Auto tranny reliability on non-BMWs?

Anyone care to comment on how reliable other makes of car's autoboxes
are after 100-150k miles? I know that many other makes share the same
boxes as BMWs but I'm curious to know how Japanese and other euro makes
compare.

There seems to be a perception that the five speed auto boxes are an
accident waiting to happen after 120-150k. Not helped by the whole
"lifetime fluid" thing. Is this a myth or near to the truth? What %age
are dying?

I had a dead ZF 4HP22 in my 635 many years ago at 150k, but that was
mainly due to lack of fluid changes by previous owners I suspect. I have
an old 525e with 182k on it's auto, I strongly suspect it's seen few
fluid changes too. But for the moment it's fine. The question is, are
the current automatics a liability?

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