I have a good friend who works at a salvage yard. I had him look up the interchange for your car. He says that his salvage interchange indicates that 2000-2002 Corolla auto transmissions are interchangeable. Just make sure if you have a 3-speed stay with the 3-speed, if you have a 4-speed you have to stay with a 4-speed model. Hope this helps.

 

Awesome! My 2002 is a 3 speed and I bought a 2000 3 speed auto transmission. It has 90,000 miles. Thats good for a toyota transmission right? Thanks a lot!

 

haha great! time to get my car back up and running!

 

Okay so now the shop I took it to is saying the 2000 automatic transmission I bought for my car is 'too small' for my corolla. The previous transmission thats messed up is bigger than the 2000 one I bought. What could this mean?

 

??? Too small. Have no idea what the shop is talking about - maybe have them tell you exactly what they mean. As long as you replaced the existing A131L 3-speed with another A131L 3-speed - you are good to go.

There might be stuff missing from the donor transaxle that might have to be transferred over (brackets, etc.). But size that is physically "smaller" - sounds like the shop is confused.

Chevy Prism is mechanically similar to the Corolla. There are some differences - but most are electrical in nature / auxiliary components - most of the major parts are identical.

 

would a 2000 geo prizm 3 spd auto transmission work on the 02 corolla?