Guide · Time
2-5 days for the work itself. It is a workshop job, so add recovery time in each direction; we collect and return the car rather than asking you to drive it.
The honest answer to how long a gearbox repair takes has two halves: the work, which is predictable, and everything around it, which is where the day actually goes. Here is both.
2-5 days on a car with nothing unusual about it. That figure assumes the diagnosis is already done and the right parts are on the van or the shelf — which is why we confirm the car and the fault on the call rather than discovering both on arrival.
A seized fastener, a part that has to be ordered, or a second fault found while the first is being fixed. We tell you as soon as we know rather than at the end, and if the extra work changes the price you agree to the new number before we carry on.
Clean red fluid means time. Dark brown fluid with a burnt smell means clutch material is already circulating. Metallic glitter in the pan means the hard parts are going. Those three findings lead to three completely different quotes, which is why we look before we price.
We run 24/7, every day, and there is no night or holiday surcharge. For a workshop job it means recovery can happen out of hours even when the work itself waits for the morning.
2-5 days for the work. Recovery to the workshop and back is included in that arrangement rather than billed separately.
Briefly and gently, no further than it takes to get it looked at. Every kilometre driven while slipping generates heat and debris that raises the cost of the eventual repair.
Every 40,000 to 60,000 km, sooner than most manufacturer schedules suggest, because those schedules assume moderate ambient temperatures. Ignore any claim that the fluid is sealed for life.
Yes, and we will also tell you honestly when a CVT is past the point where a rebuild is economical, which for some units is earlier than owners expect.
Call, or send your location on WhatsApp. We will tell you the price before we set off.
