As you all know the Magna transmission is not supposed to be the best out there so wanted to get facts as to how exactly have members fared with their transmissions.

If you could post in the format below, then it will give a good indication

Model: TF Sports
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed triptronic
Km on Transmission: 186,xxx
Transmission Services: As per book
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info:

I think the Magna transmission is much more robust than what people make it out to be. Regular servicing which includes flushes is the key in making it last.

Oh please let me be the first!

Model: TJ Advance 2002 May build
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed Auto F4A51K2B5B
Km on Transmission: 110,xxx
Transmission Services: 70K, 109K
Rebuild or Replacements: Yes - Transmission dead at 110,xxxkm
Any other info: Replaced with low km second hand box. Original Transmission was not thrashed since I bought car at 44,000km and I looked after it. Started burning fluid around 55,000km. Occasional stuttering issues on take off started around 85,000km. Massive stroke at 108.5K. Pronounced dead last sunday at 110,xxx km

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Model: 01 KJ Xi
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed triptronic
Km on Transmission: ~215,xxx
Transmission Services: None
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: I love my gearbox, shifts perfectly, never flared, always nails shifts precisely and doesnt burn fluid. Gets treated worse than a $5 Cuban hooker.

On the other hand, my old car:

Model: 1997 KE Ei
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed
Km on Transmission: 237,xxx
Transmission Services: Every 10,000km after ~190,000
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Metal chunks in fluid, burnt fluid like 50km after replacing, flare between 2-3 & 3-4, hunting for gears alot especially up hills....

Model: 04/03 TJII Advance
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed triptronic
Km on Transmission: 83,xxx
Transmission Services: full fluid flush at about 80k km due to flaring of 2nd-3rd shift
Rebuild or Replacements: yes, replaced at 83k km with a 5 speed manual.
Any other info: my auto 'box (with tranny oil cooler) stood up to 4 track days with between 160 and 170kw atw. after the 3rd track day it needed a flush, but was still going strong when I replaced it. when you think about it, the 'box outlasted the pistons! lol

Model: 05 TW VRX AWD
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 5 speed triptronic
Km on Transmission: ~82 XXX
Transmission Services: got car at 55k full service history indicated fluid change at 45k by Mitsub dealer, was suspect that this was actually done :shock: (as fluid was not bright red more a little brownish red), so got full flush done at 56k. will get a full service at 90k in 6 months time.
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Only problem is when parked on a steep hill, is a little hard to get out of Park sometimes. Otherwise is a dream to drive, changes are smoooooooooth:cool:

(N.B. This is for a previous car....currently in a TS V6 manual......damn the mortgage!)

Model: 1999 KH Verada 3.5 xi
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed auto
Km on Transmission: Had it up till 187000km, sold to colleague, now probably up to 230,000km. Work sent him to outback QLD
Transmission Services: Transmission serviced as per service book with proper fluid.
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Sometimes flares on the 2-3 shift especially if you back off the throttle to make it go into 3rd, and then get back on the throttle a bit quickly, before the transmission has settled itself in 3rd. Otherwise great, no vibrations, 4th gear still locks up on freeways perfectly.

Model : 1997 TE Altera LS 3.0
Type : Sedan
Type of Transmission : 4 speed auto
Km on Transmission : 280,000km without any work at all.
Transmission Services : I damn well hope so!
Rebuild or Replacements : No
Any other info : Something short of a miracle, this one. Another mate's car. He purchased it in 2000 with 91,000km. He gets his servicing done but I've never asked if the transmission's been flushed. I would hope so. Drives normally but gets into 3rd real quick, by 30km/h-40km/h you're in 3rd already. I've seen a few 2nd gen V6 autos do this too.

Well I've had one auto and my sisters just picked one up, so:

Model: KH Verada
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed auto
Km on Transmission: 130000km
Transmission Services: Once that I know of
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Had the slightest flare from 2-3 occasionally, but that was mainly when trying to coax it to upshift early. Gave it a flush in the 15000kms I owned the car just to give it a good clean.

Model: TJ S1.5 Advance
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed auto
Km on Transmission: 138000
Transmission Services: None known
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Absolutely perfect, shifts sweetly and smoothly at 2100rpm without argument, no hard downshifting or flaring, works exactly as you'd expect an auto should.

well heres mine

Model: KL AWD Verada
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 5 speed triptronic
Km on Transmission: 996xx
Transmission Services: once that i know of for sure - was fully flushed at 85xxx ish when i got my 105km service done (early)
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: car shifts perfectly at all times - occasionally lurches into a gear if i suddenly and drastically change my driving style, but it relearns fast and returns to flawless instantly.
car loves shifting when your at WOT (in legal situations of course...) its smooth quick and gawjuss! (there is no other word to describe it but gawjuss in its shifting)
im going to add an external tranny cooler to it sometime soon - not that i need it, just for peace of mind to make sure its got lots of lovely fluid and its not cooking itself.
oh - will also get the trans flushed again when i next service it - not coz it needs or wants it, just coz i want it done! haha
i also like to shift into neutral when sitting at the lights - in the faint hope / idea that its reducing wear and tear and increasing the lifespan of the trans too (and also to save a few extra ml of fuel!)

Model: 2000 KJ Verada Xi
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 Speed Tiptronic
Km on Transmission: 102,000
Transmission Services: Book services only as far as I know.
Rebuild or Replacements: Not that I'm aware of.
Any other info: Seems to like holding 3rd gear, but otherwise shifts quite smoothly.

Model: 2003 TJ Exec
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 Speed Tiptronic
Km on Transmission: 80,000
Transmission Services: As per log book
Rebuild or Replacements: Non
Any other info: My mothers car. Drives just like the day she picked it up brand new..

Model: 2000 TH Exec
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed
Km on Transmission: 262,xxxkm
Transmission Services: Every 20,000km
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Skipped the last tranny service, it now lags then "KICKS" into R, and has lag with D.

Model: 2000 TH Exec
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed
Km on Transmission: 262,xxxkm
Transmission Services: Every 20,000km
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Skipped the last tranny service, it now lags then "KICKS" into R, and has lag with D.

Sure there wasnt a ninja turbo install?

Model: 2000 TH Exec
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed
Km on Transmission: 262,xxxkm
Transmission Services: Every 20,000km
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Skipped the last tranny service, it now lags then "KICKS" into R, and has lag with D.

This was one of the main symptoms my gearbox had before it died.

Model: 05 TW VRX AWD
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 5 speed triptronic
Km on Transmission: ~82 XXX
Transmission Services: got car at 55k full service history indicated fluid change at 45k by Mitsub dealer, was suspect that this was actually done :shock: (as fluid was not bright red more a little brownish red), so got full flush done at 56k. will get a full service at 90k in 6 months time.
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Only problem is when parked on a steep hill, is a little hard to get out of Park sometimes. Otherwise is a dream to drive, changes are smoooooooooth:cool:

you need to put the hand brake on to hold the car first then put it in park......

Model: 2002 TJ S.2 Executive
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed triptronic
Km on Transmission: 105,xxx
Transmission Services: Yes had a full transmission flush after the Automasters mechanic noticed the colour of the fluid when I had my car in for serivce. Had booked the auto transmission service the next week and had it fully flushed. Since then, drives like the day I bought the car.
Rebuild or Replacements: Nil
Any other info: Funnily enough, at the lights, I was able to beat HSV, FPV, skylines, any other modded up cars but my car is all stock and no mods except for the rims and tyres :bowrofl:

This was one of the main symptoms my gearbox had before it died.

Not good :|

Oh well, I'll get a tranny service and see how she goes - If she goes bang I'm only about $400ish down.

Model: th exec
Type: wagon
Type of Transmission: 4 speed
Km on Transmission: 146xxx
Transmission Services: .....???
Rebuild or Replacements: yes (under warrenty at 142xxx)
Any other info: i bought the car 2nd hand from a holden dealer with 142xxx on the clock, drove it home (20min) and it was fine, went to take it out a few days later and the gearbox was rooted. the dealer came and picked the car up to have a looksie, resulting with them having it for just over a week and having to go to mitsu to get it fixed (replaced). all of this was under warrenty luckily, but sinse hasn't missed a beat

Model: 1998 TF advance
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed
Km on Transmission: 262,xxxkm
Transmission Services: cant remember
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: was still workin perfect when i did a manual conversion

Model: 1996 TE Advance
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed
Km on Transmission: 140,xxxkm
Transmission Services: Not sure before ownership every 6mths after.
Rebuild or Replacements: 141,000klms
Any other info: 2 months after I bought the car, it started crashing into 2nd gear. The dealer (not a Mitsu) tried to get out of it until I mentioned a statutory warranty. The computer was also failing to let a MUT-II read it. So both the gearbox and the computer were replaced. The 'box did another 75,000klms before being sent to a wrecker. Still working well.


Model: 2000 KH Verada XI
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed
Km on Transmission: 150,000km
Transmission Services: By the book before ownership, every 6 months after.
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: The 'box is still amazingly smooth and quick witted! I wish it was the 5-speed though....

Model: TE 3L + mods
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 SP Autobox
Km on Transmission: 220'000 km (atm)
Transmission Services: As per schedule
Rebuild: Once, at 200'000 when it detonated to pieces, total re-build.
Any other info: According to my 'box dude, these autoboxes are not meant for towing or heavy driving - doing so they last max 200G. Funny that....!

Model: 1999 TH exec
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed auto
Km on Transmission: 205,000kms
Transmission Services: every 20,000
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: going just fine no probs

Model: 1994 Ks Verada
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed
Km on Transmission: 85000
Transmission Services: As per book
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Nice gearboX

Model: 1997 Ke Verada
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed
Km on Transmission: 182000
Transmission Services: As per book
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Lots of towing (1235Kg boat). Very smooth gearbox

Model: 2003 Gtvi Verada
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 5 speed triptronic
Km on Transmission: 102000
Transmission Services: As per book
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Lots of towing! Very smooth gearbox.

Model: 2007 380Vrx Series 111
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 5 speed triptronic
Km on Transmission: 56000
Transmission Services: Flushed at 40000Km
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Lots of towing. Had a intermittent minor low speed shudder on 1st to 2nd up changes when car purchased second hand (37000Kms). Had tranny flushed. No change. Cleaned electrical sensor connections on gearbox with spray on contact cleaner. Problem solved. Smooth as silk!!

My opinion is Mitsubishi make one of the better autos around.

Cheers

Mike

O.K, we had two TS's, one a V6 and one the four banger. The 4 had teh original trans at 265k kms and the V6 still has it at 300k kms (in laws own it now). Neither had transmission servicing done, ever.
Our TW is at 80k kms, has had two trans flushes, has an inline trans filter and a huge aftermarket cooler. No issues whatsoever.

Regards, Andrew.

Model: 2000 TJ VRX
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 5 speed
Km on Transmission: 199,100
Transmission Services: Did one at 180,000... so guess I'll do one at 210,000
Rebuild or Replacements: Yes yes yes yes yes no
Any other info: Well was driving fine before the service, and after the service was pretty much the same. Have a short shifter which I must say *********** rocks.

Model: 91 KR verada V6
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed auto
Km on Transmission: 228xxxkms (Original)
Transmission Services: 2 service in 36xxx since i have had it and its due for a flush.
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Flares a bit and shunts into gear when hard accelerating and hard braking. Otherwise, a good auto

Model: 2002 TJ II Semi-Auto
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed
Km on Transmission: 80,100 before breaking
Transmission Services: 40000km, 79,000 with timing belt...
Rebuild or Replacements: Yes Brand New Mitsu one $4500
Any other info: I sent in while under warranty it was clunking on downchange dealer did nothing. did a service at 40000 as they said to still cluncking like a CV joint took it back still nothing. Started making a grinding wheel bearing noise took it back did wheel bearings under warranty picked it up it was still doing it thought it was the maxxis tyres growling did the 79000 service 1 week l8a pop sounded like a ballon popping pulled up and red oil pouring out. Walked up the road from the trail of oil Picked up a sungear. got it towed back. Sorry u will have to pay cause my car was lowered big exhaust a bit of rubber in the guard no warranty :gtfo: rang MML spoke to a very helpful lady and all i had to pay was 1500 for labour

2nd box. Nothing wrong car has done 180000 never serviced never had a fault oil still looks like new will be pulled out soon for a manual:hmm:

Model: TH Exec
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed automatic
Km on Transmission: 282,xxx
Transmission Services: 40,000km intervals
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Used to have stalling issues after an ECU reset (during traning) however disappeared after TB/ISC/TPS replacement. Still alive and kicking :)

Model: 01 TJ VR-X
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 5 speed tiptronic
Km on Transmission: 122,000km
Transmission Services: Around 20,000km
Rebuild or Replacements: No
Any other info: Fluid was changed at 94,000km (bought the car with 71,000km), was incredibly dirty, and a piece of metal came out during the flush. Hasn't seemed to have affected anything as shift quality has remained about the same.

Model: 2001 TJ VRX
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 5 speed triptronic
Km on Transmission: 105,xxx
Transmission Services: As per book
Rebuild or Replacements: Yes, Reco tippy modified
Any other info: My old gearbox around 80,000km used to flare from 2nd to 3rd so I thought nothing of it. Started servicing it every 10,000 due to the oil always being dirty, the mechanic had to flush it four times just to get it back to normal. After towing a mates trailer started getting a whining noise and gears where flaring alot from 2nd,3rd and 4th so I got an auto trans place to look at it and here was the conclusion - heaps of metal and pinion bearings in the oil, 3rd gear was fried, bands from 2nd,3rd+4th where gone and a whole heap of sensors where fried too.

Anyway time to shop around for a new box, spoke to many work shops from places that do drag cars, drift cars, mitsi specialists and holden specialists, funnily enough they all came up with the same solution - they said the pins in the shafts have been known to let go in these things so when it gets reconditioned they weld them up also got a shift kit from the US, chrysler supply them for about $250-$300 which are just a set of stronger valves and springs and they help the box shift smoother. My other option was a manual but the misses cant drive one :cry:

Now the gears have much stronger shifts, never had one bit of flaring and has never missed a gear, only time will tell how long it will last lol

Model: 1999 TH Salada... I mean Solara :)
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4-speed non-tippy
Km on Transmission: ~195k
Transmission Services: None until 125k (replaced fluid), then at about 187k it had a full flush.
Rebuild or Replacements: Nope
Any other info: Smooth shifting 99.9% of the time, the other .1% it flares at 2-3 but it's usually because I've backed off the juice. Very occasionally lags when going into R.

We'll keep the car until the symptoms get worse, if they do, and then we'll think about pros and cons of replacing the trans.

Model: 1997 TF Advance
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 5 speed, Manual
Km on Transmission: 192,000
Transmission Services: No idea, will have to check
Rebuild or Replacements: Nup
Any other info: Is Niceee, Hi five!

Model: 1996 te
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed auto
Km on Transmission: 228,xxx
Transmission Services: As per book
Rebuild or Replacements: Yes had one relpaced by mitsi at 74000km then again at 160km then i brought the car with 220km and yes i replaced the auto too so its had three now now and then seems to clunk down gears thinking of getting a manual for my tj and use the gear box for this one

Model: 2000 TJ
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed auto
Km on Transmission: 111,xxx
Transmission Services: As per book
Rebuild or Replacements: no

The 5 speed manual in the 1998 TF I had was awesome. Light, smooth shift from the day I picked it up with 55,xxx km to the day I sold it with 198,xxx km. During that time the 3.0L was swapped to a 3.5L VRX/Sports motor and it was driven hard. I didn't do any static burnouts or hard take offs with the wheels turned, so that defiantly helped it, but basically every shift into 2nd gears was HARD....lol Used to love the wheel spin doing that.

Model: 2000 TJ Sports
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 5 speed manual
Km on Transmission: (147000 on car) 20000 on box
Transmission Services: As per book
Rebuild or Replacements: yes, when i brought it was crunching from 1st to 2nd and 4th and couldn't select reverse. The ford dealer where i brought it from changed the fluid, it got even worse. So after many words with the dearler they put a NEW box in, they couldn't get a 2nd had box or a new "Sports box" , so they replaced it with a ralliart box (woo lsd). And they have the recipts to prove it

Model: 1995 TS
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed auto
Km on Transmission: 227,xxx
Transmission Services: As per book
Rebuild or Replacements:nope, was starting to flare but a service fixed it

Model: 1996 TE
Type: Sedan
Type of Transmission: 4 speed auto
Km on Transmission: 227,xxx
Transmission Services: As per book
Rebuild or Replacements: Yes, brought it like it, drove it home , it was grinding and clunking. Drove it into my shead to clean it out. Put it into reverse and "bang"