What gearbox do you have?Auto,manual,a combination of both?(durashift)what is the problem?

IMHO, the life of the car, as that happens for most cars. However that will depend on (a) how the driver(s) have treated the 'box and (b) whether there was any intrinsic fault, which is rare but not unknown. You need an independent assessment of the problem, but presumably after 8 years it will be hard to claim or prove any maker responsibility.

Snag is that the only way to find out may be to dismantle, which costs.

My 205,000 mile old Toyota Carina E 1.8 petrol 1997 has't had a new gearbox in its lifetime. Part of the servicing regime is, however, a gearbox oil change every 27,000 miles. It has a FSH and has always had this carried out at the correct service interval.

I've had it since 46,000 miles and it's still on the original clutch. The car is used for everything from short journies to the shops, to 3hr motorway drives to family. It regulary does a 60 mile round trip commute each day. It's never redlined but still gets taken to 6,000 revs on occasion (redline is 6,500). After all, that's what it was designed to do.

I'd be a bit peeved if I had to change the gearbox at 80,000 miles. I would consider that a weak design.

Edited by V4 Heaven on 17/06/2015 at 19:33