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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 08:15 AM
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Have you had any transmission problems with your GS? If so, how many miles were on your car? Any input would be greatly appreciated, especially if you have a GS with high miles & NEVER had tranny issues.
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 08:26 AM
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2005 (2006MY) GS300 here with A960E transmission and closing on 100k miles. All good...... (furiously touches wood).
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 08:46 AM
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only issues have been in the gs350's as far as ive seen
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 09:19 AM
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Thanks for the input fellas! Can anyone else chime in? The more GS' WITHOUT tranny problems & high miles, the better...
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 10:45 AM
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65k miles no issues in 2007 GS350... but I guess that's still low miles...
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 12:35 PM
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75K miles on 2008 GS350 and no issues.
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 12:37 PM
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mine is 06 GS430 / 124k miles / no issues so far. **knock on wood**
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 09:32 AM
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2006 GS300 AWD with 95,000 miles on the clock. The tranny is solid, just doesn't like real cold days. Needs to warm up a little on the cold morns.
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 10:51 AM
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So, if tranny is a weak spot on 3rd gen GS, does it make sense to install external transmission oil cooler or perform ones a year trasmission oil flushes?
I usually do it on most of my cars. What do you think?
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 11:23 AM
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keep in mind 3GS has both 6 and an 8 speed tranny.
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Old Sep 14, 2012 | 01:10 PM
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i think my 06' gs300's tranny is going out. check vsc light came on and car won't shift pass 3rd. tried a transmission fluid flush and same problem came back within 30 miles. has anybody else had this problem? it only has 94,288 miles!
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Old Sep 14, 2012 | 03:12 PM
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I had my transmission replaced on my gs350 at 68k miles somewhere around there, it just started pouring oil out after a 30 mile drive, lexus said it was just a defect and replaced it. I have heard few gs300 had issues not gs350. Gs350 only has 6 speed transmissions, lexus trannys are knwon to be bulletproof and reliable.

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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 01:42 AM
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I met an elderly man once who was driving his 90 Ls 400 with 400+ k miles .
Original motor and tranny. Original owner too.
The only other car that could do that is a Lincoln town car. Dad had 2 in his fleet that got to 450k on original motor and tranny. Some legend says MB cars can do that too, but I think it's a spook story.
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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 09:01 AM
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Yes lets not compare old ls to the new cars. Old cars were built to last.
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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 04:12 PM
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127,000 + no issues. But did just get a recall on engine misfire.
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