NjbadSS
09-21-2013, 11:59 PM
whats up guys, I am curious of everyones opinion on this situation that I am in, also opinion what I should do.
here goes....about 2 weeks ago I purchased a 2006 2500hd silverado truck. It ran like a gem, smooth no vibrations noises ect. With my bad luck, shortly after putting it on the road, I got a leaky trans line, notorious issue with those trucks ive owned many. I recently made friends with a local shop, and called to see what it would cost to replace all the trans lines, I called dealer found out to buy all 3 it would run me about $80. The shop, who did $2300.00 of work on my duramax about 3 weeks ago, told me bring it in I will charge parts and about an hours labor. I couldnt beat that and with my busy schedule, it was a no brainer bring it in to get them done. I got the call last night that the truck was done ready for pickup. I live literally right down the road from them, so I picked it up, it was running great, parked it in my driveway and that was that for the night. Early this morning, 630, I was leaving my house for work, about 2 miles away from the house I noticed slippy trans, IT NEVER EVER SHIFTED EVEN SLIGHTLY STRANGE!!.. I kept driving about another 5 miles and get to a light, luckily it was green because I then had neutral, absolutely no trans!!! I pulled over, pulled the hood lever... got out of the truck and instantly noticed trans fluid dumping from the front of the truck... pop the hood to instantly notice... THE TRANS LINE WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE RADIATOR!!!!!!! I got it towed to the same shop, they brought it right in the shop, put the trans line properly in the radiator... filled with trans fluid, said it should be okay, common sense prevails after 8 plus miles no fluid...something is hurt! sure enough the mechanic gets back from test drive says its slipping like an SOB. later in the day he had a trans tech come, says that it may just need a solenoid. now the issue where I need advice! he says monday he is going to have the solenoid installed and see if that helps. On top of that he says he will do a trans flush and filter change, said that will be billed to me. Now, he says if none of that works, the tranbs will be ripped apart. If there are signs of wear from old age, he will not pay to repair the trans!! To me this makes absolutely no sense in the world 2 days prior the truck ran like a brand new one, now its my fault the trans went? Please give me your thoughts, maybe similar experiences? I compare this to getting an oil change and young kid at the shop forgetting to tighten the drain plug, draining oil and engine going...that is the shops fault!! Any advice would be appreciated!!
here goes....about 2 weeks ago I purchased a 2006 2500hd silverado truck. It ran like a gem, smooth no vibrations noises ect. With my bad luck, shortly after putting it on the road, I got a leaky trans line, notorious issue with those trucks ive owned many. I recently made friends with a local shop, and called to see what it would cost to replace all the trans lines, I called dealer found out to buy all 3 it would run me about $80. The shop, who did $2300.00 of work on my duramax about 3 weeks ago, told me bring it in I will charge parts and about an hours labor. I couldnt beat that and with my busy schedule, it was a no brainer bring it in to get them done. I got the call last night that the truck was done ready for pickup. I live literally right down the road from them, so I picked it up, it was running great, parked it in my driveway and that was that for the night. Early this morning, 630, I was leaving my house for work, about 2 miles away from the house I noticed slippy trans, IT NEVER EVER SHIFTED EVEN SLIGHTLY STRANGE!!.. I kept driving about another 5 miles and get to a light, luckily it was green because I then had neutral, absolutely no trans!!! I pulled over, pulled the hood lever... got out of the truck and instantly noticed trans fluid dumping from the front of the truck... pop the hood to instantly notice... THE TRANS LINE WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE RADIATOR!!!!!!! I got it towed to the same shop, they brought it right in the shop, put the trans line properly in the radiator... filled with trans fluid, said it should be okay, common sense prevails after 8 plus miles no fluid...something is hurt! sure enough the mechanic gets back from test drive says its slipping like an SOB. later in the day he had a trans tech come, says that it may just need a solenoid. now the issue where I need advice! he says monday he is going to have the solenoid installed and see if that helps. On top of that he says he will do a trans flush and filter change, said that will be billed to me. Now, he says if none of that works, the tranbs will be ripped apart. If there are signs of wear from old age, he will not pay to repair the trans!! To me this makes absolutely no sense in the world 2 days prior the truck ran like a brand new one, now its my fault the trans went? Please give me your thoughts, maybe similar experiences? I compare this to getting an oil change and young kid at the shop forgetting to tighten the drain plug, draining oil and engine going...that is the shops fault!! Any advice would be appreciated!!