I have a toyota corolla 2020 le 1.8. I started seeing some vibrations and slips during shifting.
i took to corolla and they changed the transmission oil and flashed it. But it has gone worse now… car cant shift gears anymore. Toyota says i need a new transmission which costs more. My problem is it wasn’t having that problem. What could be the solution to this without getting a new transmission
The better question is who should pay. Sounds like you'll need a new transmission. It bothers me that with only 10.5K miles on a transmission someone thought it needed a drain and fill. Somehow that would fix vibration and slippage. He changed the fluid and flashed something but why? Whoever did this work thought a drain & fill would 'fix' your transmission?What could be the solution to this without getting a new transmission
What could be the solution
unfortunately the only solution is to replace the transmission. Toyota makes good transmissions, but CVT's aren't know for their durability and they aren't repairable. Without knowing the miles (it was in our instructions) or ownership/service history of this car, I can't really tell you how it happened. It could have been abuse or lack of maintenance or just plain old worn out, or defective.
@imperator it has a milleage of 17,000 km on it now. Toyota told me the guy who changed the oil did not cover it well which has led to that. It started with vibrations when shifting from first gear to second gear. Now when i drive just a km the car wont shift gears anymore. All dashboard lights comes on.
I don't understand what "cover it well" means. A CVT doesn't have many gears to shift. It has one launch gear, and the rest is "continuously variable" as the name implies. Isn't it still under warranty? (60 months (5 years) or 60,000 miles . )
When you say "i took to corolla", you mean the Toyota dealer changed the fluid, right.
@benneth @imperator I'd be on the phone howling with Toyota corp trying to get me a new transmission because 'they' worked on it last. The transmission has less than 11K miles on it. Unless you've been towing something heavy, they should replace it at such low mileage.
You didn't state mileage.
My problem is it wasn’t having that problem.
I don't understand that statement. Whenever a problem develops before that point there wasn't a problem.
What could be the solution to this without getting a new transmission
Since presumably there is no warranty on it at this point your best bet would be to take the car to a good independent transmission expert instead of the dealer. If you're lucky it might just be a solenoid or electrical problem.
@chucktobias I think he means it stopped shifting when they changed the fluid. Before that it was only slipping and shuddering.
OK. Hard to believe on a late-model Corolla the transmission would have cratered already. That reaction to fluid change is what you usually get on something old with high mileage that had not been maintained.