Vern’s Transmission Service

You really never need to worry about dishonesty with Vern’s, Terry and his crew are the most trustworthy mechanics I have ever met. He’s taken care of me many times and I am completely comfortable bringing my car in for service. NOT just a transmission place, in fact I’ve never had transmission problems, but if I ever do I know where I’m going.

I was worried that I was of having tranny rebuilt, so I brought my explorer by terry to check it out, when I got there he stopped what he was doing hooked up the car, drove it around the block and diagnoses it in the first 15 minutes I was there. It was just a misfiring problem and refered a good tuneup shop that specialized in 3 valve engines and they took good care of me. Its good to know that there’s good people that just want to help and be good business owners not try to sqeeze you for your money. I will refer anyone to him.

STAY AWAY. So I took my vehicle to another transmission shop after Vern’s had 1.5 yrs & 4 opportunities to correct my manual transmission problems. The other shop found no plug in the main transmission that holds the transmission fluid so transmission fluid was leaking out excessively. This must mean there was somewhere else the tranny fluid was leaking out before the plug blew. The other shop also found NO BOLTS holding the rear half of the transmission to my vehicle so either Vern’s didn’t tighten the bolts they put on my transmission or they didn’t put any bolts on the rear half — your guess is as good as mine. The other shop also put in a rebuilt transmission which is supposedly what Vern’s had done the last time they had my vehicle. Why would I need another rebuilt transmssion 1 yr after Vern’s had supposedly done the same thing? I would guess because Vern’s never put a rebuilt transmission in my vehicle.

Had a really wonderful experience with them. Great customer service! Would recommend.

Yes, you have to make an appointment a few days in advance. However, they took my car back as soon as I brought it in (almost never happens with other shops), did a wonderful transmission service, and I had my car back within an hour! I’ve sat at other shops for half a day. The staff are helpful and pleasant. The waiting room and bathroom are a bit dirty, but really, this is a car repair shop, I don’t care if I smell oily work suits waiting to be washed.
I’d priced half a dozen places before having my transmission service completed and this was the second lowest price, and they even gave me a small discount for paying cash. I have no worries about the quality of work.
I’d recommend Vern’s Transmission to anyone and I will definitely be back for any transmission needs!

Good old fashioned honest business. I come here for better work at a third of the price after getting up sold at the dealership service center. They also tell you what REALLY needs to be fixed ASAP and what can wait. The best part, it’s a 2^nd Generation «Mom & Pop Shop» that stands behind their work instead of using a full page of small print to weasel out of mistakes… remember when a handshake used to mean something?!

Very nice staff, will return, might not wait there for my car during large service trips as the waiting room seems a little outdated and stained.

Found out he has a company he goes through for towing and they bill him. then he tacks that onto the total bill. The explorer has been fixed and did not cost an arm and a leg like it would have at other places! :-D Thank You again Terry & your great crew!

We had our regular mechanic give us the horrible news, our transmission was DOA. After looking into possible transmission replacement costs for a 93 Suburban workhorse with 240k miles on her, we took her to Vern’s. A little skeptical was my left brain, he had called the night before and Terry told us to bring it on in. We did. They drove it around, did some testing and Terry told us, «you know, I can’t really tell until we get the pan off and see what we find», so we left her in Terry’s care. WOW, WOW, WOW! By the end of the day we had our Burb back, fixed, without a whole transmission. Two solenoids, and a clean filter and fresh transmission fluid and we are back on the road! My regular mechanic? Hmmmmm. .. ..

Terry is the current owner of Vern’s transmission and is the son of the original owner, Vern. How do I know so much about the history of this transmission shop you ask? That’s because it is one of the friendliest, honest and welcoming shops I’ve ever had the pleasure of forking over my hard earned money to.
I’ve been cheated a few times by bad or sneaky mechanics and this place has restored my faith that there still are honest people on this planet. I’ve taken my last 3 cars to Vern’s and had everything from my clutch to my entire transmission replaced, including an entire rebuild of my electrical system on my Volvo station wagon. These guys know what they’re doing and they get the job done quickly. They very clearly communicated all costs up front and let me know if there would be extra expenses.
There are a lot of mechanic shops out there and it takes awhile to find a good place but this is a place you will stick with if you give them a try.