In article <3FF37FAC.6030308@earthlink.net>, SilverEightynine@earthlink.net
(Terrible Tom) writes:
>
>
> Hop * wrote:
> >
> > Happy New Year All!!
> >
> > Well, It looks as if my tranny is on it's last leggs.
> > I've got 135k on it (auto) and 2nd gear hunts and slips at times.
> > My question is if you had to go to a tranny shop would aamco be one of your
> > choices. They offer a lifetime warranty for an additional $600, a
> > 3/36,000 for
> > $300 or a standard 12/12,000 comes with it. Has anyone dealt with AAMCO
> > and or their
> > warranty claims? The guy i talked to was pretty straight forward and told
me
> > they would check it for free and a standard overhaul would be around $1095.
> > Any thoughts?
> >
>
> RUN!!! - don't walk, away from AAMCO as fast as you can - they are
> dishonest theives. My uncle's girlfriend's father worked for Aamco and
> the stories I heard.... not to mention my own personal experiance. 3
> years ago I took my 2wd Dakota in for repairs - they jacked me on the
> cost of the work, and tried to tell me that I signed and I authorized
> the rebuild and I was legally bound to pay them (something like $1500) ,
> until I read the fine print, pointed out that I only owed them the cost
> of the diagnosis and they could not force me to pay them. I had to get
> a friend of mine who in so many words - - persuaded them - - to see the
> error of their ways and they rebuilt the transmission and cut me a deal
> on the price. The trans didn't last long before it started to buzz
> (torque converter most likley) - when I took it back under warrenty -
> they said "oh no we heard nothing wrong its probably just a heat sheild
> vibrating." I was so disgusted I just said Fhak em and never went back.
> I got skrewed there big time and will never place myself in that
> position ever again.
>
I'm with you on this one, Tom. Several years ago I was in a jam and had my '89
Mustang towed to the AAMCO in Ft. Worth, Texas. The clutch cable had snapped,
(or so I thought), and they offered "free" towing. 3 days later, they were
telling me that my clutch, clutch cable, pressure plate, throwout bearing, and
clutch quadrant were all bad and needed replacing. The estimate for all of this
work was about 1600 dollars. I authorized them to replace the quadrant and
clutch cable, which took them 4 more days to finish. When I went to pick up
the car, they said it wasn't driveable because the clutch was so worn you
couldn't engage it. Well, any moron that owns a Mustang with a stock quadrant
knows that to adjust the clutch, you push the pedal down to the floorboard, and
then pull up on it with your foot. I did this while in the shop, got two
clicks from the pedal, and voila! The clutch was adjusted and working fine.
They didn't have much to say about that. After telling my story to several
people, they ALL said "YOU TOOK YOUR CAR TO AAMCO????". Well, I learned my
lesson, and will NEVER, EVER take another vehicle to ANY of their repair
centers.
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