Had the family packed into my 07 lx470 with 128k for a turkey day trip to the WV mountains this afternoon. Exiting the DC beltway to get onto 66W, I thought I felt the transmission slip. Merging onto 66, I definitely felt it. Made it to the shoulder and limped to the next exit so I could park the truck. Get out and notice fluid spray on my driver side running board. Looked under the truck and saw fluid all over the undercarriage. Popped the hood and the engine bay was drenched. My wife caught an uber back home to get her outback. We moved everything over to the outback and had the truck towed to a nearby yota dealership. Dealer says that the t-cooler rubber supply line was popped out of its retaining clip and got cut by the fan. They're replacing the line and flushing the trans to try to clear any bits of cooler line that may be in there and then we'll see how things drive. I'd say I went 1-2 miles after the initial slip. No idea how hot things got but carputer didnt throw any codes.
Any thoughts on how likely it is that I have serious damage or what else I should be doing/asking the dealer? If everything works fine after getting fluid in it am I likely in the clear? I suppose there could be some decrease in longevity but doesn't seem like there's any way to know for sure if things are working now. An independent shop replaced the alternator yesterday. I'm sure they'll say they didn't touch the lines but would it be typical to move the line, for example, to pull the alternator from underneath? Seems very coincidental that something like this happens so soon after having work done. I basically hadn't driven the truck since I got it back from them yesterday evening.
Any thoughts on how likely it is that I have serious damage or what else I should be doing/asking the dealer? If everything works fine after getting fluid in it am I likely in the clear? I suppose there could be some decrease in longevity but doesn't seem like there's any way to know for sure if things are working now. An independent shop replaced the alternator yesterday. I'm sure they'll say they didn't touch the lines but would it be typical to move the line, for example, to pull the alternator from underneath? Seems very coincidental that something like this happens so soon after having work done. I basically hadn't driven the truck since I got it back from them yesterday evening.
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