I had a bad experience with this shop. I took my car in to get looked at for a whistling noise coming from engine compartment. We are selling this older car so we wanted a quote, if more than $250, we wouldn't get it fixed, I would sell it as a fixer upper. I made this clear from the beginning. First quote came in at $200 so I asked them to fix it. As it turned out that wasn't the correct fix. The second quote came in at $400 so I told them thanks for being honest but I don't want that work done. To their credit they didn't charge me the $250 for the original quote just $128 for some minor repairs.
As I drove my car home it wouldn't accelerate beyond 25 mph and there was a bad grinding noise coming from the engine along with the whistle. When I called I was told that is exactly how the car was driving before they began work on it which is not the case. I know for a fact there was just a whistle and the car easily accelerated to 80mph.
The more I talked with the repair shop it became clear to me they were upset I did not pay them the $400 to get the car fixed there. I understand they need to make money as they are a business but I made it clear from the beginning I would only spend up to $250 since I'm selling the car. He even made condescending comment about me looking up the car problem on google. I guess I was wrong about wanting to be informed.
Please be cautious when using this repair shop and maybe even document your cars problems before you leave your car with them. read more