Originally Posted By: The Critic
Originally Posted By: BuickGN
Originally Posted By: The Critic
I do not agree with BuickGN/i hate cars that these sensors should be replaced as preventive maintenance. Sensors should only replace if a proper diagnosis concludes that the sensors are not functioning properly. Blindly throwing parts at a problem (especially one that may not even exist) is downright silly.
Your opinions are getting annoying. You're going against the 25 people that did it with only 2 not showing a signifigant difference. This isn't blindly throwing parts at something. It helped 95% of the people. There is no diagnosis or trouble codes. The sensors degrade over time. I'm sorry you don't understand this but I'm enjoying a huge improvement in shift quality on my TL that had no trouble codes.
Again, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it's not helping people left and right. And a guy who does these for a living says they do these all the time for shift quality complaints as low as 40,000 miles. You're saying to wait until the sensors cause the clutches to slip and cause shudder and damage before you do anything about it. That's completely retarded.
I'm not saying don't replace them. By all means, if they are really that big of a problem, then I think owners should test their sensors to make sure that they are working properly. But replacing parts without testing them is just silly.
That's the point, there's no testing to be done. I saved my old ones, maybe I can test resistance and compare to the new ones but if that doesn't show a change, there's nothing that can be done to test. Even the ones with a shudder aren't thowing codes until it's too late.
We found the cause of this after all these years. If someone told you that you could go from extremely unreliable to reliable with your $5,000 trans for $80 worth of sensors, wouldn't you do it?
Even mine which had no actual problems, just inconsistant shifts, hard downshifts, and bump shift upshifts, it made a huge difference. The car just feels nicer and more expensive.