4l60e failures

[Peter M.Thompson]

Hi, I'm new on here but retired Master Mechanic Gas, diesel, etc. Too many certifications so I just sit on them instead of a chair. I'm here because I have blown past the I'm a little miffed part. The truck is a 1999 Silverado, 5.3, 4160e trans. This was my father in laws truck when he owned a paving company. He bought a newer model just like it so gave this one to my son. He had to have the engine at about 80K replaced then the transmission a few months later. Since we have had the truck I've had to do odds and ends to get the engine to run correctly but the Transmission ( I'm really trying to be nice here) had to be rebuilt at close to $3 K. That was all the money my son had worked to save towards his first year in college gone. Withing 6 months we had to take it back because it shelled the trans again. Mr. Transmission in Mobile, Al. did the work. They honored the warranty and rebuilt it again. Now about 8 maybe a little more months later he just came home and it's gone out again. He barely made it home and it just started acting up tonight. Searching the web as I always do I can't believe the number of people that have had trouble with these transmissions. I use to love GM products but with all these problems with this transmission and from a several year span of vehicles, what's the deal. No hot rodding, we haven't even pulled anything with this truck. I'm on disability because of my back or I would have torn the thing down myself and figured the design flaw out and fixed it. Most of the shops I have talked to say they keep them in business and craigs list always has these trucks for sale with a bad transmission. I have a 1998 Ford, 6cyl. with a 5 speed manual and the truck has over 310,000 miles on it and rarely do I have to work on it. Heck I had a Chevelle Super Sport, one of the fastest muscle cars there was so seeing this many problems concerns me. What happened GM? Anyone got a solution ? We don't have the money to keep putting into this truck. The Blue Book value doesn't warrant it.