2003 toyota carolla manual transmission issues

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@brianjoejohnson_184322

"The Manual Transmission in that car is going to be a C56 or C59 5 speed manual transmission

A weak design aggravated by lax maintenance.

Years ago I posted about the problematic C59 transmission:

Transmission Fluid Change - 2006 Toyota Camry

“No need to ever change the gear oil or ATF in a manual transmission.” Maybe this applied to older American cars. Lots of Corolla/Matrix owners who have had their transmission fail prematurely due to oil contaminated with metal particles would disagree. I changed the oil in my Matrix at 22k miles after reading that its C59 transmission was problematic; and the oil looked pretty “dirty” and felt gritty. My older Hondas ('75 Civic, '81, '85, '88 Accords) all recommended 30k oil changes. Oil i…

Manual Transmission Fluid - Ford Focus '02

My Hondas ('75, '81, '88) called for fluid changes every 30k miles. My '06 Matrix doesn’t call for fluid changes, but the C59 5-speed has a history of early bearing failures, so I changed it at 21k just to see what’s what and the oil was dark with a metallic sheen. So I feel better about it at least. 2000 miles later I went to a dealer for a recall and the service writer told me the trans fluid was dirty and I should get a flush(!).