My 2000 Nissan Maxima's transmission started losing power and down shifting while driving. It was sporadic and I thought related to the heat and amount of driving I do. The car also has 200k miles on it. I was recommended to Phil's Transmission and told he was honest and up front. I had been told by other mechanics that my transmission would most likely need replaced. Phil did some diagnostics on it and test drove the car and could not find a problem other than a "check engine" code stating the Transmission Output Speed Sensor failed. But when he tested the sensor it was fine and the car shifted fine so he told me up front that it would only be an educated guess but he thought about just changing out the sensor and see what happened. It was a $150 sensor plus labor and diagnostic charges. I told him to give it a try knowing I could be out that money but hopefully not need to put in a $4k or $5k rebuilt transmission. It worked great and I have not had a problem again with a month of driving the car 100 miles a day. I drive 50 miles each way to work. Highly recommend Phil he could have told me I needed a new transmission but he didn't.
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