 | Mike Sparkman is the owner/operator of Mastertech Transmission. He runs the company with the help of his wife Cheryl and their certified staff of experts. Their goal is to help people with the car problems, do it honestly, with quality, at a fair price. Mike and his team of experts have over 60 years combined experience in the transmission industry. They hold ATRA certification, and Mastertech is listed as a AAA approved service facility. You can contact Mike @ (316) 269-9590. |
Automotive Service & Repair
2010-05-01 14:25:00
ATRA...what does it mean? What does it do?
Answer: Founded in 1954, the Automatic Transmission Rebuilders Association (ATRA) is an international trade association for the professional automatic transmission repair industry.
Located in Oxnard, CA, the ATRA has 2300+ members worldwide. The membership consists of more than 2000 rebuilders, technical subscribers, students and schools, supporting the training, research and improvements to vehicles driven by the motoring public.
Every ATRA Rebuilder member must adhere to ATRA’s Code of Ethics…ATRA’s standards for providing honest, professional service. This provides assurances to those who take their vehicle to an ATRA Rebuilder member, of polite, professional service, at an honest price.
Perhaps surprisingly, ATRA does not just include automatic transmission repair. Most ATRA members also provide diagnostic and repair service for manual transmissions, clutches, differentials, driveshafts, drive axles, and transfer cases. With members across the US and Canada, ATRA’s network of automatic transmission repair professionals can offer you repair and warranty coverage anywhere you’re likely to drive. Because, with its many members, wherever you go, there is generally always an ATRA member nearby.With nearly 1700 Rebuilder members, ATRA is larger than every automatic transmission repair chain combined…nearly three times the size of the largest chain in the US. Which means that no chain can provide better warranty coverage than ATRA’s network of professional service centers.
The Rebuilder Members of ATRA agree that while they remain members of the Association, they will practice the pledges of the Association Code of Ethics: They will adhere to the Service and Repair definitions which are part of the ATRA By-Laws; they will subscribe to the Guarantee Standards which are shown herein; and they will practice the advertising standards of the association as per the following: To diagnose transmission problems for customers and for each other in an expert and honest manner, and to state that the removal of a transmission from a vehicle in correction of its problems is necessary, only when this is the case; to provide prompt and courteous in-car diagnosis on behalf of customers of other member shops free of charge (Members may assess a charge up to one (1) hour of diagnostic time for electronic testing and scanning based on the current Golden Rule rate provided the charge is agreed to in advance by the warranting Member); to act with integrity, and to speak at all times in a responsible manner, and in all ways to adhere to the concept of the Golden Rule in all dealings with the motoring public and with competitors; and to have all employees tested and certified on a continuing basis in such a manner as will demonstrate the ATRA member shops are staffed with capable personnel. As you might be able to tell, ATRA members are proud of their association, and what it stands for.
