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RockAuto, LLC is a family owned auto parts business. RockAuto has been serving do-it-yourself & professional automotive parts customers via RockAuto.com since 1999.
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6418 Normandy Ln #100, Madison, WI 53719, USA
(608) 661-1376

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Ben W.

Farmington, UT

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Don't purchase a transmission here

I purchased a transmission for my 2005 Ford Explorer. This transmission came from Transmission Authority (ETA) and arrived in a reasonable time. I had the transmission installed and when I picked it up the shop stated that it was slow going into reverse. I lived with this for a couple months until the transmission tried to go into reverse and drive at the same time. I called Rockauto which referred me to ETA for the warranty. ETA required me to take it to a shop for diagnostics, which they will not pay for, only for the shop to confirm what I had stated in that the transmission was bad. $1200.00+ later and three weeks elapsed time I had my second transmission installed. One day after getting my vehicle from the shop, the vehicle presented me with a transmission code indicating a shift solenoid was bad. ETA said this is a easy fix and sent the new part out to the shop I was dealing with and close to $400.00 more I had my vehicle back. ETA's warranty states 3 year unlimited miles parts and labor on Rockauto's site however you need to read their warranty to find what it covers. I will never purchase another re-manufactured part from Rockauto again if this is the quality I can expect. I was reimbursed $550.00 out of the $2200.00 labor I paid in installing this transmission multiple times and now I don't trust the vehicle to go too far from home.

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We're sorry this customer had trouble with the transmission he purchased in February! This is an unusual case – we don't sell parts if they have high problem rates. Our Warranties page explains that, like other retailers of branded products, RockAuto does not offer any product warranty of our own--we honor the warranty provided by the manufacturer of the product (http://www.rockauto.com/docs/warranty.php). We provide a link to warranties from our home page, as well as the INFO page for each part, to ensure that customer's can view all details and terms of the warranty they're purchasing. The manufacturer has worked with the customer to resolve the issue, and we've facilitated the refund the manufacturer deemed appropriate for the problem experienced.

RockAuto.com commented on 10/09/2015