Transmission Repair in Daphne, AL

Signs your transmission needs a look

• Slipping: the engine revs up but the car doesn’t pick up speed to match
• Delayed or harsh shifts: a pause before it goes into drive, or a clunk between gears
• Red or brown fluid under the car: usually a leaking seal, gasket, pan or cooler line
• A burnt smell: fluid that’s low, old or overheating
• Whining, humming or grinding that changes with speed
• The shifter doesn’t line up with the gear you’re actually in (often the linkage or cable)
• A check engine light with a transmission code stored

Don’t wait on a slip. Driving on a slipping transmission overheats the fluid and wears out the clutches inside it. Catching it early is often the difference between a fluid service or a seal and a rebuild.

What we do

• Transmission diagnostics and code reading
• Transmission fluid service
• Leak repair: pan gaskets, seals and cooler lines
• Shift linkage and cable repair and adjustment
• CV axles and drivetrain noises
• Clutch repair on manual transmissions
• Rebuild or replacement when it really is needed, quoted after we diagnose it

Rebuild or not?

A lot of shops jump straight to a rebuild. Plenty of problems turn out to be low or burnt fluid, a leak, a sensor or a linkage that’s out of adjustment. We’ll tell you which one you’re dealing with, and if it is a rebuild, you’ll get the price before any work starts.

What to expect

Call to set up a time and tell us what the car is doing and when it happens (cold, warm, at highway speed). We’ll check the fluid, scan for codes, road test it and explain what we found in plain English.

Related services

• Engine and drivetrain repair
• Check engine light diagnostics
• Car maintenance and tune-ups

Why Valentine Automotive

We’re a family-owned shop in Daphne, open since 2015. Stuart and Erik Valentine are ASE certified and spent years at Nissan, Hyundai, Subaru and Toyota dealerships before opening the shop. We work on cars and light trucks, foreign and domestic. (We don’t work on diesels or big trucks.)