We specialize in transmission repair and services for cars, trucks and RVs, both foreign and domestic. We also offer these services to fleet and commercial accounts. Our technicians recognize the importance of your car's speedy recovery and work diligently to expedite the repair process in hopes of making your day less taxing.
Check Engine light on or comes on occasionally? No problem: Our highly trained technicians are well versed in the latest computer diagnosis and repair. They'll analyze your car's computer system and find exactly what's wrong, to get you back on the road. You know the Cottman name for transmission repair, but today's Cottman provides so much more.
Check Engine light on or comes on occasionally? No problem: Our highly trained technicians are well versed in the latest computer diagnosis and repair. They'll analyze your car's computer system and find exactly what's wrong, to get you back on the road. You know the Cottman name for transmission repair, but today's Cottman provides so much more.
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We specialize in transmission repair and services for cars, trucks and RVs, both foreign and domestic. Your nearby Cottman center's technicians know all about the latest transmission control systems, and they know how to weed out those external problems that can seem like a bad transmission.
Which means, when you bring your all wheel drive transmission problem to your local Cottman center, you'll never pay for a new transmission unless you really need one.That's our promise to you. Should your check engine light come on, it is important that you have it diagnosed immediately. In today's cars, the computer monitors every system in the car and will turn on the check engine light when it detects a problem.
Which means, when you bring your all wheel drive transmission problem to your local Cottman center, you'll never pay for a new transmission unless you really need one.That's our promise to you. Should your check engine light come on, it is important that you have it diagnosed immediately. In today's cars, the computer monitors every system in the car and will turn on the check engine light when it detects a problem.
A 44 transmission needs to be able to handle a lot more load than many two wheel drive transmissions. The term "44" generally means four wheel drive. It's based on the idea that the vehicle has four wheels and all four can provide power to drive the vehicle. What sets 44 systems apart from all wheel drive is that 44 systems are selectable; that is, you can choose whether to operate them in two wheel drive or four wheel drive.
Lately a lot of shops that never had much to do with automatic transmissions are suddenly advertising that they offer rebuilt transmissions. How did they get into the business? They are buying remanufactured transmissions (remans). A reman is a factory remanufactured transmission. It was rebuilt far away, in an assembly line setting.
To help reduce that heat, nearly every automatic transmission has a transmission cooler, usually mounted in one of the radiator tanks. Hot transmission fluid flows into the transmission cooler, where it's surrounded by coolant. That heat is absorbed by the coolant, where it'll eventually be released to the air passing over the radiator fins.
Reviews (13)
Luis M.
Jun 01, 2018
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Do not get any mechanical work done here! They have continuously messed up the work on my transmission and have not stood by their work and corrected their continued problems. In a nut shell, this is the timeline of my transmission with work done by Cottman's.
5/12/17 - Initial transmission lock up
5/13/17 - $800 worth of work, and I got my car back
5/15/17 - Locked up again! (more issues, no transmission fluid)
5/19/17 - $1500 worth of a rebuild and I got my car back
5/20/17 - Found a leak (bad seals..)
5/23/17 - get my car back
8/8/17 - Found another leak (failed to configure computer
5/12/17 - Initial transmission lock up
5/13/17 - $800 worth of work, and I got my car back
5/15/17 - Locked up again! (more issues, no transmission fluid)
5/19/17 - $1500 worth of a rebuild and I got my car back
5/20/17 - Found a leak (bad seals..)
5/23/17 - get my car back
8/8/17 - Found another leak (failed to configure computer
Justin W.
Apr 27, 2018
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DO NOT GO HERE! This place has terrible workmanship and doesn't stand by their word. I took my classic Jeep by with a minor shifting problem that turned into 4 months of chaos and created more problems that are STILL NOT FIXED. They replaced parts that didn't need replacing, they didn't put the parts on correctly, and they even threw away some existing parts that needed to be put back on(like the inspection cover of the transmission). They road tested my vehicle on south congress in 4wd instead of 2wd. They intentionally put in the wrong mileage on their invoices so they wouldn
Joel M.
Aug 12, 2017
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So I gave Cottman transmission and Don a year to respond and fix the problem and replace the parts that they broke on my car. Nope not a single call or response.
1st. I took my 01 impala in saying that I needed my shift solenoids changed and my fluid changed. They said, "that is a 300.00 job." (Cool saves me having to do it.)
Nope, first they fried the ignition sensor while I was at the shop. Then had the audacity to charge me for it. Then told me my transmission was bad without even cracking open the tranny to check it out. Next when they replace the ignition they break the hazard light
1st. I took my 01 impala in saying that I needed my shift solenoids changed and my fluid changed. They said, "that is a 300.00 job." (Cool saves me having to do it.)
Nope, first they fried the ignition sensor while I was at the shop. Then had the audacity to charge me for it. Then told me my transmission was bad without even cracking open the tranny to check it out. Next when they replace the ignition they break the hazard light
Keith T.
Jun 04, 2017
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Andrea W.
Dec 16, 2016
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Tim W.
Jul 06, 2016
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My 2007 Ford Explorer suddenly started jerking going into 3rd gear. I was referred to Cottman at South Austin through an online referral site. Don called me back the same day and was able to get me in that afternoon even on a holiday weekend, to have someone look at it. I was impressed with Don's attitude and his staff. They looked at my SUV right away and provided a pretty comprehensive inspection for free. It was unfortunately a worst case scenario and I was going to need a rebuild. Don showed me the computer readout of the costs of the rebuild kit and I double checked with another trusted
Rich S.
May 29, 2015
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If I could give a half star, I would. I brought my Mazda3 in back several years ago to have the transmission rebuilt. After struggling to afford the service, my car ran fine again.. up until about 14 months after the rebuild.. They guarantee work for 12 months.. This time, I decided to save money and rebuild it myself. During this process is when I realized Cottman installed the clutch plates incorrectly, thereby causing them to wear much faster than they should have. In the end, It has now been several years, my transmission has had no problems, and I spent $2000 less doing it myself. This has
Nathan J.
Apr 17, 2015
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This place is a disaster, avoid it at all costs.
I took my SUV to get the transmission fixed about a year and a half ago. They had it in their shop for weeks while they constantly gave me run arounds and excuses why the car wasn't ready. Apparently their techs were incompetent and assembled it incorrectly multiple times and had to keep rebuilding it.
Fast forward 9 months and the exact same problems are occuring, so we take it in and they say it appears it wasn't rebuild properly before. Not surprised.
Fast forward 9 more months and the transmission is back to having the exact same
I took my SUV to get the transmission fixed about a year and a half ago. They had it in their shop for weeks while they constantly gave me run arounds and excuses why the car wasn't ready. Apparently their techs were incompetent and assembled it incorrectly multiple times and had to keep rebuilding it.
Fast forward 9 months and the exact same problems are occuring, so we take it in and they say it appears it wasn't rebuild properly before. Not surprised.
Fast forward 9 more months and the transmission is back to having the exact same
Amy M.
Nov 05, 2013
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I would not recommend this auto repair shop to anyone. I took my car in because I thought it might have a transmission problem. They charged me a lot of money to access what repairs might be needed and then quoted me a price of over $3000.00. I decided to get a second opinion at another repair shop and it turns out all I ever needed was a bolt tightened. Do not go to this place. I have heard bad things about the shop and the way the owner is cheating its customers.
Jenny P.
Sep 06, 2013
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Matthew C.
Jan 17, 2012
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Dropped my truck off on a Thursday and after they said they were looking into it and diagnosing the noise i heard, they called me on Monday and were looking for the wheel lock so they could start diagnosing the problem. I went to pick up my truck becuase nothing had been done in 4 days of having it, the inside looked like a robber had gone through it and now my check engine light is on, not to mention they were driving my truck around in 4 wheel drive! Not only is it not fixed but I now have new problems! Never Again!!
Alyson K.
Aug 17, 2011
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After being quoted nearly 3,000 on my car(which is not worth half that) somewhere else, I decided to get a second opinion at Cottman. I was very pleased. Ronnie knew I couldn't afford much and he got me the best deal in Austin. My car now runs perfectly and I will recommend them to anyone. They are awesome!
Larry K.
Oct 15, 2010
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Went in for routine maintenance with another transmission company. Change filter and fluid. They told me my transmission was in need of repairs and there was no indication that there was a problem. I decided to get a second opinion with Cottman. There was no mention of the other company when dealing with Cottman. They changed the filter and fluid with no mention of a problem. That was 6 months ago and the car is doing great. Cottman service was fair and friendly. They get the 5 stars because of my prior experience with the other company, I feel Cottman was honest and straight forward.
