A Transmission Clinic

I came into A Transmission Clinic for the second time because my transmission on my 2004 Mazda truck with 300k miles on it finally broke down. The first time I went here was about 6 months earlier when I needed to have the slave cylinder replaced on the clutch; I chose Fernie because he was the only mechanic that wasn’t charging a ridiculous price. Fernie is certainly one of the most affordable mechanics in town (I’ve done my diligence and checked almost all of them!). However, this doesn’t mean that he does cheap work, rather, it means he finds cost-​efficient solutions to save his customers money. For example, he allowed me to bring my own slave-​cylinder instead of having to order one from a place that would mark up the price of the part – most mechanics will not do this.
Fernie and his son are really friendly people and treated me like I was family. Having been only partially employed for the past year, at the time I was extremely low on funds. When I had my truck towed to him with a broken transmission, I was candid with Fernie and told him that I didn’t have the money to pay him the $ 1228 needed to replace the transmission but he insisted on fixing it for me anyways on a promise that I would somehow get the money by the time repairs were done. Sure enough, after Fernie was all done putting in the transmission, I was able to get the necessary money together by borrowing from people and an Ebay sale. However, I was short about $ 28 which Fernie allowed me to pay later.
It’s been about a month and the transmission still works great! He specially picked a really solid tranny to put in my truck which came from a rollover vehicle so it was still in pristine condition. I’ve remained loyal to one mechanic in Corona since I was 18, before learning about A Transmission Clinic. Fernie has just won my business for good! You can’t beat a mechanic who is honest, reliable, sympathetic to your financial situation, and most importantly does high quality work! I have recommended him to my close friends who have all told me that he has done an excellent job on their cars! Fernie is the man for the job, don’t even think about taking your car anywhere else!

My friend recommended me to take my truck to a transmission clinic Fernie gave me a good price and great service. My truck runs better than when I went in the shop. I also had some other work done. Thanks Fernie my truck runs great

I was initially impressed with this business. The owner Fernie and his wife were cordial and personable and the cost to rebuild my transmission was reasonable. Everything went well until my transmission started leaking heavy when it is at an incline. It has only been a little over a month since Fernie rebuilt my transmission. If I would have known then what I know about how they run their business I would have never gone there and given them my hard earned cash… The warranty that I was told I have only applies to what they want. It is self serving to them. I was told I would have to pay an additional $ 275 to repair this leak. All seals and o rings should have been replaced. The o ring is a $ 2 part that should have been replaced when reinstalling the transmission. My suburban never leaked transmission fluid before I had it rebuilt. A rebuilt transmission should operate like a brand new transmission and new transmissions don’t leak.
I am also a Corona business owner and I would never treat my clients unfairly like this. I believe because I am a woman I was treated unfairly. I am very disappointed and would not recommend this business to anyone.

Thank you Fernie and Kathy for your professional service and special attention! Even though you were unable to do work on my daughter’s car, you made sure we were taken care of with the Ford dealership and gave us some good information that we needed. We really appreciate your time and consideration. If needed, we will be back to do business with you again and will definately be referring our friends and family.
Thanks again!

My Honda Accord is in love with Fernando! Great service, always honest, fair pricing and quick turn around. He has been taking care of my cars for the last six years and I wouldn’t consider taking them anywhere else.

I had taken my suburban to 3 other places with some outrageous quotes. Funny thing none of them even knew what was wrong with my car. Called this place and they towed my car for me and had me a quote that same day explaining to me what was wrong. Picked my car up and it drives better then when I first bought it!!! I will definitely recommend this place to everyone

I been here twice for the same problem, my transmission coil were overdue for a change, they were quick to order the parts I needed and get me back on the road as soon as possible. The owner is super friendly and showed me what was wrong with my car.