Tim’s AATCO Transmission & Transaxle

Our daughter’s 96 Ford Explorer was shifting oddly. Called up and talked w Cody. Said to bring it on by for diagnostic work. Dropped it off, he calls back, car was just two quarts low on tranny fluid! When I asked how much we owed him, he said no, wouldn’t let us pay!
No doubt they will be performing all general maintenance on this car going forward. Tons of integrity from this Shop!
Highly recommend.

Amazing honest place. Can’t recommend more! Dealership couldn’t get my van in for over a week just to look at the issue. They were able to pull my van in that morning figgure out what was wrong within 10mins. And instead of making $ 1000 repair insisted to double check warranty to ensure the issue wasn’t covered.
Been here before getting different vehicles transmission serviced and will always recommend and use this shop!

Funny that these 3 Unilocalers rated Aatco so high. I went to see tim years ago when I had an S 10 blazer. He told me I needed a new clutch and something else. So, I hired tim to do the work. When I went to pick up my truck, I asked him to show me the old parts; he couldn’t show me anything. I felt like I was taken for a ride literally. I still believe he ripped me off and did not put in the parts he said he did. I don’t trust him and I do not recommend him.

Tim is hands down the most honest person in Auto repair that I know! I was having trouble with my transmission shifting and he had me come by to run a computer diagnostic on the engine and found out that it was sensor that went bad and not the transmission at all. He gave me a referral for a mechanic in my area that he trusts and I was on my way with no money out of pocket! Awesome experience!

What a great place, with honest, knowledgeable mechanics! Had an issue with the gears not shifting well. Brought it in on a recommendation. Dan looked at it right away, drove it around, made some adjustments and was good and new in less than 30 mins!
Highly recommend :)

Alright, so here is my story. I was having problems with my trucks manual transmission. Noisy as hell when shifting, had to fight to get it into gear. The problem got progressively worse, and as broke as I am I had no choice but to take it in. I’ve had that truck for a long time. It is ugly, but it is a part of the family and I dare say that until now, even more reliable than some of my family members. ;)
Aamco was first. They didn’t listen to it. They simply simply said it would cost $ 1500 since they had to put the transmission on the bench to find out what was wrong with it, and once it is there they may as well rebuild it. I used to be a contractor. You don’t give estimates without knowing how much you are going to spend in parts and labor, so this didn’t smell good from the very beginning.
I had heard through the grapevine about Tim’s AATCO Transmission and called. I got Tim on the phone and he asked me to bring it in and said he would take a look at it. As soon as I got there, he jumped in the truck and drove it around. He recognized the noise and bought it back to the bay to have his mechanics listen to it. Tim told me it would no more than $ 520 in the worst case and that he would call me if they found something new when they opened her up.
I got a call from him the next day to let me know the work was done. The bill was exactly as he said it would be. They even fixed a couple of things wrong with the truck that they noticed on their own, like the return spring on the clutch pedal, etc…
I don’t know about you, but in my mind $ 520 is a lot better than $ 1500. The difference here is the business model. Tim is an honest guy, making a living by repeat business rather than seeing potential clients as some one to be robbed blind. He is old school and has an old school business ethos. My experience is exemplary for the differences in the way that huge chains and independents do business.
I can’t recommend Tim enough. If you have problems with your vehicle, give him a try. He’ll save you money, time and you’ll be helping an independent company that does business the way it was meant to be.

I called them first because I heard them on the radio station I listen to.
I was shocked with how low the price was but I called 3 or 4 other shops and they still came in the lowest and were the friendliest on the phone.
I have not on the car long they were nice enough to make a list of things that they saw and let me know if they thought it was a urgent need or if it could wait. Then they left it up to me whether I wanted to do the additional items or not.
They finish the job promptly and even went the extra mile to help were they could.
I would suggest them to anyone looking for a good transmission shop.

Tim’s was recommended to me by No1 japanese auto service as the only place they refer for transmission work. I took my Rav4 there and Tim called to say that the transmission was not working but that Toyota had extended the warranty on the transmission due to frequent problems and I should take it to the dealership. When I picked up my car he didn’t charge me anything and had printed out the paperwork and checked that I qualified for the warranty extension. At the dealership, they checked it out and agreed about the transmission. They tried to charge me not knowing about the warranty. After I told them, they «looked it up» and warrantied the work. Tim saved me a lot of money, gaining nothing for himself.