Had my oil changed at a one of those quick lube places. They insisted my transmission fluid was three quarts too full. Said I would have damage if I left it that way and removed three quarts. Started having transmission trouble. Turns out, they didn’t know how to check the level properly. After…

I have no Idea how much damage was done, but something went wrong. My sujestion is if someone want’s to tinker on my transmission fluid after it drove in to the garage fine they are responsable for the repair. My guess would be that you havent touched your fluid in quite a while so when they said it…

With that much driving on low fluid the transmission is pretty much history IMHO. There won’t be an easy fix or Miracle In A Can problem solver. Hope this is documented because you may have to push a bit to get them to stand behind this. An automatic transmission, especially on an aged car with ??…

What a terrible case. If it sounds bad it is likely bad. The problem is your vehicle is only worth about $1000 or so. It will likely cost more to fix it. So legally at best you can only get a check for its value.

To all of the good advice that has already been given, I will add that you have illustrated the typical problem that people encounter after using a quick lube place. Due to poorly-trained, time-constrained teenaged employees, coupled with an “up-sell” philosophy, quick lube places are rarely cheape…

Did they charge you for this fluid removal? Do you have a repair order stating what was done?Do you have acknowledgement from the lube facility that they removed 3 qts. to much fluid? Maybe you were 3 qts overfull and you trans. was damaged by the overfill.

“Poorly trained, time-constrained…up-sell philosophy.” That says it all, doesn’t it. It’s curious that fleet owners pay independant shops tripple the price charged by the chains for scheduled maintenance. Very curious. One of my customers has hundreds of vehicles and employees an ASE Master to chang…

Transmission is toast, they owe you a transmission. They apparently checked the fluid level with engine off.

Let’s go over what the OP has in writing,let’s see what is on the record.In God I Trust, all others must prove it.

Thanks for all the info. I’m planning to get it into a transmission shop today. I feel pretty silly to have let a the employee talk me into pulling out the fluid. They did not charge me for doing it. The car has ~125,000 miles on it. The good news, I guess, is that the receipt does state that t…

Damage from low transmission fluid

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Joseph_E_Meehan February 1, 2009, 11:20am 4

I am sorry to hear that. Like OK I hope you have good documentation. I would look on this as a legal issue at this point. If nothing else you should now know that those quick oil change places should be avoided at all cost.

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