Pheonix

The mating? No problem with the actual mating. Toyota has only ever used one mating & mating system on all of it's v6's. You can mate the original 2.0L 1vz-fe to the newest U transmission, or the original v6 M/T E52 transmission to the newest GR block engines.

AFA the transmission problems since the turn of the century. Toyota doesn't make transmissions. Asian-Warner does the transmissions, and until drive-by-wire, they had done an extremely good job.
Honda, on the other hand. Has historically had long-term duration problems with all of their v6 transaxles.

The germans have no better of a reputation for long-term durability in automatic transmissions.

wanderer99

Pheonix - thanks for your info here. It's a hot topic as its dragged on for so long, and the story from Lexus keeps changing.

I guess we'll see in the coming week(s) what the real story is.

twister

Probably a little off/on topic. One of my best friends just got off the lease with his 3-series BMW, and was shopping for a new "lease" of a $35k car. He just got into Infinity G35x, and swears that a car feels almost like BMW in terms of performance (including a very tight steering and phat steering wheel ) with a big step up in hp (306hp) and more luxurious interior. Of course, I always win an argument that lease might be OK with BMW or Infiniti, but in a long run - Lexus wins hands down I think ES350 is just a black sheep...

CK6Speed

iTrader: (1)

I think that is a bit of an exaggeration. The automatic tranny mated to the C spec V6 engine seems to be just fine. They used a version of that tranny up until 2004.

Pheonix

Exaggerating? I don't ever exaggerate. At most, I'm long winded & say the same thing 5 times in 5 different ways if I want to make a point.
Gen6:
http://cl.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104677
http://cl.acurazine.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=6

Gen7:
The TSB on Honda / Acura v6 transmissions.
That's just rescent years. Let's not go back to the mid 90's LoL!
So, you've got the wrong impression about Honda A/T + v6 reliability, if you think they're historically reliable. Almost every year of production has *some* kinda of actual problem.

2007es350

Thanks for the tutorial on Honda/ Acura transmissions. However, this thread is about the es350 transmission and your post is off topic. Please keep your post on topic.

Thanks!

widlfiresd

I noticed this. This thread is about ES350 and the tranny issue. No comparisons can be made on any thread as it would be off topic. So I am not sure how folks can get the big picture since this type of posting is deemed irrelevant.

oops, soory I think I am off topic.

But then again, so are you.

Pheonix

That post is completely in topic with what rh26 had commented on.


If you want to be *****y on topic shifts. Take it up with rh26...

osokuko

Shell we continue from post 58 and scrap page 5. Thank you.

twister

As much as I agree that this topic drifted off, in a way it also serves an educational purpose for some who are still looking to buy a new car and comparing with other models. Ironically, since last year when I joined this CL community, I learned as much about ES/GS as I did about TL/G35/M35 and 3-/5-Series BMW

ES350Bob

When I first read the January 19 TSIB weeks ago, a portion of it, and full Toyota one, I wondered why there was no dialogue whatsoever about what to do as regards VIN # higher than that indicated if they arrive for dealer service, not even a mention of if VIN falls above number indicated then refer to this procedure or refer to this other document.

While it seems it will be a fight for those of us with VIN falling under cutoff VIN # I'm now wondering if the reason there is nothing indicated for higher VIN # is because they intend to pretend there is no issue at all with those of higher VIN when we know there is according to some member input.

Has anybody with a VIN higher than cutoff asked about this? Because to me it is odd there is no mention of what to do for a vehicle with a higher VIN than that for cutoff.

Argentum

Read it and cheer...

I sincerely hope this makes some of you much happier with your ES 350.

ES350Bob

This TSIB has already been posted in it's entirety, not sure what your point is in posting the portion you did or what there is to cheer about.

Argentum

So why isn't this thread closed?

osokuko

The thread hasn’t completed it mission yet. The purpose of this thread is to seek out additional information pertaining to a possible Lexus change in polices in regards to the transmissions negative performance to date. For example a flare is not a normal function in a healthy transmission. Owner may feel they deserved a normal operating transmission as other have pointed out they have none of the problems. The current process offered by Lexus is to come to a resolution to correct the problem and make the customer happy. If it is true that a change in police is under way at this time to change from resolution to a non-resolution posture many owner will be at a disadvantage with no buy back, no replacement car, no replacement transmission and no way out. It’s a serious matter. It’s better to be at the front of the herd (having the info) then at the rear. Once the pending polices direction is confirmed either way the thread would have severed it purpose.
Just my .38 cents worth.