A/T - Identification

TSB: 88-9 (Feb)

SUBJECT: CORRECT TRANSMISSION IDENTIFICATION

The transmission/transaxle model is stamped on an identification plate located on the firewall in the engine compartment on Toyota, Nissan and Mitsubishi vehicles. This identification can be done quickly during the fluid check before road testing.

Accurate identification of transmission model can help in diagnosing and price estimating of a given transmission service.

For example: High gear starts on an A43DL is probably a stuck governor valve, while on an A43DE, it is the transmission computer operating in "failsafe mode" due to several possible causes -- fuse blown, vehicle speed sensor solenoid open or shorted, throttle position sensor or the computer itself, but certainly not a stuck governor, because the A43DE doesn't have a governor.

Pricing an A4l as an A40, or pricing an A43D as an A40D will be an unhappy surprise for anyone involved, if there is any hard part damage, because the cost and availability of good used hard parts is POOR for the A41 and the A43D, compared to the A40 and the A40D.

The following are examples of what is on the identification-plate of late model Japanese vehicles:

84 Toyota Camry

Automatic Transmission - A140E

83 Nissan Stanza

Transaxle - R13F01A

83 Mitsubishi Cordia

Transaxle - KM 171