i see that this forum has now turned into personal attacks. seeing how i work at a dealership, that was your first mistake. #2, attributing problems to something that you had done months ahead of time. is like blaming a bad tank of gas you had 4 times ago for the bad fuel pump now. seeing how you, big-L, take far better care of your car as far as yearly filter changes and topoff of your transmission. i can understand why you haven't had a problem with it. now, looking at the average joe. who only start doing things when they notice problems. they like to attribute their transmission problem to something that had nothing to do with it. kind of like "the tranny had a lot of burnt fluid in it. and i was driving around and noticed it slipped a few times, but i had it 'power flushed' and a new filter put in. so it must be the 'power flush's' fault." where in that senerio, you drove it around with a half clogged filter and burnt transmission fluid and you damaged the transmission, it now goes out, attributed to the abuse you did to it prior to getting it looked into. now. i dont feel that the personal attack on me was needed. just that i have been trying to argue my point. big-L congratulations, you take far better care of your car then most people. thanks for the unneeded personal attack. and maybe if you read this. read it and understand, i am giving an example. i apologize if you feel offended that i have a different opinion than that of your holy opinion, but that is the beauty of living in America. Thanks for your insight, I will file your attack with the rest of them. Ill have you know, that your attack just makes you look like an irresponsible child throwing a temper tantrum. I take the attack with no offense. keep up the good forum posting. they are fun to read.