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Originally Posted by mikeriv
hmmm, Is there anything good about them?  |
About the autos? No. Any 01M automatic is a ticking time bomb, especially after 100k. Mine is shot at 158k miles, but it has been on the decline since 110k. The only reason it didn't go sooner is that I rack up a lot of highway cruising miles.
The heaping pile of fail that is the 01M is expensive to replace and difficult to repair. It has numerous design problems, and even when it is working correctly it is one of the worst automatics I have ever driven. Sloppy shifts, slipping, very overactive on locking and unlocking of the torque converter. It is a true basket case of a transmission.
Do yourself a favor and wait it out for a 5 speed. There are lots of them around and it is a buyer's market.