That's pretty disturbing. To think the transmission in a $50,000 vehicle will only travel 100,000 miles before imploding.
Based upon 100,000 miles, you have paid 50 cents per mile just for the transmission........ and now you have to rebuild or buy a new transmission too!
This is why foreign cars sales are kicking GM in the butt, 100,000 mile warranties compared to GM's 36,000 mile warranty.
Sheriff is no longer in Love with his Tahoe, ............... VERY SORRY, VERY SAD!
However, Foreign vehicles are not all that better either. I had a BMW and even though the tranny and engine were dead solid, I needed new control arm bushings as well as Struts and a waterpump at 100K miles. My better half has an '06 NISSAN Murano, it needed new control arms and bushings as well as front axles seals and struts @ 92K miles.
Sorry, but I just think that things are not made as well anymore as they used to be. Everyone is trying to save costs and buys Chinese parts (Trust me, I know, ........ I work for a German Rail Vehicle Manufacturer and we do the same to drive down the product costs), but the workforce continuously wants more wages, more time off and better benefits.
Think about how hard our grandfathers worked, .......... with less pay, benefits and time off.
I am sorry, I think this is just the nature of the beast, regardless if foreign or domestic. And at least on my Yukon I can work, I can "get to" things without having to disassemble 4 hours worth of Tupperware (plastics) in order to get to a waterpump (like on my BMW).
