LD
Dallas,#2General Comment
Sat, January 05, 2013
I had a problem such as this several years ago where my car kept stalling on me and I had taken it to several mechanics and no one could determine why it kept cutting off. Finally I took it to Firestone and they supposedly fixed the problem but when I drove away from the shop the car cut off again. I took it back to Firestone and to make a long story short they fixed the car again....and again.. and again.. and almost $1,000.00 in I filed a complaint with the corporate office and finally the corporate office told me that they simply didn't know what was wrong with the car and they refunded the entire amount I paid back to me.
After I left Firestone I took my car to a shade tree mechanic who pulled the torque converter and told me I could drive maybe around 2 weeks before my transmission went out. He was right on the nail. Two weeks later I inched my car to the dealership where I traded it in on a new car. The salesman just looked at the car. Never drove it. Never had a clue the transmission was going out and this was a major dealership. Not one of the rinky dink ones. My car could only go about 15 miles an hour. It was pulling so bad.
I can't believe Firestone's "trained" (supposedly) mechanics couldn't figure out the problem but this shade tree mechanic with a cigarette hanging out one end of his mouth and a beer in the other hand did. Wow.
But back to your issue.. This is why most folks sell their cars when they have transmission problems. I don't know one person who has had a transmission "fixed" and I would never buy a car with a "rebuilt motor or transmission" unless I was rich and was a collector of antiques or something. Too many problems with rebuilt motors and transmissions.