Jim
Mobile,#2Consumer Suggestion
Sat, June 17, 2006
Just a couple of comments, I'm a Master Mechanic and have no connection to anyone here. First, you "Purchased a jug of transmission fluid from Discount Auto", Oh my, what kind of fluid was it? type "A", Type "F", "Dexron"etc, the odds are good you got a generic "Trans Fluid" and not the right type, do you still have that Jug? If so, look at the type.check if it's the right fluid (This has no bearing on the radiator failure, but can ruin the trans in short order) The Milky radiator fluid, and whitish transmission fluid are all the same problem, there's a transmission oil cooler built inside the radiator to cool the transmission fluid (Which is a light oil, about 7 weight) and obvilusly it failed. This caused the transmission fluid to get into the radiator and mix with the antifreeze, it also lets the water/antifreeze mix to get into the transmission, that's why the trans fluid was low, most of the trans fluid was in the radiator. Here we run into a big problem, you let your neighbor clean out the radiator (Good) and add trans fluid from his trunk (Bad) you see there are different types of fluid for different auto's by manufacturer, so the odds are very good he put the wrong fluid in it.(Second time, first was the "Jug") Now both the trans fluid being low, and having the wrong fluid/contaminated fluid will hurt an automatic transmission badly, and at this point it's going to be near impossible to say just which caused the trans damage, but my bet is a combination of both. The wrong fluid will eat up seals, the low fluid will cause rapid wear (Sometimes as short as one minute to completely ruin a trans) and water/antifreeze from the radiator will gum up everything. You mentioned that the trans "IT STARTED TO SHAKE AND NOT WANT TO PULL OFF OR BACK UP" and right there the trans was damaged, this will burn up clutches and do major damage in just a minute's time. So odds are good the radiator/heat exchanger is the major cause here, (Why the trans was low in the first place) but not all the damege was caused by the heat exchanger failure. Low/wrong fluid hurt it here. The right fix is to replace the radiator, and at the same time flush out the contaminated trans fluid. So replacing the radiator/flushing both systems is the correct fix here. Now the problems (This is the stuff that clouds the issue) I CALLED MR HONEYCUTT AND WE SPOKE AND HE INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR HAD BEEN REPLACED BUT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED AND THAT HE KNEW SOMEONE AT HOPKINS THAT WOULD DO IT SO THE CAR WOULD FUNCTION PROPERLY. HE STATED HE DID NOT WANT ME DRIVING IT LIKE IT WAS Absolutely correct, the trans was already damaged, but he didn't know it, and the right thing to do here is flush it, test it, and pray a bit. "YOU HAVE BEEN LETTING PEOPLE DRIVE THAT CAR AND IT IS MISSED UP FROM THEM DOGGING IT OUT". Here the trans damage has been found, you need to know that the damege from low fluid, and the damage from, "Dogging it out" are exactly the same, (Burnt Clutches) but since you added fluid, they can't tell it was caused from low fluid, not hot rodding. If it's full, "Dogging it out" is an entirely reasonable diagnosis. (Wrong, but understandable) NO ONE DRIVES MY CAR BUT ME AND HE STATED HE KNEW FOR A FACT THAT OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE A WOMEN BROUGHT THE CAR TO HIM THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED IT TO HAVE THE AUTOMATIC TRUNK LACTH REPLACED WHICH I INFORMED HIM WAS MY DAUGHTER Sorry, here you're proved wrong, "No One" and "Just my daughter" are not the same. Proved here by your own words "Other" people have been driving the car" Bad, Bad, Bad, choice of words, it makes you look like a liar, and from now on right or wrong he's going to think you lied. This is where things start to go downhill fast. "THE GUY THAT DID THE TRANMISSION WORK RAN INTO A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THINKS THE PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK RIGHT". Yep, internal damage usualy requires a new pump, good mechanic not to just let it go. "YOUR CAR IS NO LONG UNDER WARRANTY SO YOU'RE RESPONSIBILY FOR ANYMORE REPAIRS AFTER THIS. I INFORMED HIM "THE CAR WAS PURCHASED ON 02/16/06 AND THAT THE 30 DAYS WAS NOT UP TILL THEN". HE THEN STATED "TODAY IS THE 14TH" AND I INFORMED HIM "ITS THE 13TH OF MARCH" AND HE SAID "OK, I'LL CALL YOU WHEN IT IS READY". Call it a misunderstanding, let it go. MR. JACKSON STAES THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED THE CAR WAS ON THE RACK AND HAD ALL KINDS OF STUFF LEAKING AND HANGING. OK, this is bad, but as it's just come back from the transmission shop they should have noticed any "Hanging and Leaking" or did the transmission guy repair the transmission in their own shop? Unlikely or they would have noticed it when it was first jacked up to fix the trans, the front pump cannot be replaced without removing the transmission, so there's a huge problem here, either the trans guy did no work, you were lied to, the trans guy lied to them, or there was no trans guy in the first place. Remember at this point they think you lie, so they're unlikely to listen to your saying "It was not wrecked" You need to find who is the transmission repairman, at this point it looks like the car was wrecked coming back from having the transmission repaired, I'd look strongly at whoever delivered your car back to the dealership from the transmission repair shop. So far this looks like a huge misunderstanding, and a real radiator failure that damaged the trans, coupled with your driving the car when it was "Not wanting to go forward and back (Low fluid, again the radiator failure's fault initialy) Possibly adding the wrong fluid, and your neighbor's helping you flush the radiator and adding trans fluid from his trunk. So to summ up, the radiator cooler failed, the radiator had a fluid leak both to and from the transmission, low/wrong fluid damaged the transmission, and someone wrecked the car. Here's the only real problem, Just who wrecked the car? To find this out you'll need to talk to whoever repaired the transmission, only he can say if it was damaged before, or after the repair work was done to the transmission. Look for these things, nobody repaired the transmission (Highly unlikely, only a mechanic would know to replace the pump) The transmission was repaired "In House. (Again unlikely, the communications indicate the car was sent out to have the trans repaired) Name and phone number of the trans repairer, once you get this, talk to him about undercar damage, IT IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO GET THIS INFO, AS WELL AS JUST WHO RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER. Take it from there politely and I'll bet you get the car fixed and returned, be calm and polite. Jim
Jim
Mobile,#3Consumer Suggestion
Sat, June 17, 2006
Just a couple of comments, I'm a Master Mechanic and have no connection to anyone here. First, you "Purchased a jug of transmission fluid from Discount Auto", Oh my, what kind of fluid was it? type "A", Type "F", "Dexron"etc, the odds are good you got a generic "Trans Fluid" and not the right type, do you still have that Jug? If so, look at the type.check if it's the right fluid (This has no bearing on the radiator failure, but can ruin the trans in short order) The Milky radiator fluid, and whitish transmission fluid are all the same problem, there's a transmission oil cooler built inside the radiator to cool the transmission fluid (Which is a light oil, about 7 weight) and obvilusly it failed. This caused the transmission fluid to get into the radiator and mix with the antifreeze, it also lets the water/antifreeze mix to get into the transmission, that's why the trans fluid was low, most of the trans fluid was in the radiator. Here we run into a big problem, you let your neighbor clean out the radiator (Good) and add trans fluid from his trunk (Bad) you see there are different types of fluid for different auto's by manufacturer, so the odds are very good he put the wrong fluid in it.(Second time, first was the "Jug") Now both the trans fluid being low, and having the wrong fluid/contaminated fluid will hurt an automatic transmission badly, and at this point it's going to be near impossible to say just which caused the trans damage, but my bet is a combination of both. The wrong fluid will eat up seals, the low fluid will cause rapid wear (Sometimes as short as one minute to completely ruin a trans) and water/antifreeze from the radiator will gum up everything. You mentioned that the trans "IT STARTED TO SHAKE AND NOT WANT TO PULL OFF OR BACK UP" and right there the trans was damaged, this will burn up clutches and do major damage in just a minute's time. So odds are good the radiator/heat exchanger is the major cause here, (Why the trans was low in the first place) but not all the damege was caused by the heat exchanger failure. Low/wrong fluid hurt it here. The right fix is to replace the radiator, and at the same time flush out the contaminated trans fluid. So replacing the radiator/flushing both systems is the correct fix here. Now the problems (This is the stuff that clouds the issue) I CALLED MR HONEYCUTT AND WE SPOKE AND HE INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR HAD BEEN REPLACED BUT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED AND THAT HE KNEW SOMEONE AT HOPKINS THAT WOULD DO IT SO THE CAR WOULD FUNCTION PROPERLY. HE STATED HE DID NOT WANT ME DRIVING IT LIKE IT WAS Absolutely correct, the trans was already damaged, but he didn't know it, and the right thing to do here is flush it, test it, and pray a bit. "YOU HAVE BEEN LETTING PEOPLE DRIVE THAT CAR AND IT IS MISSED UP FROM THEM DOGGING IT OUT". Here the trans damage has been found, you need to know that the damege from low fluid, and the damage from, "Dogging it out" are exactly the same, (Burnt Clutches) but since you added fluid, they can't tell it was caused from low fluid, not hot rodding. If it's full, "Dogging it out" is an entirely reasonable diagnosis. (Wrong, but understandable) NO ONE DRIVES MY CAR BUT ME AND HE STATED HE KNEW FOR A FACT THAT OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE A WOMEN BROUGHT THE CAR TO HIM THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED IT TO HAVE THE AUTOMATIC TRUNK LACTH REPLACED WHICH I INFORMED HIM WAS MY DAUGHTER Sorry, here you're proved wrong, "No One" and "Just my daughter" are not the same. Proved here by your own words "Other" people have been driving the car" Bad, Bad, Bad, choice of words, it makes you look like a liar, and from now on right or wrong he's going to think you lied. This is where things start to go downhill fast. "THE GUY THAT DID THE TRANMISSION WORK RAN INTO A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THINKS THE PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK RIGHT". Yep, internal damage usualy requires a new pump, good mechanic not to just let it go. "YOUR CAR IS NO LONG UNDER WARRANTY SO YOU'RE RESPONSIBILY FOR ANYMORE REPAIRS AFTER THIS. I INFORMED HIM "THE CAR WAS PURCHASED ON 02/16/06 AND THAT THE 30 DAYS WAS NOT UP TILL THEN". HE THEN STATED "TODAY IS THE 14TH" AND I INFORMED HIM "ITS THE 13TH OF MARCH" AND HE SAID "OK, I'LL CALL YOU WHEN IT IS READY". Call it a misunderstanding, let it go. MR. JACKSON STAES THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED THE CAR WAS ON THE RACK AND HAD ALL KINDS OF STUFF LEAKING AND HANGING. OK, this is bad, but as it's just come back from the transmission shop they should have noticed any "Hanging and Leaking" or did the transmission guy repair the transmission in their own shop? Unlikely or they would have noticed it when it was first jacked up to fix the trans, the front pump cannot be replaced without removing the transmission, so there's a huge problem here, either the trans guy did no work, you were lied to, the trans guy lied to them, or there was no trans guy in the first place. Remember at this point they think you lie, so they're unlikely to listen to your saying "It was not wrecked" You need to find who is the transmission repairman, at this point it looks like the car was wrecked coming back from having the transmission repaired, I'd look strongly at whoever delivered your car back to the dealership from the transmission repair shop. So far this looks like a huge misunderstanding, and a real radiator failure that damaged the trans, coupled with your driving the car when it was "Not wanting to go forward and back (Low fluid, again the radiator failure's fault initialy) Possibly adding the wrong fluid, and your neighbor's helping you flush the radiator and adding trans fluid from his trunk. So to summ up, the radiator cooler failed, the radiator had a fluid leak both to and from the transmission, low/wrong fluid damaged the transmission, and someone wrecked the car. Here's the only real problem, Just who wrecked the car? To find this out you'll need to talk to whoever repaired the transmission, only he can say if it was damaged before, or after the repair work was done to the transmission. Look for these things, nobody repaired the transmission (Highly unlikely, only a mechanic would know to replace the pump) The transmission was repaired "In House. (Again unlikely, the communications indicate the car was sent out to have the trans repaired) Name and phone number of the trans repairer, once you get this, talk to him about undercar damage, IT IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO GET THIS INFO, AS WELL AS JUST WHO RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER. Take it from there politely and I'll bet you get the car fixed and returned, be calm and polite. Jim
Jim
Mobile,#4Consumer Suggestion
Sat, June 17, 2006
Just a couple of comments, I'm a Master Mechanic and have no connection to anyone here. First, you "Purchased a jug of transmission fluid from Discount Auto", Oh my, what kind of fluid was it? type "A", Type "F", "Dexron"etc, the odds are good you got a generic "Trans Fluid" and not the right type, do you still have that Jug? If so, look at the type.check if it's the right fluid (This has no bearing on the radiator failure, but can ruin the trans in short order) The Milky radiator fluid, and whitish transmission fluid are all the same problem, there's a transmission oil cooler built inside the radiator to cool the transmission fluid (Which is a light oil, about 7 weight) and obvilusly it failed. This caused the transmission fluid to get into the radiator and mix with the antifreeze, it also lets the water/antifreeze mix to get into the transmission, that's why the trans fluid was low, most of the trans fluid was in the radiator. Here we run into a big problem, you let your neighbor clean out the radiator (Good) and add trans fluid from his trunk (Bad) you see there are different types of fluid for different auto's by manufacturer, so the odds are very good he put the wrong fluid in it.(Second time, first was the "Jug") Now both the trans fluid being low, and having the wrong fluid/contaminated fluid will hurt an automatic transmission badly, and at this point it's going to be near impossible to say just which caused the trans damage, but my bet is a combination of both. The wrong fluid will eat up seals, the low fluid will cause rapid wear (Sometimes as short as one minute to completely ruin a trans) and water/antifreeze from the radiator will gum up everything. You mentioned that the trans "IT STARTED TO SHAKE AND NOT WANT TO PULL OFF OR BACK UP" and right there the trans was damaged, this will burn up clutches and do major damage in just a minute's time. So odds are good the radiator/heat exchanger is the major cause here, (Why the trans was low in the first place) but not all the damege was caused by the heat exchanger failure. Low/wrong fluid hurt it here. The right fix is to replace the radiator, and at the same time flush out the contaminated trans fluid. So replacing the radiator/flushing both systems is the correct fix here. Now the problems (This is the stuff that clouds the issue) I CALLED MR HONEYCUTT AND WE SPOKE AND HE INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR HAD BEEN REPLACED BUT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED AND THAT HE KNEW SOMEONE AT HOPKINS THAT WOULD DO IT SO THE CAR WOULD FUNCTION PROPERLY. HE STATED HE DID NOT WANT ME DRIVING IT LIKE IT WAS Absolutely correct, the trans was already damaged, but he didn't know it, and the right thing to do here is flush it, test it, and pray a bit. "YOU HAVE BEEN LETTING PEOPLE DRIVE THAT CAR AND IT IS MISSED UP FROM THEM DOGGING IT OUT". Here the trans damage has been found, you need to know that the damege from low fluid, and the damage from, "Dogging it out" are exactly the same, (Burnt Clutches) but since you added fluid, they can't tell it was caused from low fluid, not hot rodding. If it's full, "Dogging it out" is an entirely reasonable diagnosis. (Wrong, but understandable) NO ONE DRIVES MY CAR BUT ME AND HE STATED HE KNEW FOR A FACT THAT OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE A WOMEN BROUGHT THE CAR TO HIM THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED IT TO HAVE THE AUTOMATIC TRUNK LACTH REPLACED WHICH I INFORMED HIM WAS MY DAUGHTER Sorry, here you're proved wrong, "No One" and "Just my daughter" are not the same. Proved here by your own words "Other" people have been driving the car" Bad, Bad, Bad, choice of words, it makes you look like a liar, and from now on right or wrong he's going to think you lied. This is where things start to go downhill fast. "THE GUY THAT DID THE TRANMISSION WORK RAN INTO A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THINKS THE PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK RIGHT". Yep, internal damage usualy requires a new pump, good mechanic not to just let it go. "YOUR CAR IS NO LONG UNDER WARRANTY SO YOU'RE RESPONSIBILY FOR ANYMORE REPAIRS AFTER THIS. I INFORMED HIM "THE CAR WAS PURCHASED ON 02/16/06 AND THAT THE 30 DAYS WAS NOT UP TILL THEN". HE THEN STATED "TODAY IS THE 14TH" AND I INFORMED HIM "ITS THE 13TH OF MARCH" AND HE SAID "OK, I'LL CALL YOU WHEN IT IS READY". Call it a misunderstanding, let it go. MR. JACKSON STAES THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED THE CAR WAS ON THE RACK AND HAD ALL KINDS OF STUFF LEAKING AND HANGING. OK, this is bad, but as it's just come back from the transmission shop they should have noticed any "Hanging and Leaking" or did the transmission guy repair the transmission in their own shop? Unlikely or they would have noticed it when it was first jacked up to fix the trans, the front pump cannot be replaced without removing the transmission, so there's a huge problem here, either the trans guy did no work, you were lied to, the trans guy lied to them, or there was no trans guy in the first place. Remember at this point they think you lie, so they're unlikely to listen to your saying "It was not wrecked" You need to find who is the transmission repairman, at this point it looks like the car was wrecked coming back from having the transmission repaired, I'd look strongly at whoever delivered your car back to the dealership from the transmission repair shop. So far this looks like a huge misunderstanding, and a real radiator failure that damaged the trans, coupled with your driving the car when it was "Not wanting to go forward and back (Low fluid, again the radiator failure's fault initialy) Possibly adding the wrong fluid, and your neighbor's helping you flush the radiator and adding trans fluid from his trunk. So to summ up, the radiator cooler failed, the radiator had a fluid leak both to and from the transmission, low/wrong fluid damaged the transmission, and someone wrecked the car. Here's the only real problem, Just who wrecked the car? To find this out you'll need to talk to whoever repaired the transmission, only he can say if it was damaged before, or after the repair work was done to the transmission. Look for these things, nobody repaired the transmission (Highly unlikely, only a mechanic would know to replace the pump) The transmission was repaired "In House. (Again unlikely, the communications indicate the car was sent out to have the trans repaired) Name and phone number of the trans repairer, once you get this, talk to him about undercar damage, IT IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO GET THIS INFO, AS WELL AS JUST WHO RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER. Take it from there politely and I'll bet you get the car fixed and returned, be calm and polite. Jim
Jim
Mobile,#5Consumer Suggestion
Sat, June 17, 2006
Just a couple of comments, I'm a Master Mechanic and have no connection to anyone here. First, you "Purchased a jug of transmission fluid from Discount Auto", Oh my, what kind of fluid was it? type "A", Type "F", "Dexron"etc, the odds are good you got a generic "Trans Fluid" and not the right type, do you still have that Jug? If so, look at the type.check if it's the right fluid (This has no bearing on the radiator failure, but can ruin the trans in short order) The Milky radiator fluid, and whitish transmission fluid are all the same problem, there's a transmission oil cooler built inside the radiator to cool the transmission fluid (Which is a light oil, about 7 weight) and obvilusly it failed. This caused the transmission fluid to get into the radiator and mix with the antifreeze, it also lets the water/antifreeze mix to get into the transmission, that's why the trans fluid was low, most of the trans fluid was in the radiator. Here we run into a big problem, you let your neighbor clean out the radiator (Good) and add trans fluid from his trunk (Bad) you see there are different types of fluid for different auto's by manufacturer, so the odds are very good he put the wrong fluid in it.(Second time, first was the "Jug") Now both the trans fluid being low, and having the wrong fluid/contaminated fluid will hurt an automatic transmission badly, and at this point it's going to be near impossible to say just which caused the trans damage, but my bet is a combination of both. The wrong fluid will eat up seals, the low fluid will cause rapid wear (Sometimes as short as one minute to completely ruin a trans) and water/antifreeze from the radiator will gum up everything. You mentioned that the trans "IT STARTED TO SHAKE AND NOT WANT TO PULL OFF OR BACK UP" and right there the trans was damaged, this will burn up clutches and do major damage in just a minute's time. So odds are good the radiator/heat exchanger is the major cause here, (Why the trans was low in the first place) but not all the damege was caused by the heat exchanger failure. Low/wrong fluid hurt it here. The right fix is to replace the radiator, and at the same time flush out the contaminated trans fluid. So replacing the radiator/flushing both systems is the correct fix here. Now the problems (This is the stuff that clouds the issue) I CALLED MR HONEYCUTT AND WE SPOKE AND HE INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR HAD BEEN REPLACED BUT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED AND THAT HE KNEW SOMEONE AT HOPKINS THAT WOULD DO IT SO THE CAR WOULD FUNCTION PROPERLY. HE STATED HE DID NOT WANT ME DRIVING IT LIKE IT WAS Absolutely correct, the trans was already damaged, but he didn't know it, and the right thing to do here is flush it, test it, and pray a bit. "YOU HAVE BEEN LETTING PEOPLE DRIVE THAT CAR AND IT IS MISSED UP FROM THEM DOGGING IT OUT". Here the trans damage has been found, you need to know that the damege from low fluid, and the damage from, "Dogging it out" are exactly the same, (Burnt Clutches) but since you added fluid, they can't tell it was caused from low fluid, not hot rodding. If it's full, "Dogging it out" is an entirely reasonable diagnosis. (Wrong, but understandable) NO ONE DRIVES MY CAR BUT ME AND HE STATED HE KNEW FOR A FACT THAT OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE A WOMEN BROUGHT THE CAR TO HIM THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED IT TO HAVE THE AUTOMATIC TRUNK LACTH REPLACED WHICH I INFORMED HIM WAS MY DAUGHTER Sorry, here you're proved wrong, "No One" and "Just my daughter" are not the same. Proved here by your own words "Other" people have been driving the car" Bad, Bad, Bad, choice of words, it makes you look like a liar, and from now on right or wrong he's going to think you lied. This is where things start to go downhill fast. "THE GUY THAT DID THE TRANMISSION WORK RAN INTO A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THINKS THE PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK RIGHT". Yep, internal damage usualy requires a new pump, good mechanic not to just let it go. "YOUR CAR IS NO LONG UNDER WARRANTY SO YOU'RE RESPONSIBILY FOR ANYMORE REPAIRS AFTER THIS. I INFORMED HIM "THE CAR WAS PURCHASED ON 02/16/06 AND THAT THE 30 DAYS WAS NOT UP TILL THEN". HE THEN STATED "TODAY IS THE 14TH" AND I INFORMED HIM "ITS THE 13TH OF MARCH" AND HE SAID "OK, I'LL CALL YOU WHEN IT IS READY". Call it a misunderstanding, let it go. MR. JACKSON STAES THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED THE CAR WAS ON THE RACK AND HAD ALL KINDS OF STUFF LEAKING AND HANGING. OK, this is bad, but as it's just come back from the transmission shop they should have noticed any "Hanging and Leaking" or did the transmission guy repair the transmission in their own shop? Unlikely or they would have noticed it when it was first jacked up to fix the trans, the front pump cannot be replaced without removing the transmission, so there's a huge problem here, either the trans guy did no work, you were lied to, the trans guy lied to them, or there was no trans guy in the first place. Remember at this point they think you lie, so they're unlikely to listen to your saying "It was not wrecked" You need to find who is the transmission repairman, at this point it looks like the car was wrecked coming back from having the transmission repaired, I'd look strongly at whoever delivered your car back to the dealership from the transmission repair shop. So far this looks like a huge misunderstanding, and a real radiator failure that damaged the trans, coupled with your driving the car when it was "Not wanting to go forward and back (Low fluid, again the radiator failure's fault initialy) Possibly adding the wrong fluid, and your neighbor's helping you flush the radiator and adding trans fluid from his trunk. So to summ up, the radiator cooler failed, the radiator had a fluid leak both to and from the transmission, low/wrong fluid damaged the transmission, and someone wrecked the car. Here's the only real problem, Just who wrecked the car? To find this out you'll need to talk to whoever repaired the transmission, only he can say if it was damaged before, or after the repair work was done to the transmission. Look for these things, nobody repaired the transmission (Highly unlikely, only a mechanic would know to replace the pump) The transmission was repaired "In House. (Again unlikely, the communications indicate the car was sent out to have the trans repaired) Name and phone number of the trans repairer, once you get this, talk to him about undercar damage, IT IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO GET THIS INFO, AS WELL AS JUST WHO RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER. Take it from there politely and I'll bet you get the car fixed and returned, be calm and polite. Jim