yea the 5th gen SS trans are prone to problems...I heard it's caused by the torque converter going bad ,clogging the internal screen and burning out the trans ..but the one I have has only 6k on it going to put a inline filter to help it out , yes theres alot of wireing that has to be done but since I live in cali. in order to smog the car here have to be the same year or newer ...so I am forced to a 5th gen SS trans.