Suzuki Complete Gearbox/Transmission for Sale in South Africa

Suzuki fields three quite different automatics locally — a conventional torque-converter automatic, a CVT, and the AMT automated manual used on the budget cars. The AMT is a manual gearbox with an actuator bolted to it, so its parts have nothing in common with either of the others despite all three being sold as "auto". Getting that wrong is the most expensive mistake on this page. In practice the decision in front of you is whether a repair, a reconditioned unit or a good used gearbox represents the best value on a car of this age.

Whether the car is manual, AMT, CVT or a conventional automatic, plus which engine sits in front of it. With that we can usually confirm the right part quickly, and we'll tell you whether we're quoting new, aftermarket or good used rather than leaving you to guess.

It comes down to what has broken. A worn synchro or a single bearing is a strip-and-rebuild job and often the sensible route. Once a gear tooth has broken and the debris has been through the box, every bearing and gear face is contaminated, and a good used unit is usually both cheaper and faster.

The clutch, release bearing, spigot bearing and flywheel face are all right in front of you, and the driveshaft output seals cost very little. Doing them now costs a fraction of doing the job twice, because on this repair the labour is the expensive part.

Very often it is. Slip under load with the revs rising is a clutch, and a heavy or dragging pedal is usually the hydraulics or the release mechanism. Noise that changes with the gear selected, or that disappears in neutral, points at the gearbox itself. A short road test with someone who knows the difference saves real money.

It is not the same job. Both carry their own control electronics and adaptive settings, and a CVT in particular needs the correct fluid specification and usually a relearn after fitting. Treat it as workshop work with a scan tool on hand rather than a driveway swap.

The gearbox carries its own identification code on the casing, and that code matters more than the badge on the boot, because the same Suzuki can be sold with two or three different units. Give us the VIN and the code off the casing and we will match the exact part.