Have had some experience's, both good and bad, with car dealers. Same with private shops. A tranny shop chain by the name of Cottmans got me for over $3,000 for a so called tranny rebuild that didn't last 6 months. A shop in Pittsburgh said they fixed it, it didn't shift right and was leaking less than a week later, so took it to the Cottmans here in the Toledo area, and they didn't seem to make it any better. When it was acting up again, I was in Columbus,Oh. and there was a Dodge dealer right across the road from where I was at. It was leaking pretty bad, and of course, what they said was, we have to put it on the machine to check it out.($90) And then they told me, well, looks like we need to rebuild the tranny. I said no thanks, just had that done a couple months ago. Bought 6 qts. of tranny fluid to get me back home, took it to a small family owned shop, and they got the leaked stopped for $40.(outside fitting cracked, so they unscrewed the cracked one and screwed in a good one and reconnected the line.
Yep, if you find a good and honest mechanic, treat him well!! gypsyman
