Transmission repair for Edmonds drivers
KC Martin is a full-service transmission shop a short drive up 196th from Edmonds. Our mechanics are trained in transmission repair and have decades of experience with it, and the work is done at our shop in Lynnwood, alongside everything else your car might need.
Why Edmonds is hard on a transmission
Heat is what wears out transmission fluid, and two things about driving in Edmonds make plenty of it: climbing back up from the waterfront, and creeping along in traffic. Fluid that has been cooked a few hundred times stops protecting the parts it’s supposed to protect.
You’ll usually feel it before you see it:
- A flare in engine speed between gears on a climb
- A delay, then a thump, when you shift from park into drive
- A shudder at a steady speed
- Spots of red fluid where you park
What happens when you bring it in
- We road test the car, scan its computer and check the fluid.
- We tell you what we found in plain language.
- You get an accurate estimate before any work starts.
Often the answer is a fluid service or a smaller repair. If it does need a rebuild or a replacement, we’ll lay out the options and what each one means for the life of the car.
More than the transmission
We also handle the systems connected to it, including clutches and differentials. For the full list of what we service and the warning signs to watch for, see our main transmission repair page.