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Old 01-09-2012, 06:43 PM
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Heard tell of another BMW lifetime fill tranny with issues

Over 150k miles and nothing has ever been done. Seems to take a while to "engage" just sometimes. I let the owners know that there is a pretty good chance the tranny will die within a couple months if he changes the fluid so they are running em till failure. I'll let ya'll know how far along they get. I did find a place in ATL that installs rebuilts for ~$1500 with a year warranty. Problem is you go in and put a rebuilt torque coverter (~$300) in and new fluid you've still got an automatic with a lot of miles. I'm figuring a well maintenanced automatic will go for 250k miles without a lot of issues.

I think lifetime fill automatic transmissions are one of the most stupid ideas I've ever heard of.
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