Don't take your car to Mr. Transmission

I had to take my car to the dealership after they were finished with it. Not
only did I fork out over $3000 to get it fixed but I had to pay another
$2000 for the dealer to fix it after they were done.

Mr. Transmission Sucks

 

Sue them to get your money back.

 

what car/year? what problem?

 

He has been posting this to a lot groups for the last 2 weeks. Still
don't know what his point is except that he got taken with his own
consent.

 

$125 bucks will get you started in your local court for a civil suit, and
you do not even need a lawyer.

 

But you can lose if you screwed up in the first place.

;-)

 

If he wishes to make a religion out of hating Mr. Transmission I guess
that's his business. Transmissions are very complicated devices and
it's easy to make a mistake while re-assembling one.

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I'm taking them into small claims court but I'm hiring an attorney for
advice. They have agreed to pay $795.02 for their negligence but are
refusing to cover the total costs incurred.

Mr. Transmission Sucks

 

There was no mistake reassembling the transmission as I had the transmission
completely replaced. The dealerships findings: There was a leak in the
transmission lines. The transmission cooler placed by Mr. Transmission was
not adequate for cooling the transmission. The transmission had the wrong
dipstick tube installed and the dipstick was damaged. The transmission was
overfilled by five quarts of transmission fluid.
This is evidence of gross negligence and incompetence. In addition: the air
cleaner box was damaged and vented transmission fluid clogged the mass air
filter. An inoperative dash temperature gauge was caused by damaged wiring.
Mr Transmission had replaced a sensor which had the sole purpose of doing
nothing but supplying the dash temperature gauge. It is very apparent who
caused the problems with my temp gauge wiring.

The after market transmission cooler was removed and the transmission lines
were rerouted back to the stock cooler. Mr. Transmission had cut to the
lines to the stock cooler when they placed on the after market cooler. The
transmission cooler, which they replaced the stock cooler with, was designed
to be an auxiliary cooler rather then a stand alone cooler. The unit they
used was a Hayden 403. When eliminating the stock cooler Hayden states that
a large cooler be used. The Hayden 403 is designated as a medium cooler. In
addition, Hayden recommends the use of a radiator tank cooler when this is
done in order to comply with most auto manufacturer's warranties. This was
not done. Having the wrong transmission dipstick tube, a damaged dipstick,
and having the transmission overfilled by five quarts speaks very strongly.

You can read about the whole ordeal at
http://mrtransmissionsucks.com/main.html

Mr. Transmission Sucks

 

The only problem is that there is a binding arbitration clause in the repair
contract located in the small print. However, I am fortunate to be living in
Georgia as the courts here tend to make this non-enforceable. I feel that I
need help from an attorney to avoid any pitfalls. Of course the cost of the
attorney will be added to my settlement.

Mr. Transmission Sucks

 

I assume that Mr. Transmission is a chain? If so, you can't justify
trashing the entire company for the incompetence of one store. If you
want to rag on them, rag on the specific store that screwed you.

 

What's wrong with going to arbitration? It's cheaper, faster and if you
have witnesses/afadavits and other evidence, it should be a slam-dunk.
You may not get your attorneys fees if you take it to court.

 

I must be bored. I just finished reading Andrew's web site rant. I
also re-read his posts here. At no point has he disclosed the
make/year/model/mileage of his car. I suspect he doesn't even own a
Hyundai.

Mr. Transmission in Lakeland, Florida, rebuilt the transmission in my
son's 2000 Accent with 95K miles a month ago. The store manager's name
is Jerry, and he's a very pleasant fellow to deal with. But Mr.
Transmission is just like every other business chain in that your going
to find good managers and some bad eggs too.

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A franchise has accountability for the actions of their franchises.

 

See: http://www.autoissues.org/arbitration_faq.htm

 

OK Andrew. What *IS* the make/model/year of your car?

Jon

 

Agreed. I've had work done by a local AAMCO guy who's been completely
trustworthy. The rebuild they did on my Excel transmission lasted 115K
miles, which is impressive when you consider that the orignal only
lasted 64K. He's even told me when he didn't think that work was worth
it on another car. He's good, he cares about his customers and the
quality of the work his people turn out. These are the reasons that he's
been in business at the same location for 20-something years. I refer
people to him all the time.

OTOH, I've heard horror stories about other AAMCO stores. It's not the
name on the building, it's the guys that work there that count.

 

Only to a very limited degree. While it may be possible for them to yank
a franchise from a problem franchisee, that's usually the only leverage
they have and that may not even be the case. They are not legally liable
for poor work by a franchisee unless they are following a policy that
comes down from the top. One bad store DOES NOT make for a bad company
and you have no right to trash the entire company. It would be within
their rights to sue you for defamation. While I fully agree with the
action you're taking against the local store - assuming that you're
telling the whole truth - what you're attempting to do to the company is
wrong. Frankly, the fact that you're unwilling to go to arbitration
makes me very suspicious. If your case was as strong and "cut and dried"
as you make it out to be, arbitration is the best way to go, as you
would win, win quickly and do so at minimal expense.

I'd really love to hear the other side of this story.

 

So, there are a lot of "ifs" and "maybes" and "gotcha's" to look out
for. What are the particulars of YOUR contract? Why not go to voluntary
arbitration rather than court? All that autoissues.org point out is that
you need to be careful before agreeing to mandatory binding arbitration.
They specifically state that there is nothing inherently wrong in
arbitration as an alternative to the courts.

 

'I had to take my car to the dealership after they were finished with
it. Not only did I fork out over $3000 to get it fixed but I had to pay
another $2000 for the dealer to fix it after they were done.
Mr. Transmission Sucks'

REPLY: DOnt take your car to AAMCO Transmission Co. either (if they are
still around). I learned they put thier Office personnel thru ' in
house sales training courses' to promote rebuilding the transmission or
selling a new one after the car is testdriven . I took a car there once
, and it ended up being a Modulator Control that was needed -- AAMCO
wanted to rebuild the transmission . Thieves.