Also known as: a760e, a760h, a761e, toyota 6-speed rear-drive
Toyota's longitudinal six-speed — in the Lexus IS, GS, LS and SC.
It is the A960E's larger relative and the two are constantly confused, because both are Toyota six-speed longitudinals and both appear in the IS and GS in overlapping years. The engine decides which, and the parts do not interchange.
The A760H is the all-wheel-drive version and the A761E the heavier one behind the V8s; mechanically the same design with different capacities, and the letter is the only place the difference is recorded.
It is a durable transmission with few characteristic faults, which changes what a symptom means: an odd change is far more often fluid, a speed sensor or an engine mount than the gearbox.
Toyota's WS fluid is required and is not the earlier Type IV. Using the wrong one produces a harsh or delayed cold engagement in a transmission that is otherwise healthy — the same trap as on the U151E and the A960E, and it runs in both directions across Toyota's range.
Cars fitted with this gearbox
4 generations. Only where a source names the model and the generation together — a gearbox is documented as a product far more often than as a fitment, so this list is deliberately shorter than the truth.
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