The service provided by AAMCO, Webster, TX was deplorable. We had the transmission completely rebuilt at a cost of $4125.36 CAD four years ago and had them check it each year as we travel from Mexico to Ontario Canada each Spring. This year on the way from Mexico coming into Texas, the transmission started making odd noises and not operating properly, so we brought it back to them for service on Tuesday, April 12 and were eventually told the torque converter had broken causing the transmission to need another complete rebuild that eventually cost us $3975.60 CAD. The original warranty had expired even though there were only 40,000 miles on their rebuilt transmission. We have now incurred over two weeks of living expenses to stay here while the repairs were done. We went there several times to retrieve personal items and on one of these occasions we found the refrigerator not working. They had disconnected the house batteries without notifying us thereby shutting off the refrigerator which caused a loss of some $200 worth of food. We were told the batteries had to be disconnected to work on the transmission, not true, the house batteries on any RV are not connected to chassis. Then when we tried to go back again as we forgot some personal items we needed because we got involved in cleaning up the mess in the refrigerator we were told that we cannot keep coming back every day to retrieve items. The manager, Gary, then became very belligerent saying it was our responsibility to remove everything from the motorhome before having it serviced. How is that even possible as we are traveling it that motorhome and had been living in it for four months prior to this event and we still had another 3000 miles to get to our home in Ontario ! Three times we were told the motorhome would be ready by the end of the day, once on Friday, April 22, then again on Monday, April 25 and again on Tuesday, April 26, and not once did we ever get a call back saying it would not be ready as we were told. On April 26 we went there to find out what the delay was and were told that since we were being belligerent calling all the time to ask when it would be ready that he would not release the vehicle until "maybe" Friday, April 29. Not knowing what else to do at this point and living expenses mounting we decided to contact AAMCO head offices and file a complaint. Shortly after having done that, we received a call from Gary saying our motor home was ready for pickup. We went there, paid the bill and retrieved it around 5pm and drove away. Now after having driven it a few miles, It seems to be working properly, but we are far from satisfied with the service provide by the AAMCO service centre and in particular the manager, Gary's attitude, in Webster Texas. We choose AAMCO to repair our transmission when it broke four years ago because they had nation wide service since we travel extensively throughout Canada, the USA and Mexico. We presumed they would be the best option to fit our needs, now I'm not so sure we made the best choice.
Friday, April 29, 2022
Gary, I just read your response to my posting on Google. You have certainly skirted around some of the issues. You promised we would have our camper back by the end of the Day Friday, April 22. That never happened and you never called to tell us it would not be ready, therefore we had to wait until Monday to speak to you about that. You then told us it would be ready at the end of the day Monday, April 25, that never happed either and you never called to say that it would not be ready. Meanwhile, we came there on Monday, April 25 to get some personal belongings that we needed and when we went in the vehicle we found the fridge not working and all the food spoiled so we had to clean up that mess and in the process of doing that we forgot to get the personal items we had initially come for. So, the vehicle was not ready the end of the day Monday, and yes we called you and came there on Tuesday to find out what the problem was. YOU got upset with us having to come there and call about the vehicle, what did you expect to happen after you broke two promises and ruined $200 with of food because you turned off the battery power to the fridge. Then on top of all that you said you would not give us back the vehicle until Friday. That's what prompted me to get hold of AAMCO head office to file a complaint which then got you to call us saying the vehicle was ready for pickup. So, let's get the story straight. All this BS about being behind schedule, us interrupting your work to get us access to our vehicle is just BS, we saw no one working on anything the times we came there and we saw no impediment to moving our vehicle up and down on the lift. We are now in Natchez, MS and found in driving today that brake pedal is still sticking on after you told me that this would be fixed as it had something to do with the transmission. Well, you did not fix the sticking brake peda read more