Chevy sent me a notice in the mail and warrantied the wave plate issue up to 120,000 miles on my 08 LTZ .I bought a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ 3.6L V6 6spd (automatic transmission) as my first car a year and a half ago. I'm in love with this car. The problem is that due to the 3-5-R Wave plate failure, my car's transmission has crapped the bed. I have been looking to see if there are any other transmissions of a later year malibu that I can swap into this car. I thought about buying a tranny from a junk car from my local u-pull it but, the problem is is that there is no guarantee that that transmission won't have the same exact defect. The same goes with a refurbed transmission. My only option at this point seems to be if I can find a tranny that will swap into the car with the 3-5-R wave plate problem fixed or buy a
re-manufactured transmission at the cost of nearly 2,500 dollars. I'm really trying to steer clear of spending that much money on just the transmission let alone for a car that just turned 12 years old. Do i have any options?
Side note: this isn't a huge priority as I also have a jeep that I use as my daily driver. I have time to find a transmission as well as put it in, as a father son project.
2008 LTZ V6 transmission swap
I bought a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ 3.6L V6 6spd (automatic transmission) as my first car a year and a half ago. I'm in love with this car. The problem is that due to the 3-5-R Wave plate failure, my car's transmission has crapped the bed. I have been looking to see if there are any other transmissions of a later year malibu that I can swap into this car. I thought about buying a tranny from a junk car from my local u-pull it but, the problem is is that there is no guarantee that that transmission won't have the same exact defect. The same goes with a refurbed transmission. My only option at this point seems to be if I can find a tranny that will swap into the car with the 3-5-R wave plate problem fixed or buy a
re-manufactured transmission at the cost of nearly 2,500 dollars. I'm really trying to steer clear of spending that much money on just the transmission let alone for a car that just turned 12 years old. Do i have any options?
Side note: this isn't a huge priority as I also have a jeep that I use as my daily driver. I have time to find a transmission as well as put it in, as a father son project.
re-manufactured transmission at the cost of nearly 2,500 dollars. I'm really trying to steer clear of spending that much money on just the transmission let alone for a car that just turned 12 years old. Do i have any options?
Side note: this isn't a huge priority as I also have a jeep that I use as my daily driver. I have time to find a transmission as well as put it in, as a father son project.
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Chevy sent me a notice in the mail and warrantied the wave plate issue up to 120,000 miles on my 08 LTZ .
Maybe you are correct on the ten year thing. I`ll have to recheck. Even so , if it were me,i`d get it rebuilt and correct the wave plate problem in the process. These are great well built cars. I have an 08 LTZ with a 3.6 . In my book a repair bill beats a monthly car payment anyday. Just me. JG
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