> AAMCO recently put in a new transmission.

I guess the local dealers feel the need to punish you for that action by not helping you and lying to you.

> I called that dealership with about two questions to ask this "expert" and they told
> me he wasn't allowed to talk over the phone.

Plus, he probably does not WANT to talk on the phone. The expert does not earn money for his family giving free advice on the phone to people that had their transmission repaired elsewhere, especially when he is already losing money working flat rate on Ford warranty claims.

I suggest when it comes time to buy a new vehicle or parts, remember how you were lied to and treated, and don't even buy a windshield wiper at those dealerships that treated you that way.

In the FWIW department, when encountering any bad CPu/ECM/PCM that you are going to have to replace at full cost without a core charge, it is always worth it to disassembly it and replace the caps and resistors that are not wave soldered to to check the wire harness itself and resolder the board connectors.