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Corolla brakes down - gearbox broke ! - arnold2
Oh, what a fun day I had yesterday !

Early morning to work, my Corolla 2001 (incorporating noisy gearbox, as posted previously) decides today is the day to go ... nearly have nasty accident as screeching sound emanates, and my speed drops from 60 to 30 VERY quickly - 38 Tonner nearly drives into me ... :-( Once I pulled in, the gearbox wouldn't engage at all, and had a noise like metal ripping together. And you can hardly move the car, even with the clutch in.

Oh dear.

RAC pick me up, and I spend the rest of the day trying to get repair sorted ... difficult, as the garages can't quote without seeing the car, and that involves getting the RAC to move it.

Toyota = "new gearbox £1200 + labour" ! Sent the car to Trade Transmissions at Peterborough - anyone used them ? Hoping to get the box (if it is that) re-built, for less ! Not impressed - car is 3.5 years old. More concerning, the recovery man told me he's had 5 Corolla recently, all with the same fault.... Could it be the clutch, or diff ?

Any advice MOST appreciated !