ok, so my dumbass didnt see a parking block in a parking lot and ran over it. my transmission fluid is all out. im pretty sure im screwed. anyone know how much it will cost to get it repaired? i dont know what part the leak is coming from but it all poured out withing 10 minutes. any ideas on the cost of the repair?

Man, this sucks!!

 

ouch haha. im guessing hopefully your insurance company pays for it?

 

why would they pay for it? any chance in hell its just the pan?

 

have you looked under your car yet? check and see!

 

Yeah hopefully its just the pan!!

 

1. DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR.
2. Call a tow truck, preferably a flatbed.
3. Call your insurance company.

 

**** sam, that sucks!
i'm sorry to hear that, and hopefully your insurance company will pay for it.

 

One sidenote...if you're lowered, be careful. A buddy of mine rolled over a parking block almost exactly like you're describing. His insurance company rejected the claim when they found out his car was lowered. Now, I'm here to tell you he'd have screwed up his car no matter what height he was at, but they attributed the most significant damage to the fact that he'd made an alteration to his car and rejected the claim outright. YMMV.

 

DagerOne is right, get that bitch back to stock. only takes 45 minutes. then call the ins company.

 

might be too late. by posting it on an internet forum, changing it to stock, and then callin insurance, isnt that insurance fraud?

 

That's why I said "be careful," and didn't direct him to do anything.

 

have them delete this thread from the internet now to get him out of trouble lol

 

our cars dont have trans pan, you most likely cracked the case= new trans

 

just edit ur post so it doesnt say its lowered =P

 

He never actually DID say he was lowered. I just was throwing that out there. In case.

 

yea, i cracked the housing. the bolts that make it tight wont tighten anymore. i think the transmission is fine though, i think i just screwed the housing. im hoping that i wont have to replace the tranny. i dont know much about transmissions though.

they came and towed it today and are going to look at it monday. the insurance wont do anything for it. blah.

i will let everyone know what they say monday. keep your fingers crossed its not to expensive!! haha

 

try jacking it up and looking, you might have hit the oil cooler line under the radiator

 

Will keep our fingers crossed for a small repair bill. I did that once but luckily I was driving a Ford Ranger so it never touched anything. I was lucky! Please let us know what they find.

Cat :x

 

UPDATE!!

ok, so they looked at it today and they are going to replace the housing(for $1500, is that right?) and then they are going to drive it and see if the transmission is bad. If so, then its another $1900 to put a used one they have in. Im hoping they just have to replace the housing, if so, i get the back back thursday probably.

 

i think that's kinda dumb the ins. company wont do anything.....wasn't this an "accident"?