Hey all,

new to forum.  I have an '03 2 door chevy tracker 2.0L 4wd with the auto 4 speed electronicly controlled trann (A44DE, i think). less than 53k miles on the car, just got it 3k ago and my transmission guy says 3rd gear blew up and he's pulling chunks of it out of the housing.  He's recommending a rebuild for $19-2200 and my brother (a honda mechanic) is recommending a salvage or GMC certified remanufacture (regular remanuafactur seems to be running about $1500+core not installed based on my internet research).

-Any ideas what could have caused this, known problems with this tranny?

-Any suggestions on rebuild vs reman vs salvage?

-Any recommendations on reman sources? OR Any recommendations on parts/upgrades during the rebuild?

-Any thoughts on the quoted price of the rebuild?

This is my daily driver and I don't plan on doing anything more than Colorado fire roads to back country camping/hiking or pulling a 5-700 pound sailboat and trailer at 5000-11000 feet of altitude. Transmission cooler recommended?  

Thx,
Josh

I think from what I just looked up, most of the 4 speed trans are the same,
even in the V6 trucks, so I would save your $$ and get a used low mile one
from someone, you should be able to pull it and replace it for tons of cash
less than what you were quoted, and no, I have never heard of a trans
spitting gear parts, either you got lucky, or the PO abused it somehow and
unloaded it before it nuked.

By any chance was it a motorhome pusher???

Wild

Give Hawk Strictly Suzuki a call 1-888-SAMURAI...

Zig

ive got that transmittion and tcase sitting in my garage that i pulled the motor and trans out of a sidekick sport for my swap...id love to sell it, i plan on using a 5-speed trans

im in gresham oregon