My wife has a 2013 Mini Cooper Roadster Convertible with ~64,000 miles. The transmission in her car still functions relatively normally but every now and then it will shift hard. It doesn't feel like it will break anytime soon but it does have me questioning how long it will last. How long do these transmissions last usually? I did change the transmission fluid @55,000 miles and it seemed to shift hard less often. While my wife definitely overpaid for the car at Carmax prior to the pandemic and spent $5k on a 125,000 mile warranty, I feel it will come in handy if the transmission breaks within the warranty period. The car has had 3 owners and was sold to us with a blown head gasket that was causing oil to leak into one of the cylinders so I believe it probably has not been maintained properly or driven easily.
Automatic or manual transmission? Those are not the most long-lived cars around and they do tend to fall apart pretty quickly. Frankly I would have given the car right back to Carmax if it was received with a blown head gasket.
I hope you read that expensive warranty very carefully to see what will NOT be covered.
