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Hi
I am the proud original owner of a1993 SAAb900S w/ 212,000 miles on it.
In Sept 2001 I replaced the transmission. Two months later I had my first oil change done atone of those Quick Lube type places that I always frequented. This was the only servicing I had done to the car after the transmission installation.Six weeks later on New Years Eve the car started making this horrible grinding metal noise and died on me in the middle of the street. I had the car towed to my SAAB dealership and was told it needed a new transmission (AGAIN).
It was explained to me that the oil change place drained the transmission fluid instead of the oil. The residual allowed me to drive on it for 6 more weeks. The oil change place refused to accept blame, wouldn't turn it over to his insurance carrier or even inspect the car. I contacted the various state agencies and was told that he doesn't fall under state jurisdiction because he is not licensed and doesn't need to be in the State of Connecticut.
Now I am going to Small Claims Court and am looking for some backup info to my mechanics statement. Can anybody help me? My SAAB mechanic swears this is what happened as he has seen it before. I would appreciate any info.
The transmission was replaced out of state by a garage that works on foreign cars only. The SAAB mechanic didn't do this work, he replaced the second transmission only. The first replaced transmission was new. The Saab mechanic told me whoever put it in did an excellent job.
The following is the statement my SAAB mechanic gave me
"Found rear transmission case dry - no oil found engine oil over filled by 4 quarts of oil. Customer had oil change about 2 mnonths before. Drain plug to rear case had been off recently (which is normally never changed). Car had Mighty oil filter. What appears to have happened is the rear of the transmission was drained. The tech then added 4 quarts of oil to engine which he thought was drained. The ring and pinion ran for qwhile till the little oil left dried up. The automatic trans fluid is seperate on this car. I have seen several quick Lubes make this same mistake. I called the shop who did the oil change and asked if he could come and look so I could show him what happened. He refused and stated he would get back to me."
The thing that gets me was the Quick Lube place wouldn't even investigate my complaint. As you know 2 transmissions in 4 months is a very expensive investment. And on top of that I incurred longer than normal rental car fees because I delayed having the work done, hoping he would turn it over to his insurance company, or send a trusted mechanic up to SAAB to investigate.
Thanks for your help.
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