I took my vehicle here to fix a transmission fluid leak. They sounded as if they knew what the problem was and could correct it, said it was a front seal leak which is what i thought it was. After 2 days, when i got my vehicle back they said that the seal was bad and problem was corrected ( no more leak ). I was also told that my torque converter looked fine and did not need to be replaced. Well after driving my vehicle for 1 day they leak returned. I called to let them know and was told that it must be my torque converter (after i was told it looked ""fine""). So after $500 for the first problem they wanted $600 to replace the TC. I decided to take it to another tranny place for a second opinion. Turns out, the pump inside the transmission was bad and caused the pressure to flucuate up and down and when it went up, it kept blowing out the seal (the old and the new). I was also informed that i had metal shavings in the TC (the one cottmans said looked ""fine""). Needless to say I needed an entire rebuild to fix the issue(s) at a lofty price. If cottman's would have identified the root of the problem I could have saved alot of time and money, instead they were just replacing pieces (and charging) each time and did not find the cause of the problem. Vehicle runs fine now and no leak. I would be very skeptical of taking my vehicle to cottman's. Nice people, but don't seem to know as much as they claim about transmissions.
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