Anyone had engine or trans replaced under warranty

[MrCritical]

I've been on the dealer end of installing engines and transmissions under warranty.

Lot's of failures on older (early 90's) Lincoln Continental 3.8 engines. All owners got a new assembly line engine. Basically just a take out and bolt in procedure. Of course, the new engine was just as big a piece of [censored] as the old one.

Never had to give a customer a hard time over having changed their own oil as long as their logbook didn't look like all the entries were made the same day. I did turn down a sludged up engine with obviously forged hand-written receipts from a quick-lube.

And there was the Corvette with an oil consumption problem, back when their were carburetors. Took the air cleaner lid off, and it was full of corn husks....

Caught a couple with less than a thousand miles on the odometer at the drag strip with their time slips still in their hands, and voided their warranties on the spot.

"Normal" driving and maintenance, you'll never have a problem.

 

[XS650]

Originally Posted By: CBR.worm
Automatic transmissions must be filled with magic. I have had AAMCO and Mr. transmission both fail miserably on every rebuild I brought them. I finally found an independent guy who made them last longer than OEM.

It is wonderful that dealers just replace them as sealed units. A buddy of mine worked at an Acura dealer during their bad transmission period. He spent most of his time doing transmission swaps. He said there were never any questions asked.


At around 80k miles my wife's 2000 Acura TL developed a bit of an occasional flutter like the TC lockup clutch wasn't locking up like it should. When I took it into the dealer they installed a new transmission under the free extended transmission warranty even though the problem had nothing to do with the reason for the extended transmission warranty.

That same dealer, Niello in Sacramento, has also never tried to sell us any extra service beyond what the owners manual calls for.

 

[Chris142]

Originally Posted By: NHHEMI

The dealer said it arrived as a 100% complete unit( pullies, alternator, etc... )and appeared to be an engine that was off the assembly line.
I did a short stint at a U-Haul maintenance facility.

They had engines like you described. They had everything. Alternator, belts, hoses etc. All we did was swap em in and hook up wires.

Another guy and I Did a 6.9 Ford Diesel in a Parking lot for a customer in about 4 hrs.

 

[Norm Olt]

On 01/31/98 at 55,899 miles (just sneaking under the 6/60K factory drivetrain warranty on the 1992 Subaru SVX) my 4EAT was replaced with a factory rebuilt unit: by 1996 there were three pages of detailed service upgrade info on this application (long before the WRX hit the scene) and this transmission came with a checklist/tag that showed them all.

I dropped the car off at 8:00 am, was given a ride home and they came by and picked me up at about 3:30 that afternoon. The mechanics were getting pretty good at replacing an SVX transmission under warranty by then. The bill was $0.00.

By 1996 production they pretty much had all the transmission related kinks worked out: this car was not offered with a manual transmission in NA.

Over 120K later I'm still keeping my fingers crossed...

Cheers!