Free External Diagnostic for your Transmission from AAMCO

[weasel]

http://www.aamcopromotions.com/EDScpNprnt.asp

 

[jamarno]

Avoid it because it's just a sales pitch for possibly unneeded transmission work. Almost all legitimate transmission shops (many AAMCOs are legitimate) will test a transmission for free because the mechanic can tell what's wrong just by feel and sound. Get any work done by the shop recommended by all the independent garages in town or by the police dept., and look for membership in ATRA, the Automatic Transmission Rebuilders Association. Chain garages offer no technical advantages over independent shops.

 

[VBboy]

"External Diagnostic for your Transmission" - you mean they just listen to it?

 

[ander]

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I think they just look to see if it's leaking...heh. Those guys, playing those that really really love the word free and don't know much about cars.

 

[icantiwont]

Sounds a bit fishy to me. Hook you then hit you with repairs you probably don't need.

 

[BigDoggie]

Based on personal experience, I'd walk behind my car and PUSH it to the next town before I'd let Aamco near it.

One man's opinion... your mileage may vary.

 

[db]

Take your car to ANY repair shop, ask them to inspect it for problems, and they WILL find stuff wrong.

 

[DEFIANT1]

AAMCO can suck my nuts! Over the years, I've had a few troubles and every time I've reluctantly driven into an AAMCO, I've been mis-diagnosed. They're also very highly trained in the "well, if you don't get this fixed now, you'll end up buying a new transmission" upsell game. They "notice" all kinds of stuff that "can potentially ruin" your transmission....and offer to repair it, of course. Kind of like the oil change places that want to replace your air filter for $25 every time you drive in....

 

[QwaarJet]

Avoid AAMCO like the plague. When my transmission failed, my warrenty provider said they would only allow aamco to service my car, so i did, not doing much reseach into aamco and boy did i regret it. they had my car for an ENTIRE month and 2 days, pretty much just sitting there. They kept telling me they knew what the problem was, "parts in order", by friday, by tuesday, "by thursday you will DRIVE your car out of here", "parts will arrive tomorrow, 1 day to rebuild and you'll be out of here".

normally i'd get my car out of there, but there was NO ONE else my warrenty let service my car..... then finally 1 month and 2 days later i call and "steve" says "come pick up your car! (suddend excitment) I give up on it! you hear that? i'll say it again, I GIVE UP on it!" i stood there in quiet fury before throwing the phone across my room.... i called my warrenty people and my dealer and bitched the hell out of them, 1 week later, i had a brand new never used tranmission from Honda installed by my dealer the tranmission and installation was around $5,000 and i only payed the $100 deducable

 

[dimwit]

Take your car to ANY repair shop, ask them to inspect it for problems, and they WILL find stuff wrong.

In case you missed it.

Take your car to ANY repair shop, ask them to inspect it for problems, and they WILL find stuff wrong.

 

[Flatbroke]

You know you're trouble when the grease monkey comes into the customer fainting er... waiting area and says "so you had to have your car towed in?" "No" says I. GM says"Well I can't believe it would even move under it's own power, your transmission has a bad crap-o-lator". Well says I "You better put a new one in and could you inspect my brakes while you have it up on the rack?" GM says "Why sure we can!" and with a spring in his step goes in the office and calls Mrs. Grease Monkey and says "Honey, I've changed my mind, we CAN afford that new big screen TV, there's a guy in here now who just said he would pay for it!" Click. Advertise, screw, repeat.:Q

 

[Ribbet]

I agree -- AAMCO sucks (as do many chains -- Midas, Meineke, etc.)!

Question (ot):: Suppose a car's auto trans. has **not** been serviced in many years (e.g., 5, 10, 15 years, including no fluid change). Could problems/damage occur by suddenly changing the tranny fluid; or would you recommend changing it? (Wondering whether the old sludge might be holding the tranny together, and whether new fluids might flush out that "good sludge" and cause slipping or other problems.)

Anyone?

 

[St. Nick]

Talk about car chains.

I was dealing with firestone to get my girlfriends oil changed and I found out about their firestone credit card... Not only was it 15 bucks to get the oil changed with their card, but they charged me 0 for tire roation, and added on a bunch of features.

I came back the next day cause I drove over a nail and was slowly leaking air... they fixed the tire for free and not with one of them crappy plug jobs, they used an inside patch.. had them inspect my car and the only item they said i needed was a oil filter, and they were the 2nd shop to tell me that... IN NO WAY did they pressure me...

They may have a bad rep but id use them! FIRESTONE.. just not the tires!

 

[Flatbroke]

Ribbet, yes, so if you are not having problems just leave it alone. I had a '65 Torqueflite 727 that I did a filter and fluid change on, and after that, it would not move first thing in the morning until it had 2-3 seconds to build up pressure in the pump. Plus it's a mess, unless you have something from the 50's it has no drain plug, so you have to drop the pan with fluid in it. First and last time I messed with a working old tranny.