Early 2000-2005 Chevy Tahoe vs. Toyota Sequoia

**JET** · 10-25-2014

We have a 2003 Denali, just a fancy version. The main reason the trannies go out is they switched to plastic accumlator pistons in the tranny. You can buy the aluminum ones for under $5 and don't have to pull the tranny to swap them. Our tranny went out at 116k and the piston for the 2-3 was broke. Other than that it has been a great vehicle. Got it with 70k on it and 146k now.

b00sted_spyder · 10-26-2014

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Originally Posted by JET

We have a 2003 Denali, just a fancy version. The main reason the trannies go out is they switched to plastic accumlator pistons in the tranny. You can buy the aluminum ones for under $5 and don't have to pull the tranny to swap them. Our tranny went out at 116k and the piston for the 2-3 was broke. Other than that it has been a great vehicle. Got it with 70k on it and 146k now.

Just hope that the awd transfer case doesn't fail. I have only rebuilt 1 of them and the main shaft spline were twisted. Probably from abuse.

turbotalon1g · 10-26-2014

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Originally Posted by JET

We have a 2003 Denali, just a fancy version. The main reason the trannies go out is they switched to plastic accumlator pistons in the tranny. You can buy the aluminum ones for under $5 and don't have to pull the tranny to swap them. Our tranny went out at 116k and the piston for the 2-3 was broke. Other than that it has been a great vehicle. Got it with 70k on it and 146k now.

I'd like to get that one, but it seems most out there are the Denali XL, which I don't want.