I have a 1999 LX470 with 125,000 miles on it. I live on a hill 750ft high and I always use engine braking (rather than brake braking) when going downhill as the LX470 has undersized brakes for such a heavy car (my brake rotors have been redone 4 times so far). The Lexus dealer insists on my engine braking. Now my transmission is gone bad ("the pressure levels are inadequate") and they have just installed a new transmission. It seems to me that a transmission should not go bad in only 125k miles. Is it possible that all that engine braking could cause the transmission failing? Pelle
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20 years ago