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Originally Posted by BigRichard
So I figured out it was just the light in the glove box so thanks to everyone for the help. However the damn thing has a pinging I hear when driving it now. I took it to Aamco because I thought it was the transmission but they are telling me it is the engine. They are stating it needs to be replaced.
I really want a second opinion because I don't hear this noise if I am just sitting revving the engine. I only hear it when it is going down the road in gear. I could be wrong but I just don't see it being the engine. Anyone on here have a good, slightly inexpensive, mechanic out in West Omaha they know of? And I guess it doesn't necessarily need to be in West Omaha either. The closer to home just makes it easier to get and drop off.
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Never trust AAMCO. With my old caddy, the transmission solenoid was going out so it wouldn't shift sometimes. At the time, I was almost 100% sure that's what it was (and I didn't want to do it myself) so I had my wife take it to them just to verify the issue. Those ****s gave me a whole host of reasons why the tranny needed to be replaced. They even told me one of the codes that the car was throwing off was a "transmission slip code" which made me laugh and then get really pissed off at them. I had checked the codes (car had a self diagnostic mode which was awesome) before it went there so I knew exactly what codes it was throwing and what they meant.
Ended up buying a new car and had a mechanically inclined friend who thought he could make some loot off of putting a little bit of work into the caddy. He changed the solenoid like I recommended and banged on the catalytic converter for a few minutes and all of the codes dropped off. He ended up getting a grand for himself and paid me the 2 grand I wanted for the car.
tl;dr **** AAMCO. Never trust anything they say.