texasglyn

The transmission in my LS400 kept getting louder till it finally gave up. It is a 1996 model. What year models will fit my car?
I have found several transmissions on craigslist, but not one for a 96 model.

PureDrifter

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you need a '95, '96, or '97 transmission. only.
please search next time.
www.car-part.com is a good place to look.

Thermactor

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What were the symptoms before it died? Did it make noise while stopped and in gear, or did it whine in certain gears? Thanks

texasglyn

I thought I was having power steering problems. I had a whining noise, that increased with the RPM. Then the transmission started slipping. Finally the trans. just quit, and at the same time, the noise went away. The car has 140,000 on it, and has never given us any real problems, so I am going to give her another transmission. I will pull the pan on this one first but I am pretty sure it is shot.

DK Audio

Uh oh, I just got a 98 and from 2nd to 3rd it makes a humming noise. It is not really loud but is worse when cold. Also, when it is cold it shifts pretty hard into third at around 2500RPM. Is this anything to be worried about? The car has 124K on it, was maintained well. I was going to do a tranny flush (do it myself by disconnecting the tranny line and doing the "gravity" method) as soon as it gets warmer out.

Thermactor

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My transmission moans like a supercharger in first gear and then at a lower pitch in second gear. It's been like that since I bought the car and hasn't gotten better or worse in three years and 20,000 miles.

DK Audio

Good, that makes me feel better and that is a good way to describe it...supercharger moan.

Thermactor

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The universal solution to car problems: turn up the stereo until you can't hear them anymore

91LS400LEX

Hmm... I hear of alot of tranny problems on the 1995-97 models and wondering why? Were they that much different than the 1990-94 models? Thats one good thing about the 90-94s they have over the 95-97, is you rarely ever hear of tranny problems on the 1990-94 LS400. I have 225K on my 1991 and the transmission shifts so quietly and smooth as silk. Same deal with my old 1990 LS400, only it had around 280K. Transmission was as smooth as whipped silk.

PureDrifter

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there arent a LOT of tranny problems actually. the bulk of problems arise from people running the wrong fluid, or running the old fluid for wayyy too long. back in the day lexus used to boast that throughout the entire LS400 run, 89-00, they never once sold a complete transmission for any LS400.

Bill Dowd

a friend of mine traded a 1990 lexus a couple of years ago with 568,000 with the same transmission and engine there is supposed tobe a guy in the San Diego with a million miles on the same engine I have heard of 700,000 at one of the dealers on the same engine.