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    Vehicle battery testing

    Auto defroster tab repair

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    Engine oil light diagnosis

    Auto general diagnosis

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    Tire Pressure Monitoring System diagnosis

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    Auto fluids and filters maintenance

    Fuel system cleaning

    Oil changes

    Auto wheel alignment

    Auto mirror repair

    Auto repairs

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    Auto brake repair

    Auto engine repair

    Auto HVAC repair

    Auto light repair

    Auto steering and suspension repair

    Auto transmission repair

    Auto wheel and tire repair

    Auto regulator replacement

    Auto windows and mirrors repair

    Routine automotive maintenance

    Transmission leak inspection

    Tire rotation

    Tire Pressure Monitoring System repair

    Wheel alignment

    Windshield wiper replacement

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    My Gray Wolf
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    Brought my well loved BMW X5 with M packages to Auto Plus today. Usually I stick with BMW specialty shops but was advised by a few friends to try Auto Plus out. Full brake service (including brake fluid) and Oil change. I am very pleased with the service, knowledge , friendliness, value and timely completion. I will confidently recommend them to all my friends.

    Pricey oil change

    They're nice enough and I've gone to them at least half a dozen times but I think they're getting pricier. I can usually find an oil and filter change for 30% less (at least!) than this. So I'll probably be taking my business elsewhere going forward.

    I hope my review can benefit at least someone and not be fooled by Auto Plus. Auto Plus didn't do their work properly and was fraudulent. Here is my bad experience: My coolant light was on and I brought my car to Auto Plus. The agreement was to replace radiator, belt tensioner, pulley and oil filter housing gasket with original parts. Next day, I paid $1249.89 and picked up my car. A week later, my coolant light came on again. I brought my car back to Auto Plus again for them to check their work. The owner Ali said he found no leak in the cooling system, instead my car was "overheated with white smoke from the exhaust system" and "the head gasket was damaged". He insisted my car had all these problems before I brought my car in. His diagnose was leaking through the head gasket into the engine and out the exhaust. I kept telling him, I never see any other warning lights or overheated light were on in my car. He still insisted his diagnoses and started my car and tried to show me where the engine temperature gauge was and the white smoke he found from exhaust system. I heard some noise from my engine that I had never heard of before. My car wasn't like that when I gave it to Auto Plus. Ali insisted my engine sounded right and no noise. I heard the noise and it sounded differently than before. After more than 10 minutes, he still couldn't find the engine temperature gauge on my car. He then asked his friend where was the engine temperature gauge? His friend told him immediately, there was no engine temperature gauge in my car. Only when the car is overheated, the warning light will be on to notify the driver. The owner Ali left silently and showed his unprofessional behavior at the same time. He then kept explaining how my head gasket was damaged to cause coolant leaking and tried to avoid their mistakes. He denied the mistakes without any apologizes. He even told me, I can still drive my car, even though his diagnose showed the engine was overheated and head gasket was damaged. He said I can continue to drive my car some distances and pull my car on the side of road or on the freeway to take a break if I feel the car is overheated. He also said I can check my coolant and add coolant every day before driving. His responses were very disappointing and unprofessional again. I started to find solutions as I was stupid to believe my car was overheated and head gasket was damaged by Auto Plus's diagnoses. I talked to the Weatherford BMW and other auto shops; it would cost more than $10,000 to replace or repair. After I reviewed Auto Plus's Yelp reviews, I found there were many people had the bad experiences I just had. Their reviews stated Auto Plus was dishonest and shady, they denied their improper mechanic work and won't own up to their own mistakes... Then, I decided to take my car for a second opinion. Finally, the second auto shop found out the radiator which Auto Plus used into my car was "a poor quality aftermarket radiator with cut marks on the top and bottom" and coolant continued to leaks. Also, found Auto Plus "didn't replace tensioner and idler pulleys" which they needed to replace and what I had paid for $1249.89. The belt was found hanging off the edge and caused the belt to fail earlier. In addition, the second auto shop had proved there was no smoke from exhaust system and solved the noise from the engine. The truth is always revealed eventually. Auto Plus is not trustable for the work they agree to do, Auto Plus is unqualified for their misdiagnoses. Not recommended!!

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    THE GOOD: This small…read moreshop is ran by a guy name Earl. Seems to have been in business for quite some time. I go to him on a Monday 10/20/25 for a smog diagnosis that he charged $95, about the standard price. He was able to complete the inspection and gave me a diagnosis back same day (approx. 4 hours total time). He offered a free throttle body clean because upon their inspection, the throttle was dirty and had a lot of carbon build up. I was notified the vehicle would be ready for pick up at 4:15PM, I told him I was going to be there 4:30PM. When I had arrived, earl was nice enough to wait around after they had closed for me to receive my vehicle. THE BAD: After I paid him for the diagnosis, he told me what was wrong and gave me the keys, then promptly left with a friend that was awaiting him. Right after I pulled off in my car, something was awfully wrong. The idle RPMS was sitting at almost 2K RPMS on a cold start and would come to about 1500-1900RPMS the entire time. As I was driving while hitting the gas you could hear what sounded like was a vacuum leak somewhere and car has some minor lost power. I call Earl immediately after, but he was already gone from the shop; Earl told me to just bring it in first thing in the morning. I bring the vehicle back to Earl on 10/21/25 a day later and present to him what had sounded like a vacuum leak. He was quick to check into but also VERY QUICK TO DENY RESPONSIBILITY. I told him that the vehicle was 110% not like this when I had brought it in and they definitely may have knocked a hose or two loose or something. They first told me they would not doing anything like that, and wanted to run a smoke down test in-front of me to check for vacuum leaks. I was told by Earl, they only took off the air intake boot to access the throttle body to spray carb cleaner and there's absolutely no way they caused any of the issues presented. They run the test, and there shows no leaks from the smoke. They also run a brake clean spray to see if it will choke the RPMs down (another method to check for vacuum leaks). We go for a couple of test drives back and forth, the mechanic that Earl has working for him, poor guys age is catching up to him and cannot hear a huge vacuum leak for his life. Earl claims to hear it as well, but cannot figure out what it is. Earl first blames the brake booster, and is adamantly asserting that he or his shop did not cause this. ***Earl THEN DISCOVERS A MISSING connection on my VSV, but the old mechanic claims it won't cause any vacuum leaks or noises and just caps it off.***. They then proceed to say the noise and high RPMS is an exhaust leak and show me where it is leaking. You can see exhaust smoke coming out the pipe right below the manifold but I wouldn't say it was sufficient enough to be causing such a vacuum leak noise. They adjudicate the issue is an exhaust leak, therefore, they did not cause it and cannot fix it anyways. It is worth mentioning I am not by any means a mechanic. I am what you call a garage monkey. I understand some concepts, but no way am I to be at the SUPPOSED level these guys are at. I have my doubts so I go home and take apart the air intake boot and further inspect the throttle body. There it is, lo and behold a vacuum line disconnected from the throttle body that was suppose to be connected the VSV. To summarize everything , Earl is a truthfully a honest guy it seems, but is seemingly incompetent on the work and guys working for him do rushed, shoddy, crude, messy work. It's not hard taking off an air intake boot and reconnecting all necessary hose lines back. Paid $95 for some problems they claim they didn't cause and don't believe the customer, ONLY to take it back home and undo the bad work they did. Crazy stuff and would not go back. Be wary of what you're doing here.

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