These guys are awesome. Great price , quality work and they back up their work. Highly recommended!read more

Had my brakes fixed here recently. They were able to get me in the same day I called, fixed it…read morequickly, and charged me a very fair price. Max was super helpful and kind, definitely recommend the place and will be going back for future repairs.

This review is long overdue! - These guys have always came through for my fleet of vehicles; as a…read moreBusiness Owner I need my vans to be up and running and not only service, and customer satisfaction is great but the are reliable. I don't have to second guess about what was done and most importantly they give me options. There is no pressure, they are professionals and they ae my consultants! If anyone asks me me where to go and why it's always Merlin's AURORA. Thank you to the entire team. *And yes I just went there today to pickup my vehicle and love HOW smooth it is to drive!**

My husband took our car in for a simple oil change. We didn't get our car back when we should have,…read moreso we called and asked what was going on. They said they had taken it out for a test drive to see if they could figure out a noise the car was making. Another hour and a half later, close to closing time, they called to tell us that while driving our car the 20 or so feet from their work bay to a parking spot, our car's ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP AND WAS NON-FUNCTIONAL. They tried to play it off like it wasn't their fault and said they'd "help us" by finding a used engine at a junkyard (of equal mileage, approx 77K) and installing it. Took them about a month to do so. They gave us a 6 month warranty on the "junkyard" engine and free oil changes. Needless to say, they screwed us. Our car now reads 88K miles EVERY time we check the mileage on a mechanics machine, our air conditioning was never charged on the new engine, our spark plugs are crap, and our alternator needs to be replaced. Basically, they managed to render our car useless/destroyed during a SIMPLE OIL CHANGE. Andrew, the manager, said he would "help us out"... the car is now worth nothing for a trade-in because of their BS. My husband is a nice guy who had recently been through a bypass operation, and Andrew and the owner took advantage of his being nice and not one to make a fuss. DO NOT TRUST this place, DO NOT patronize them! I don't know how they did it, but they seized up our engine and destroyed our vehicle without a real care in the world about what they had done. My husband and I BOTH FEEL USED AND ABUSED. We own the car, and now our property is basically useless for driving or a trade-in. An oil change at this Merlin might seem like a good deal, and cheaper than a dealership would charge, but it's NOT WORTH IT. If they screw up your car during a simple oil change and seize the engine, they WON'T "make it right". They'll "fix" it as cheaply as they can and leave you screwed. STAY AWAY FROM THIS MERLIN AT ALL COSTS!!!

They were able to do all the routine maintenance and get me back on the road. They were transparent…read morewith their pricing and listed the items I needed to fix immediately and what could wait. The car runs like a DREAM! Thank you Honest-1!

My exhaust starting getting loud. I come to find out that my exhaust had rusted NEAR the flex pipe…read morewhere it attached to the y-pipe. Honest-1 (the District Manager) tells me that there is a "hole IN my flex pipe" and that the y-pipe is in really bad condition. He tells me that instead of paying $637, I should replace the y-pipe as well because it's not going to last me and I should just pay the $700. He told me I should make an appointment to get it done asap. He kept asking me "how about tomorrow", "how about Thursday"... I asked him to show me the hold in my flex pipe, but he wouldn't. I wasn't feeling to good about this. When I walked in to Honest-1 Auto Care (Ogden and Eola in Aurora), I immediately got a bad vibe. Can't really place it, but my gut felt something wasn't right about this place. Now, I'm female and over 50....don't know too much about cars but my gut had a feeling that because, 1) they would NOT take me to look under my car when I asked them (when they had it up in the air) and 2) the jargon they started mumbling about, trying to confuse me, felt off. I attached a picture of the real problem with my car. DO. NOT. GO to Honest-1. Had I not had that gut feeling and went with them, I'd be out a whole lot of money. They should change the name of their damn business!!! Epilogue: I took my vehicle to a place in Lombard for an estimate on referral from a friend. This auto care that I went to in Lombard took me under my car and showed me exactly what was wrong. He told me that the flex pipe did NOT have a hole in it and it just needed welding. He also showed me the y-pipe, which was in great condition as well. It ended up costing me $180! Please, save yourself some money - do not go to them - and I know the name is attractive and all, but they were all about the money.

Recommend! We had a gasket leak and needed a new belt tensioner. The office staff is very kind,…read morecourteous, and knowledgeable. The technicians know what they are doing and get the job done well and promptly. Pricing was fair for the work and time it took. We will definitely be back!

I have taken my car to Advanced several times and always had good service at a decent price.read more

I feel bad writing this updated review because I have mixed feelings about PW Auto Clinic. (Know…read morethat many of the reviews here are for the previous business at this location - The Car Clinic). The steering wheel power telescoping feature on my 2013 Ford F150 failed. I took it to PW Auto Clinic and when I explained the problem in plain English what the problem was, the mechanic simply couldn't understand what I was talking about. I explained the problem repeatedly but he didn't understand what I was saying even though it was simply that the power steering wheel would not telescope. Even so, I got an estimate for $1,300. (Plus $150 for the diagnosis for a total of #1,450.00) I contacted the manager and he said to bring it back in so he could check it out himself. I had informed him that I found out that the mechanism can jam and sent him a link to a video that described how to fix the jam. He then sent me a video clip of him loosening a nut to free up the jam but it was clearly the wrong nut - the one for the tilt feature which works perfectly, not the telescoping feature. But he thought that the telescoping motor was burned out and needed to be replaced because it pulled a lot of amperage. But pulling high amperage can also mean that it's just jammed. I pointed that out to him but he never responded. By then, I had lost confidence in PG Auto Clinic So I took the truck to BSG Automotive in Yorkville. We went out to breakfast while they looked at the truck. I returned within an hour and my truck was in the parking lot already and the diagnosis was completed. In less than an hour, they did the following: They removed the telescoping motor and tested it. It was hot. So they put it in a freezer to cool it down but when they bench tested it, it heated up again and the bi-metallic circuit protector tripped so they knew the motor was, indeed, bad. But if PW Auto Clinic just replaced it would have burned out again because the root of the problem was that the mechanism was jammed. BSG then (all in less than one hour) removed the entire mechanism, freed it up so it's working perfectly again and re-installed it and the bad motor temporarily and ordered a new motor. The total parts and labor cost is $700 not including the $100 diagnosis fee. Bottom line: Diagnosis was $50 less than PW Auto Clinic and the repair cost $600 less. On top of that, PW Auto Clinic misdiagnosed the problem and, again, if they had just replaced the motor, it would have burned out again because the root cause was the jammed mechanism that I suggested was the root cause of the motor failure. BSG did a full and detailed diagnosis in less than one hour and fixed the root cause of the problem. When the manager sent me the video of him working the wrong nut, I texted him to let him know it was the wrong nut. He didn't reply at all. I didn't like that and it felt like he was giving me the proverbial finger. That's when I decided to take the truck somewhere else and I'm glad I did. BSG was incredibly fast and thorough, they found the root cause of the problem and they are charging much less for the job. I used to recommend the Car Clinic to everyone but I can't confidently do that now since it's PW Auto Clinic based on my experience with them. (Again, keep in mind that some of the Yelp reviews for PW Auto Clinic are for The Car Clinic previously at the same location.) On the other hand, everyone I talked to at PW Auto Clinic was very nice. Too bad the mechanic couldn't understand the problem. Too bad they misdiagnosed the problem and too bad they charged me 50% more for the a misdiagnosis and would have charged me $600 more to replace the motor which probably would have burned out again because they didn't find the jammed mechanism while BSG found it immediately and fixed it during the diagnosis. I'm saving $650.00 total by having BSG do the repair (correctly) rather than PW Auto Clinic. It's also too bad because PW Auto Clinic is right down the road from me and it would be great to have a competent auto repair place so close by. In fairness, PW Auto Clinic might do fine work for other types of repairs but they failed with this one and they were going to charge much more for the repair than BSG is charging me to fix the problem correctly. That price difference alone tells me to look elsewhere in the future.

Had a couple of issues with my car and had to bring it in wondering what was wrong. Trent one of…read moretheir key technicians looked it over and fixed everything wrong with my car. It's not easy trying to find a great mechanic but it's also not easy to find have great customer service to go along with it. I strongly recommend PW Auto Clinic for your car needs because they are know what their doing, but have great customer service.

Bad brakes. They inspected and estimated the job. Crystal said what they were gonna do. And then…read morethey did what they said. Breaks are doing great, now!

Great customer service and advice from Craig and his staff. Despite being short today on staffing…read moreCraig handled the challenges with superior service.

They recommended several maintenance items of which i was unaware. I was able to select the ones…read moreinfelt were high priority.

I have been taking my family's cars to this location for over 20 years. During that time there have…read morebeen multiple different managers. On my last visit, one of the technicians drove my car off of the property and didn't return for 5 minutes. (this never occured on any of my previous visits) When i asked about this, I was told this practice is "standard procedure". When I commented that this never happened in the past 20+ years, I was told they did it wrong in the past. I have used other oil change companies in the past. My cars were never driven off of the property. I will not use Tuffy Tire and Auto in the future.

I came here via a Groupon for a wheel alignment. Groupon had a spring special coupon so got a 4…read morewheel alignment for under $130. Picked it up online around 5pm It was easy to set up the appointment online via the DuPage Auto website. Had an appt for the next morning at 10am. The shop waiting area is clean and has tables so you can work or do whatever. My car was taken in pretty quickly after I checked in. The service appointment took just under 90 minutes. Checkout was a breeze with the Groupon barcode. Drive the car for a while before posting this. The alignment is great. Highly recommend! Great service, great price. No add ons or hidden added charges. A+++

These guys are the best. Quick, honest, efficient and the best quality. We've been going to them…read morefor years and will continue going to them.