2006 Ford Expedition Transmission Failure

While I am more familiar with prices in the Northeast, the price you have been quoted seems within reason. Yes, replacing a transmission is costly, but without the replacement what have you got, a Ford Expedition that is not worth very much. Unless you get your vehicle towed to a dealer — if you are thinking of replacing it with a new one because you think replacing the transmission isn’t worth it — there’s no way you can use it as a trade. If you do manage to use it as a trade, the value will be reduced by at least $3,800 to pay for the replacement transmission. You can be sure that if you are trading it — and it is in nice condition — that the dealer will fix it up and resell it for a large profit. The dealer may even just wholesale it out for cost and still make money.

And, if you are thinking of selling it yourself because of the cost of the transmission replacement, remember that you are going to have to disclose the problem to anyone and that may make it pretty much worthless to a buyer, unless you are willing to take scrappage costs for payment. Yes, it is a hard truth, but a non-rolling vehicle isn’t worth very much to buyers or dealers, unless the buyer is a scrapyard.

With that said, you will find that you need not get several quotes for the replacement because in every area of the country transmission replacements are within a couple of hundred dollars. In other words, you may get a quote of $3,200 and another of $3,700, possibly, a third of $3,000. My suggestion would be to go with the lowest, if you choose the quote root, with the understanding that the shop where you received the quote is also within the ballpark.

Good luck.