right about what GM stands for. Great Mistake. Only for me, Greatest Mistake. When the girlfriend gets a whiff of this I might as well hang myself. lol Just joking. But yeah, not looking forward to the next few days at all. Thanks a lot GM. Thank you for such awesome engineering.