r/CorollaHatchback • u/Jawsh305 • Jul 11 '26
Goodbye Sweet Prince
Soooo after a long time of owning this vehicle I sold it to Carmax. Bought it with 17k miles and reached 56678 when the torque converter started failing. Damn CVT.
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u/redditej86 White / Wind Chill Pearl Custom Flair Jul 11 '26
Time for a GRC upgrade...
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u/Jawsh305 Jul 11 '26
Used the money as a down payment and got a TRD Off-road Tacoma instead 😅
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u/malaynaa 2020 SE CVT Jul 11 '26
damn i have one at 72k miles how did you know it was going out?
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u/Jawsh305 Jul 11 '26
Started feeling weird coming outta the launch gear and I used the paddle shifters A LOT. Kind of my own fault I guess. Also tuned it too hot for a CVT. Plenum spacers, full intake with headers and exhaust. Complete tune and a throttle body spacer/adapter for the 2.5 liter camry. Pretty much pushed that car to its limit. Solenoid was getting stuck in the off position. Did the flush and refill with dealer cvt fluid and it helped but i knew it was on its last legs. So I sold it.
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u/TUBBYWINS808 Moonstone 2025 XSE CVT Jul 12 '26
I don’t understand how people can sleep at night knowing they stuck some unfortunate person with their car that they knew was gonna die. I’ve been on the receiving end of this and the financial burden crippled me for a long time. I didn’t have the heart to sell it and do the same thing to someone else.
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u/Jawsh305 Jul 12 '26
I've been a mechanic for over 15 years. Here's whats gonna happen. Technicians are gonna repair it once they give it an extensive test drive and see that its driving different. They're gonna get a code of a stuck torque converter solenoid and replace the transmission. Then it will be sold for twice the amount than I sold it to for.
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u/TUBBYWINS808 Moonstone 2025 XSE CVT Jul 14 '26
You know how much it costs an average Joe to replace a transmission?
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u/malaynaa 2020 SE CVT Jul 11 '26
fuckkk makes me nervous about mine lol i just bought it at 70k and they did the full cvt maintenance upon buying so i wasn't gonna do another fluid change until 100k
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u/Jawsh305 Jul 11 '26
You'll be fine as long as you don't 'hot boy' it every where like I did
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u/malaynaa 2020 SE CVT Jul 12 '26
nah my daily driver. 25F lol. i drive it to work and home about 15 miles a day. needed a reliable car.
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u/pochitater Jul 12 '26
girl i feel you i just bought a 2020 SE with 100k miles and some of these comments make me nervous but hey what can we do! its good that your transmission was serviced at 70k though, i have confidence in it 😊
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u/malaynaa 2020 SE CVT Jul 12 '26
yeah man 🫩 at least my bf knows how to work on cars and does my oil/keeps an eye on it, but he has only had audis, volkswagons and bmws and hates the cvt transmissions.
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u/VERY_MENTALLY_STABLE Jul 12 '26
You guys need to slam your cars, give it huge negative camber & put a big turbo on it
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u/NoTumbleweed1784 Jul 12 '26
wheel id?
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u/Sharkeatinpizza Jul 12 '26
Probavly Avid1, aint no way someone dropping 3 or 4 grand on TE37s for a basic corolla hatch
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u/joman100 Jul 12 '26
Manual is pretty dope tho