I recently blew the seals in my tranny, lost most of the fluid, therefore making it slip and smoke. I had to pull a big Dodge out of a very deep and muddy ditch (loved every second of it since it was my fiance' that was stuck). I barely made it home after that. Lucky for me, my fiance' is a mechanic who specializes in transmissions.....and has the VX obsession too. Can't wait until my baby is back on the road....I feel like I've lost my child.