Looking for a transmission shop recommendation in DC Metro area

[TwinsPoppa]

I have a 2004 4.8is with some intermittent slippage. Wife wants to get it fixed before it breaks down on the road. Its her daily driver so ....

I want to have the tranny diagnosed but more than likely go ahead and have it rebuilt too. ZF doesn't have a list of authorized repair centers (only suppliers). The following are what some ZF reps happened to dig up for me from my area.

AAMCO Trans 301-585-0710
Superior Trans 301-587-0511
Montgomery Trans 301-251-7000

I have used AAMCO (not this same shop though) before in the past with a 69 Pontiac Firebird and a 77 Trans Am and no problems back then.

Anyone else have any experience or comments about those shops - or any other in the area? Particularly as it relates to rebuilding the X5 transmissions.

[mrbmwx5]

Got to love the V8 tranny...Sorry J.

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by mrbmwx5

Got to love the V8 tranny...Sorry J.

Tom,

No biggie as we expect this with any vehicle sooner or later. Besides, even if repairs were $10K beats getting a replacement vehicle for 3x-4x that. The rest of the X is great.

We''re happy owning the X and hope to keep it for a long time.

MODS: Not sure if its on my end or not but I can't seem to post anything with emoticons.

[jyosh]

hey man, its been a while! sorry to hear about the X. before i bought my 4.6, i looked at one being sold at intersport performance near tysons. the X they were sellign had a ~$15K in repairs done to the transmission/drivetrain. the shop works on TONS of 911s, audi's and a lot of performance cars. i would imagine the transmission work they had done was top notch on their cars, i would call and see if they do it internally or if they have a shop they deal with and see if they can help.

good luck! Intersport Performance, 1524 Springhill Rd unit h,s, Mclean, VA, Used Cars for Sale, 703-242-8680

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by jyosh

hey man, its been a while! sorry to hear about the X. before i bought my 4.6, i looked at one being sold at intersport performance near tysons. the X they were sellign had a ~$15K in repairs done to the transmission/drivetrain. the shop works on TONS of 911s, audi's and a lot of performance cars. i would imagine the transmission work they had done was top notch on their cars, i would call and see if they do it internally or if they have a shop they deal with and see if they can help.

good luck! Intersport Performance, 1524 Springhill Rd unit h,s, Mclean, VA, Used Cars for Sale, 703-242-8680

Hope your X has been treating you good! Thanks, I'll keep them in mind.

Looksl ike AAMCO doesn't have an in-house rebuilder for my tranny. They said they use another rebuilder that they sub that work out to. I don't really care who does the work as long as they know what they are doing and warrants it. They said it would be warrantied under AAMCO.

Also contemplating getting a remanufactured tranny vs. rebuilding mine. I'm waiting on a price quote for the price difference.

[jyosh]

cool, lemme know how that goes. thinkin of getting a third party warrany on my trans reading all these posts on toasted TCs and whatnot.

been doing the WP, VCs, CCV and valley pan over the past week so its been giving me hell

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by jyosh

cool, lemme know how that goes. thinkin of getting a third party warrany on my trans reading all these posts on toasted TCs and whatnot.

been doing the WP, VCs, CCV and valley pan over the past week so its been giving me hell

Sooner or later I'll have to do those but haven't had to deal with them yet. The X has been pretty good to us.

I did replace the coolant overlflow reservoir - just a bad design i think.

[jyosh]

yeah, i hear they spring a leak often. if u need help doing all that other stuff, i can lend a hand...if im not busy changing daipers! it does take at least two full days so its not a quick procedure.

this may be interesting for you. http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...ge-tranny.html

[TwinsPoppa]

AAMCO quoted me $5,700 for remanufactured trans. + $1,045 to install = $6,745 (fluids not included in price).

Rebuild depends on what they find but got quoted a range of $4,500-$5,500. Most of what others here have quoted their rebuild cost around $3,500-$4,000.

I assume the difference is they had the 5 speed 5HP24 instead of what I have - 6 speed 6HP26. Also, our area here is not the cheapest so I expected a price difference.

I'm going to check at least one more place for quotes before I make a decision. Plenty of things to like about the remanufactured trans expecially less down-time with the X.

I'll post an update later.

[StartX5]

Jose - sorry to hear this J. if rebuild cheaper from $1,500 - $2,000 then go for rebuild.