AALL Tech Transmission

Verified by N49

Knows what they are doing at a fair price.

I am posting this review to help out others. I am not the only one who would give this place 0 stars out of 5.
When your transmission breaks down, and you need it fixed quickly, you don't have time to shop around, which is why I went straight to AALL Tech right away, unfortunately I did not receive a pleasant experience with this shop. I cannot speak for other locations, but this shop did not treat me properly, nor my vehicle.
I brought my vehicle in for a free inspection and estimate, what they did next was tear my transmission apart to "see" what was wrong, afterwhich they told me I had two choices, to repair the transmission for $3500, or put it all back together for $1000 in labour. Obviously I would have lost either way, so I figured I'd let them put it back together, "since they had it apart anyways". It was a mistake to let them inspect my vehicle, I should have never given them my keys, if this is not what you want to experience, then do not give them your keys. In the end, I spent a lot to repair my transmission, but not all was over, they broke other parts, such as the rear O2 sensor, these can be broken by hard drops. They also forgot to put on the heat shield over the VSS, which caused it to melt and fail, which cost me a couple hundred more. They did not cover any of this.

The Richmond location is a small shop with a small waiting area. The garage behind can hold about 5 vehicles, where they can work on the transmissions.

What I liked best was the overpriced 3 year warantee, parts and labor, which fortunately I didn't have to use.

Overall, I did recieve a working transmission in the end for about $3500, with additional $500 in repairs and headaches that I had to deal with on the side. I would consider this pricing on the very high side. Other transmission shops can do the same work for about $1100. They may damage other parts as well, but the total cost should not be over $4000.

I hope I have helped you out with my review.

Regards.