Is this a normal amount of time for a mechanic to hold a car?

zacharyenyart_181105
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 04:30:40 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

In October 2021 I took my car into AAMCO transmission repair shop and paid to have my transmission completely rebuilt. I have called them several times each month for updates regarding my car and they have been telling me that they have waiting on a transmission control module that they ordered and that the delay is due to the current microchip shortage.

I asked them if I could find the correct kind of TCM on my own if they would be willing to install it. They said they would be willing to try but it probably wouldn’t work, and I would need to have someone come out and program it. They couldn’t give me the part number because “we order parts by VIN number not by part number.”

Is this at all normal? And what should I do?

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