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Complaint Review: Aamco - Jacksonville Florida

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  • Aamco San Jose Blvd Jacksonville, Florida U.S.A.

Aamco Ripoff - Oercharging for transmission rebuild! ripoff Jacksonville Florida

*REBUTTAL Owner of company: Debbie, don't shoot the messenger!

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I took a 1992 Acura Legend to be diagnosed for transmission problems to an Aamco in Jacksonville, Florida. I had called prior to taking it in and talked to the owner to evaluate the problem. He assured me it was probably something electrical and would run around $50 or $100 (which I didn't believe in the first place and should have been my first clue). The automatic transmission was having a hard time shifting into second gear.

Being a woman, but somewhat familiar with transmission problems I figured this probably wasn't the case but since he was so helpful, I would give it a try. After they got hold of the car, it was a totally different story.

To make a long story short, they had to get into the transmission to evaluate it. And their estimate to repair the transmission was $3,556! I could buy a rebuilt one from Acura for $1,000 less than that!

It was $1,273 for an overhaul, plus things like a snap ring, second gear clutch, torque converter, steel plates, cellenoids-$800 and an external cooler. From what I've found out from other transmission places, all of those things should be included in the overhaul with the exception of an external cooler. The cooler can be determined if it is needed AFTER the transmission is working. They were going to put one on up front!

Needless to say, my husband got involved and we are getting the car the heck out of there! I would never -- EVER recommend someone to go there for transmission work! They are the biggest rip off! And to make matters worse, after my husband got involved amazingly they could come down to around $2,000 to fix the transmission...now, how could they do that? It just amazes me!

Aamco, you are the biggest rip off --- EVER!

Debbie
Jacksonville, Florida

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#1 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Debbie, don't shoot the messenger!

AUTHOR: Dean - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, June 02, 2004

I just found this site the other day and while it has been a long time ago since Debbie was a customer here I do still remember her. I still have records of her service here as well. She was one of those customers that I just couldn't quite get to understand the difference betweeen fixing the car and fixing just the transmission. We quoted Debbie $3,556.15 to perform various repairs to her Acura Legend including transmission mounts and motor mounts, an overhaul on the transmission with torque converter, gear train components, solenoids, etc... and an external cooler. (Debbie is right about the cooler insofar as one being able to tell whether a vehcle will require one after the transmission is repaired. However, one can also tell before the transmission is repaired. I just thought she might like to know about that expense up front.)

Debbie got a quote for a transmission from the dealership as she states in her report. From that moment forward,for some reason, she assumed that the cost for the transmission alone from the dealership should be the cost to fix the car. What about labor to install it? Does that include a torque converter or not? What about the cost of fluid? What about the cost of mounts, the cooler, etc...? Adding the costs of these services would greatly exceed the amount which we were quoting to perform all of these repairs. We too sourced an exchange transmission and determined that it was not a cost effective solution for her vehicle. (We were quoted $2987.14 for the transmission alone from the dealer.)

Try as I might, I could never get Debbie to understand this. I really tried, too. She stopped communicating with me. She just wanted her car back at that point. She just never seemed to get over the fact that it would cost a lot of money to fix her Acura Legend. I don't blame her for being upset at the costs to fix the car. Heck, who wouldn't be? Thats a lot of money.

As for her husband, I don't really remember talking to him but there would certainly be nothing magical about the transmission repairs costing 2000 plus dollars. As I hope I've made clear, the car didn't just need transmission work!

This is a family-owned business. We've been here a long time. We are competitively priced though we are neither the cheapest nor most expensive in town. We do good work though we are not perfect. We stand behind our work. We have many satisfied customers. In the end, we are just messengers in this case. Debbie didn't like the message. The message was that an Acura Legend can be costly to repair. That was not trying to rip Debbie off. It was, still is, the truth. I wish Debbie well and regret we were unable to make her one of our many satisfied customers.

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