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Originally Posted by dznf0g
Wellll, that's inaccurate. All transmissions, (Engines, for that matter) are a replace item if the required repair cost analysis exceeds the reman replace amount (or is even close). Labor rates are such that in a large percentage of cases, it is both cost beneficial, as well as quality control beneficial to install factory built remans. This has been the case for many years now.
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Yes, and it involves less down-time for the consumer and also usually is a more pleasing solution for him as it involves far more new replacement parts and a better warranty.
Example: My cousin continued to drive my Buick V6 with the oil alert light on until the engine cratered. Buick told me they could rebuild my engine in 16 days and it would carry a 3K mile/90-day warranty...or replace it with a factory-reman in 2 days with a 3-yr/36K mile warranty. The price was the same: $2350.
Even I could make that decision.
Last year my son's Tahoe tranny died and the local trans shop (an excellent ship I'd done business with for years, All Star Transmisisons in Marble Falls, TX) told me they'd open it up and look but if it was the computer-chip inside it'd be better to replace with a remanufactured unit than repair it. The cost to look/see was $400. Turned out to be a torque converter and total repair was $2400 (which included addt'l authorized repairs), but to replace with a reman would have been $4K if that chip was bad.
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