Well I'm back from AAMCO and they fixed it. The metal ring was in fact out of the rubber thing at the floorboard. AAMCO did fix the problem for free and it only took them about 20minutes. Hard to believe all of that extra road noise and hissing was all from that little problem. Car now runs and soun...

Thankfully I have found this forum. I have transmission courtesy of AAMCO as well. Since picking up the car, there is a hissing sound upon acceleration. The hissing sound seems to be coming from the driver's side. Are you saying that the noise is caused because of the steering bearing? Do you think ...