Transmission cooler replaced?

Last week I had a Transmission cooler replaced on 03 Ford expedtiton 5.4l. I put fluid in to drive to shop without any problems. The truck was fixed and after I paid went out back to drive it, it would only go in reverse and not move forward. I was told there were metal shavings and fluud was black and that I needed to replace transmission. The old transmission cooler had fell out of the bracket due to rusting and one day cause fluid to leak and have to be replace when driven. As far as I know I'm the 2nd owner. Thanks for reading my email. I will be patiently waiting for a response.

Sounds like it does need the transmission rebuilt. Find local shop at ATRA.COM for more help

You drove the vehicle with a leaking transmission. The transmission fluid does three things. It powers the transmission, it lubricates and it cools. The first moves your car, the last two protects the transmission. You can get the a second opinion from another garage and check for trouble codes and/or a broken shifter linkage or a bad vehicle speed sensor. But there's a good chance that the transmission needs replacement.

Do an OBD2 code check to see what's not working right.

It does indeed sound like the transmission needs to be rebuilt or renewed, if that's what you're asking.

So what is your question? You haven't asked one. If you are asking if the diagnosis on your transmission is correct, I would say yes, it needs to be repaired or replaced. A new one will cost around $1400 and the removal and installation cost will be between $1000 to $1600. Total cost, . Between $2400 and $3000. That's a lot for a car that is only worth $3000 to $5000.

Hi sadly this is all too common with old cars one thing leads to another so now you could be into a situation where repair of one part leads to another. The design idea of most car makers is now not to make cars that last for ever. Most took the lead from Volkswagen who make there cars to last for 7 years. So many now have built in osolecence.

If you haven't been changing the ATF every 60,000 miles and the ATF got black that's bad enough to cause damage to n automatic tranny. Top that by losing ATF and you likely had the transmission slip when it lost ATF. Once an automatic slips it's done dancing.

There were metal shavings and the fluid was black, but they didn't tell you until after you tried to leave with the repaired car and it wouldn't move forward?
Hmm.
Did you check the fluid level?

I wonder why they didn't SHOW YOU the metal shavings? Or the black fluid?