You’ve just taken your car in to a Durham transmission repair shop and was told you need a new transmission. While most transmissions can be repaired, sometimes they can’t. You may have fallen into one of those rare situations. That does not make you happy because replacing a transmission can be expensive. So you decide to take it to another place. The second place confirms that you need a new transmission. So now what?
Before authorizing the work at a transmission repair shop in Durham, you decide to do a little research to approximate how much the transmission replacement will be to see if you’re being quoted a fair price. After a little digging, you find some good news. You discover that you can buy a used transmission and just pay labor costs to a Durham transmission Repair shop to install it. Better still, you find someone who is selling a used transmission for much cheaper than the new one you were quoted and will give you a 90 day warranty. That makes you happy because you’re thinking of all the money you will save by buying the used transmission. But will the used transmission save you money?
Fred Bowen, owner/operator of Cottman of Durham, transmission repair refers to this as “round tripping the unit.” In an ideal world, that transmission would work, and you never have a problem with it. But that rarely happens. Even if the transmission works when you drive it out of the shop, it may stop working a month or two later. If it happens while the transmission is under warranty, you’ll get a new one, but you still will pay more labor charges to take the old one out and put the new one into your car. And if that transmission you just purchased stops working on day 91? You’re stuck buying another one. That initial savings has cost you more in additional parts and labor in the long run. A better option, Bowen recommends, is to ask at the Durham transmission repair shop if financing is available for a new one. The warranties will last longer and labor will be included if something goes wrong.
If you think you need your transmission needs to be repaired or replaced, Bowen suggests bringing your car in to Cottman of Durham transmission repair for a free inspection by a certified expert.