2009 Ford Taurus SEL FWD 120k miles. Ford-GM 6F50 6 speed automatic. Original trans had a slight issue with the valve body before I cracked the entire casing. Originally I wanted to gut the trans and put a new casing and valve body but that was not found to be economically feasible. AAMCO found me a used one with 80k miles with a 1 year guarantee. Do you think that is enough? Price is $3800 parts and labor
A one year warranty is about the best you're going to get with a used transmission.
However, AAMCO is one of the worst gyp joints around. Do a little internet searching for "AAMCO complaints".
@chucktobias I wasn’t too keen on taking it there either despite being recommended by a auto teacher at my college but I couldn’t really find any independent transmission shops around here
@chucktobias guess we’ll see how it goes. If I run into issues later I’ll definitely post here
I'm pretty sure AAMCO shops are franchises so quality and practices can vary. Overall AAMCO has a pretty crappy reputation, which an internet search will confirm, but you might get lucky and get a good one.
@chucktobias yes they told me they are a franchise
I'd rather just buy a remanufactured transmission from a well-known transmission supplier than messing around with shop-rebuilt transmissions. Have a transmission-specialized shop put the thing in.
My 4-speed Ranger's automatic transmission was rebuilt by a local group of transmission "specialists". I took the thing back three times because it wasn't shifting right and the first couple upshifts on a cold engine/transmission were overly harsh, it was basically slamming into gear. They replaced the valve body three times before I partly gave up, and it shifted good enough. I haven't had any issues, thus far, and it was rebuilt in 2020. I won't go back to that shop ever again.
@justin-shepherd the one I’m getting isn’t rebuilt, it’s just used
Even more risky.
@justin-shepherd the rebuilt one they offered was going to cost me near the value of the car, and that’s not including the other work I needed to have done on the car. The used one had 80k and was 3800, whereas the rebuilt one while rebuilt it had more mileage and was over $5k, and I don’t think the guarantee was as long as 5 years. There was also an option for a used one with over 140k miles and only $200 cheaper, so the one I got seemed like the best in-between option. Anyway it’s all done now so guess we’ll see how it goes.
the one I’m getting isn’t rebuilt, it’s just used
If you like the car, just get a remanufactured transmission. They have 5-year, unlimited mileage warranties on the good ones. You will get a lot more life out of it. You're taking pot lock on the "new" transmission from the donor car, it could have been totaled due to a car accident and the transmission itself was fine, or, someone drive the crap out of it and the transmission wound up in the junkyard. I'd fix it properly, if it were my car.