Jesda wrote:Must have been some poorly installed seal at the factory, no? Maybe it lost its fluid or was never properly filled during manufacturing?
Most likely this is the case. Something somewhere went wrong and something wasn't working properly. They MIGHT have been able to fix the issue on the trans that you already have, but maybe they feared it would have reduced life or something.
"3 months in service" warranty is treated a little differently than anything past that. Within 3 months, it is more of an infant mortality type thing.