Technical Gearbox Failure

[JimbbobW1977]

Noticed a whine on my car the other week coming from the front left, usually at speeds over 30mph. Like a remote control car! Still does it with the clutch dipped. Took the car into the dealer, who has said the gearbox needs to be stripped out and checked, could be the bearings! This will cost £600 on its own just to strip the box out let along the replacement! The car is still on its orginal discs and pads all round, original rear tyres yet the box fails first! Its a 1.9 120bhp Elegenza thats done just over 50 000 miles. I did a search on Vauxhall forums. Their is a lot of people with failures of the M32 gearbox it seems

 

[matty seasider]

Noticed a whine on my car the other week coming from the front left, usually at speeds over 30mph. Like a remote control car! Still does it with the clutch dipped. Took the car into the dealer, who has said the gearbox needs to be stripped out and checked, could be the bearings! This will cost £600 on its own just to strip the box out let along the replacement! The car is still on its orginal discs and pads all round, original rear tyres yet the box fails first! Its a 1.9 120bhp Elegenza thats done just over 50 000 miles. I did a search on Vauxhall forums. Their is a lot of people with failures of the M32 gearbox it seems

Another one joins the refurb gearbox team! Mine went at about 34k... Get yourself an extended warranty!

 

[JimbbobW1977]

Lucky I did last year, have to wait and see now if they will pay or find a "get out clause"

 

[matty seasider]

If its a fiat main dealer they won't strip the box, mine said they couldn't as they don't have the specific tools for stripping the m32 gearbox down, they should just submit a claim to your warranty company for a swap for a refurb unit

 

[Magic Johnson]

Will be a whining diff, no?

 

[matty seasider]

Could be any bearing whining tbh, and they won't find out wat exactly is at fault, I find it frustrating that they don't really care wat the problem is. Mine whined like crazy on acceleration, they put a refurb one in and now it whines when slowing down in every gear. All after 2k. Will be going back in next week to get swapped again

 

[matty seasider]

I Alsohope people who read these gearbox threads realise what a "failure is" as so far don't recall anyone's gearbox actually completely failing unlike the vauxhall ones. No matter what people think on the reliability of these multijets, mines never let me down so far.

 

[JimbbobW1977]

I Alsohope people who read these gearbox threads realise what a "failure is" as so far don't recall anyone's gearbox actually completely failing unlike the vauxhall ones. No matter what people think on the reliability of these multijets, mines never let me down so far.

Mine has.. Due to the design fault of dumping water on the back of the alternator it failed one morning going to work before I joined the motorway. Lost all power.

 

[JTD_Liam]

I think a couple of Alfa MiTo owners have needed new gearboxes in their TB 155 engined cars, which also have this gearbox.

Well worth a search on Alfa Owner.

 

[GymJunkie]

join the club matey i pick mine up tomorrow and will be 550 quid lighter

 

[JimbbobW1977]

join the club matey i pick mine up tomorrow and will be 550 quid lighter

Which box is in yours?

 

[GymJunkie]

Which box is in yours?

mines the t-jet on 45k, aparenetly the t-jet box is based on the same unit that comes in the fiat doblo/diablo whatever that rubish is called

 

[Shropshire_lad]

It's not an M32 box in the Tjet.

From what I've read over on VXR and other various sites many of the M32 failures are occuring on remapped and modded cars, which are mostly running very high torques which the box cannot cope with.

Glad my Mjet is running a milder map and not a gearbox crunching Red Dot map!

 

[JimbbobW1977]

It's not an M32 box in the Tjet.

From what I've read over on VXR and other various sites many of the M32 failures are occuring on remapped and modded cars, which are mostly running very high torques which the box cannot cope with.

Glad my Mjet is running a milder map and not a gearbox crunching Red Dot map!

Mines not even mapped and used mainly on the motorway

 

[TallTom]

Mines not even mapped and used mainly on the motorway

Motorway = constant single gear use or a lot of wear on one section of the gearbox (suggest bearings on 6th?).

M32 boxes are fine I have done 40k on mine and its ok, bit twitchy on the 3rd when cold but that could be clutch issues.

M32 boxes on Abarth or the Diesel beasts with 6 gears

 

[Lal B3N]

Just had my M32 box done. Warranty is useless and i refuse to pay £500 just for it to be stripped and them to then say no we are not paying out.

Took it 1st gear transmissions in Dartford, had the car approx 5-6 hours and come back out with a new box. £800 all in.

No doubts I will be back sometime in the next 2 years for another one.

Possibly one of the worst gearboxes ever designed.

 

[GymJunkie]

Just had my M32 box done. Warranty is useless and i refuse to pay £500 just for it to be stripped and them to then say no we are not paying out.

Took it 1st gear transmissions in Dartford, had the car approx 5-6 hours and come back out with a new box. £800 all in.

No doubts I will be back sometime in the next 2 years for another one.

Possibly one of the worst gearboxes ever designed.

picked mine up last night, also cost £800 all in :bang:

 

[Lal B3N]

picked mine up last night, also cost £800 all in :bang:

Get saving for its next one lol.

 

[JimbbobW1977]

Problem diagnosed as bearings failure. 6 new bearings in at a cost of £1024. Only £50 cost to me though, as warranty direct have picked up the bill.

 

[khudsonuk]

Ouch, I don't have warranty and I'm on 36k and my gearbox is abit stiff in first and second when cold.