Trans Sport average life

How many miles would a typical Trans Sport go before needing his first engine/trasmission rebuild?

Well, my '93 has 185,000 miles and still runs like a top. The most expensive thing I ever did to it was replace the alternator about 5 years ago. But, as with any vehicle, it depends on how well its maintained as to how long it will last.

My 1993 with a 3.8 has 338,000 KM on it and it runs quite well. Hard Idle but I have found the the series one of the 3800 always had a rough idle. (I owned a 1991 Park Avenue with the series one 3800 and it had a rough idel as well - it went to 340,000 before I sold it (in good shape) for a 1990 Lumina APV) I always change the oil between 5000-7000 KM and never let a strange noise go un-attended.

The 3.1 engines from 1990 to about 1993 or 1994 only went on average 300,000 KM. I had a 1990 Lumina with the 3.1 and at 290,000 it pretty much kicked the bucket. I blame the 3 speed tranny. RPM's too high for a 3.1 engine.

I've seen some in my area that have over 200,000 miles and some close to 300,000 miles on them. They were well built and as member chris_eitniear said in the post above a lot depends on how well taken care of can greatly influence a vehicle' lifespan.

properly serviced regularly it'll go for a long time, my '95 has 180,000miles and
runs super,love it not one problem with it..

I am on my 3rd Trans Sport.

The first was a '93 -- I traded that in on a different car, and regretted doing so.

The second was a '95. It had about 160,000 miles on it when an idiot pulled out in front of me and I T-Boned him at highway speed. Air Bags are a good thing, I walked away without a scratch.

I have another '95 now. It currently has 180,000 miles and runs beautifully. It does have a few problems which I am going to post about, but none that I think is major.

Seeing these posts about the number of miles people rack up on these loveable tanks makes my heart sing!

Cheers,

John