211, Report:
#140872
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2005
Cottman Transmissions RIPOFF dishonest poor workmanship unreliable BAD cust service LOUSY COMPANY TO DEAL WITH Tucson Arizona
My car was taken to cottmans by dealership for work to be done under my ext warranty. After 1 week of diagnosing the transmission needed to be rebuilt. Cottmans haggled over the price they would be charging, it went from $2800 to $1700 in a matter of hours (nice markup).
Once we...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
212, Report:
#139147
Posted Date:
Apr 22 2005
Cottman Transmission Norris (Owner) Cottman Corp (Carol - Email From Cottman Cust. Relations) Poor Workmanship - Corporate Office does not properly handle complaints - Consumer Beware of Cottmans Columbia, South Carolina
This is a second response sent to the corporate office in hopes of a positive reponse - I will keep this updated as things unfold.............
I am writing this on Behalf of my son Chris Zambounis. I am an active duty soldier with over 21+ years of active Army service and reti...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
213, Report:
#134588
Posted Date:
Mar 11 2005
Cottmans Transmission, Patrick Jones Cottmans Ripoff killed my car so they can charge me for it and then they wanted to buy my car since I refuse to pay Council Bluffs Iowa
On March 10, 2004 I brought my 1990 Geo Prizm to Cottmans to have them look at my speedometer cable on my car they came back and stated that a gear was not position right in the transmission to the cable and they might be able to fix it for free, so I said go ahead and fix it I walk...
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Categories: Auto Mechanics
214, Report:
#133814
Posted Date:
Mar 10 2005
Cottman Transmissions Vehicle has a vibration in Transaxle that it didn't have before they fixed it. Brunswick Ohio
We had transmission troubles while on vacation-visiting parents in Brunswick, OH. We took the vehicle to Cottman because of the Nationwide Warranty.
After vehicle was fixed it had a vibration in it that became apparant at about 30 miles per hour. The man at Cottman said it wa...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
215, Report:
#129835
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2005
Cottman's Transmission ripped of my money and never fixed my automobile properly. Ripoff! Detroit Michigan
It all started back in October 2004 when my 91 Toyota Camry wouldn't drive forward or drive backwards. So I ended up calling Cottman's Transmission - Detroit location and they knew exactly what the problem was and they assured me that they could fix it. After a month later my car w...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
216, Report:
#127761
Posted Date:
Jan 18 2005
Cottman Transmission - Cottman Transmission Of Durham Rip-off by not fixing the transmission as promised and causing other failures on the car Durham North Carolina
My Nightmare of an experience with Cottman Transmissions...
On August 13, 2004, our car broke down (gears would not shift, starts fine but couldn't go into drive) and it was taken to Cottman Transmission of Durham to be repaired. They gave us an initial quote of $1500 because th...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
217, Report:
#4164
Posted Date:
Jan 08 2005
Cottman Transmission, Mauldin, SC: Joyriders
Cottman Transmission in Mauldin, SC has a problem with some of their employees or with their contractors. I took my '93 Blazer to them to have the bearings in the rear-end replaced and the differential rebuilt. They explained that they didn't do that work at this particular shop, ...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
218, Report:
#82393
Posted Date:
Jan 05 2005
Cottman Transmission ripoff won't honor their own offer Cedar Rapids Iowa
We took my 17-yr-old son's car in for repair work. It was done the following day, so we picked it up when I got off work. The following day I found an ad offering a 15% discount to employees of the company I work for. I called to ask about it and the manager told me he didn't know...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
219, Report:
#125675
Posted Date:
Jan 04 2005
Cottman Transmissions ripoff! Fern Park Florida
First of all, the Manager quoted me a price of $895.00 for the total repairs, (rebuild transmission). When I went to pick up the vehicle the price had jumped to $1,400.00 plus tax $1,600.00.
I no more than crank the vehicle and never leave the lot because they messed up electric...
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Categories: Corrupt Companies
220, Report:
#118304
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2005
Cottman Transmission Armed Forces Members Beware. ripoff Transmission failed twice within 10 months of rebuild. Tricked into violation of warranty. Tampa Florida
Towards the end of January 2004, I had my transmission rebuilt at Cottman Transmission on Dale Mabry in Tampa at a cost of about $1,500.00. About a month later, my transmission lost a gear and had to be rebuilt again. Cottman said the failure was due to an adjustment they had miss...
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Categories: Auto Warranty