I call BS on the mechanic!! Reason... I worked at a dealer for a short time, and did a number of these inspections. To put it plainly, I did not have any idea what I was looking at!! I was inexperienced and very young.
1) You do not have to drop the transmission to change "any" of the motor or transmission mounts on our cars!
2) If a slight jolt is felt, when placing the tranny into drive, I would not suspect much. Now if it pops, that is a inner CV joint!
3) Thinks! Well that is what he gets for thinking! He would have to tell me, then prove to me, that the mount was bad. Only one way to prove something and that is by showing me.
If you want to see what bad ATX tranny mounts look like, then check out my post
here. That should give you something to go on.
4) General rule of thumb! If one dealer will not give you what you want, then go to another!
