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Steve: In your situation I would probably took a gamble with used trans (my 3 step) if you can't do it yourself (Zipp kit or valve body replacement) it would probably be cheaper and faster to just buy used one and gave it to mechanic to replace your current one. I have an update about my situation. 2 weeks a go I went to transmission specialist, after quick drive he suggested AT rebuild for 6k. I have explain to him my plan (from my last post) and decided to go to stage 2 - Trans fluid + filter + solenoid - and after a week of testing looks like I'm in the clear. Things I noticed right away (I did not noticed them before) - I had a slight jerk when changing from 1st to second gear (gone) (could be torque converter will see if it need to be replaced later) - I had very minor vibration all the time (gone) - AT stopped dropping gears when going uphill (now keeps 5 gear easy - was dropping from 5- 4) - Car feels more dynamic - like I got some power back. - Overall smoother operation (engaging and disengaging gears or switching from R->D and D->R - and no stalling the engine) - No codes after 200km so far. Looks like it I caught it very quickly - not much if any damage was done to it. The person that I bought the car from (Older Woman - 1st owner from new) did not used car much last 3-6mo and did not drive the car hard (assumption on my part). So when I got the car and did some WOT stress test on it the AT oil gave up (completely black - never replaced) - got lucky that solenoid got clogged (another assumption) and just a service + solenoid replacement was enough (fingers crossed)

Hi all, 2007 is250 262km in Melbourne - bought it 3m ago at 259k and did around 3k in that time. 300-400km ago got c1201 + p2757 code. Cleared it with toyota techstream and it came back after 90-100km. Car drives and shift fine but when warm shifting from R->D - not always - but will stall the engine. I have read almost everything I could find on the web about this topic. Right now I have checked with 2 mechanics both said to replace AT (one for 2k other one for 6k) What I want to do is: 1. I will get car back next week, and I will do another code clear + transmission reset. (after that want to see how quickly the code will come back) 2. Need to find someone to do: - AT fluid flush + replace filter - Replace the solenoid. (OEM is around 120-140aud for 1) or I can go all out and buy all 9 from ebay (for around 200aud for non OEM ones - to see what will happen) 3. Replace AT - I have found one for around 1k near me. Will update you guys after step 1 😉