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  • furryanarchy [comrade/them,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Technology has advanced enough that they can make transmissions last 80-100k without any maintenance. So they don't support maintaince procedures anymore. Transmissions no longer have any maintenance schedules listed in the manual, they no longer have dipsticks or drain ports. Just a fill port they use to add the fluid at the factory, which isn't intended to be used for servicing.

    As a result, these new transmissions break down at around 120-150k. The expected maintaince procedure is to just buy a new one when it breaks. Which is even more expensive than normal because of these new technologies. On top of that, modern transmissions often literally lack interchangable parts because you aren't expected to repair them, just buy a whole new transmission if they break. The parts in different units only fit right in the unit they came with, and have to be matched from transmission to transmission.

    Not all vehicles and not all manufacturers have moved to this yet, but nearly all of them are headed that way.

      • furryanarchy [comrade/them,they/them]
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        4 years ago

        A lot of new safety regulations kicked in in 2004, so the vast majority of cars not designed to break had 2003 as their last model year. Unfortunately cars that old need more maintaince because they are old, but also they are designed to be fixed.

        The only company making new cars I have any faith in at all is Mazda. They are small and ran by people who actually like cars, so they don't do dumb stuff like make the ac controlled by a touchscreen, or tune the suspension to terminally understeer, or design in a delay on the throttle to cheat fuel economy tests.

        Anything used and not basically still new, you have to go model by model. If there isn't an active enthusiast forum full of people who aren't obsessed with that car specifically, it's probably trash.