Welcome to the forum!!! You will find lots of useful info here as well as good company! Are you the one with the ski/board racks up top? I have seen a few silver VXes around town, one used to be parked all the time at the Men's Warehouse, and one in NW Reno I used to see a lot with ski gear up top.

Anyway, the trans/xfer case service is important. Have you ever had a full trans service done? This would mean dropping the pan and changing out the filter and putting a new gasket in place, as well as draining and refilling all fluids. I have done mine twice, and its not hard, just a little messy and I would designate a full afternoon to get it done. A would imagine a shop would charge around $800 for this service because it does take some time. If you have never done this, I would imagine you may have some rotting around the gasket that could cause a leak, or possibly a bad fill/drain bolt.

Another thing to think about, is if you have had your fluid drained and filled, the shop may have not done it properly. The trans is easy to over/under fill if you do not do it right. Both scenrios can be bad for your trans. How is shifting gears? Clunky or ok?

Bart