Transmission/Transfer Case Issues

[cmd24]

About three years ago, we had to put in a new transmission in to Mrs cmd's Mazda CX-9. Fortunately, it was fully covered by the lifetime warranty we had on the vehicle. Fast forward to the last couple weeks...apparent wheel bearing issue, that is also covered. When looking in to it, it was discovered that there was a wiring issue in the transfer case. Sounds as though they have pull out the transmission to fix this. Here's my question, are issues like this indicative of the brand, tied to the original transmission repair, or just a complete fluke? This is the first time I've ever come across repairs like this, on any of my vehicles. We're not too far off from looking at trading in for something else, and we really like the CX-9's. But, do I need to be hesitant because of a possible recurring issues?

[Cobey]

I'd suspect that this would be related to the original transmission repair, but I make this guess based on not looking at the vehicle itself.

[Cobey]

Although 3 years is quite a long chunk of time for the issue to not have manifested itself...unless your wife just keeps it in one "mode" or something and doesn't use the AWD system

[cmd24]

Although 3 years is quite a long chunk of time for the issue to not have manifested itself...unless your wife just keeps it in one "mode" or something and doesn't use the AWD system

She said she had never seen the AWD light come on before, so it's like it got stuck in that mode, this time. That's kind of the feel I got from the tech at Walser, too.

On the bright side, all repairs were 100% covered, AND they delivered the car to us today. I had them take a look at it, for trade in value. I'm going to wait a little bit and get it paid off, before I do anything, now.