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On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 02:03, Daniel Baum wrote: > >> > > >> Wish I'd have known that before my Jetta transmission died at 130K. Ugh. > >> Aamco's "dirty little secret." :) > >> > > My '71 has over 200K on the automatic trans. But the fluid gets changed > > every 30K miles. > > The wifes KIA with 100K drive train warranty, requires that the fluid > > gets changed every 30K. And the dealer tells you that the 30K > > maintenance will cost almost $500. They change all fluids, in a 4 wheel > > drive. > > > > -- > > I have a Hyundai and it is the same story. One service (I think it was 90000 > km) was wildly expensive, also because all the fluids get changed, as well > as the timing belt and other stuff. Koreans obviously still believe in > maintenance. > > Daniel > KIA is owned by Hyundai. The automatic in the Sorento is Japanese made, and the differientals are American made. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~