I heard through some contacts this week that Toyota is on the second revision of the Transmission fix and that for the problems (gear grind, T/O bearing, ?) they are supposed to REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION. Does anyone know how true this is -AND- if true, when it took effect?
My first warranty work (~8,000 miles at 9 months - December 2005) had a REMANUFACTURED transmission put in and no clutch replaced; clutch separated shortly after and I paid for a stock clutch install. My second warranty work (~50,000 at 4 years 11 months - March 2010) had the FRONT HALF of the transmission and some syncros/gears replaced and no clutch replaced. The grinding came back 2 months later - but the dealer said it was okay to wait and see if it gets worse. Shortly after this, the stock clutch separated again and I paid for the dealer to install the SPEC 3+ / URD lightweight flywheel / URD TSK45.
With the gear grind still a problem (4th to 5th and 5th to 6th) I'm waiting on the local service manager to get word from corporate on what they will or will not cover.
If they say "no" due to the aftermarket clutch, they should show that it is the cause. If so, this would establish a relationship with between the clutch and transmission meaning that the clutch should have been replaced under warranty when the other transmission warranty work was done.
I'll post when I get an update.
Anyway....does anyone know if Toyota is supposed to replace the trans with a completly new unit?