Fast and friendly service! Brought my car in because it was making a funny rattling vibration,…read moresound while in motion... turned out to be a simple fix on undercarriage / heat shield. If you're looking for a trustworthy mechanic, I'd highly recommend Lorenzo and his automotive shop .

Great shop, Mechanics were attentive and they kept me informed the entire time they were more…read morereasonable than any other place I called around they went through my Tahoe and took care of all the fluids and breaks to make sure it was in tiptop shape they were pleasant and great to work with

Apex Automotive has been my go-to for both repairs and routine oil changes, and the experience has…read morebeen consistently great. Angel, the owner, is very knowledgeable and always takes the time to clearly explain what work is being done and why. There's no confusion or guesswork--just straightforward, honest communication. He's also very accommodating when it comes to scheduling. It's clear he takes pride in his work and genuinely cares about his customers. Finding a shop you can trust isn't easy, but Apex Automotive has definitely earned that trust.

Brought my 2015 Ford Explorer in for an oil pressure switch and connector. Angle took care of me…read moreright away -- honest, helpful, and got the job done. Great experience. Highly recommend Apex for anyone in the Ceres/Modesto area looking for a trustworthy shop.

First gave me estimate of 225.00 for serpentine belt and antifreeze flush. On the second day tries…read moreto tell me 2450.00 but I said I'm on my way cause I knew exactly what was wrong with car. Then I go down there and says he was wrong, then on 3rd day for a job that should have been a couple of hours took 3 days and because had to change other belt, keep in mind I supplied parts & antifreeze price $430.00! Yes $200.00 More than what we agreed to. And after took my car to get smog they noticed battery cables were not tighten at all!!! 3 days and 200 more than what he said and tried to get 2450.00 DO NOT GO THERE

This review is overdue..my apologies. In September 2024 we were stranded 2 hours from home visiting…read moreour family. Nasser was amazing! I'm disabled and we are on a fixed income. He inspected our car and noticed that our ac compressor was very new but wasn't properly done by our previous mechanic. He recommended for us to go back to our mechanic since the part would be still under warranty and would save us the cost to redo the repair all over again. He helped us get tow service to get home safely. He went above and beyond to help us. We owe him so much and are soo grateful. Highly recommend this shop. They are very honest and kind. They very much live up to their shop name. Thank you so much!

OCTOBER 19, 2025 UPDATE After all of my phone calls to him…read morefor car advice and no matter how annoying I can be, Frank has never once lost his patience with me. Frank holds high standards of service, knowledge and hard work and he insists on the same for his employees. His prices are fair, he's honest and his education is extremely impressive. After I totaled my car frank helped me choose one without hesitation (probably because I kept bringing my choices to him only to have him say NO YO ). After more than a decade of trusting my car and safety with Gateway and thanks to Franks help ... I finally purchased a new car and it Looks like I'll be a loyal customer forEVER The shop is open Mon thru Fri and his prices remain very fair. END UPDATE For years I have been able to rely on and trust the staff of Gateway Automotive. Today when my car died outside of the library I called the shop and Ryan assured me that if I towed it over they would take care of it so I did. I was immediately greeted by the staff and Ryan went straight to work. The problem was diagnosed and repaired in less than 2 hours. He was direct, accurate and incredibly helpful. I am grateful for his hard work. The entire staff is friendly, knowledgeable and professional. I ALWAYS recommend this shop for the fact that they've never been wrong and have always been honest. Many times I've sent my friends to Gateway for second opinions and nearly every time their diagnosis was on point and way more affordable. It's hard to find an honest mechanic in this town... Gateway fills that need

I have a lot of empathy for the young guys working at this facility. Unfortunately, I was there…read moreuntil 6 PM because somebody quit and my car was pushed to the end of the line even though I arrived at 7:45 AM. Why is the owner not supervising these young technicians? They have very little experience and should be supervised by experienced in licensed mechanics. When I picked up my vehicle, the alignment seemed way off. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the work they performed, but they certainly took the two front rims and tires off the vehicle. All I can tell you is my steering wheel was jiggly back & forth driving over 60mph. As a result, I have to take my suv to a tire shop for a wheel alignment. Another $100 bucks.

I am a very satisfied customer and would like to say that I was treated with kindness and…read moreprofessionalism at this office. I would highly recommend to friends and family . The service was not long at all to fix my brakes. I will definitely come back for any car service I need to have taken care of.

I sent out a quote request through Yelp for a full round of fluid services and a serpentine belt…read morereplacement on my Tacoma, and Innovation Motors was the first to respond. From that first message, everything went smoothly. Ernesto was knowledgeable, helpful, and easy to talk to throughout the process. I had already purchased OEM fluids and parts from Toyota, and he gave me credit toward the service, which I really appreciated. The price wasn't just reasonable -- it was outstanding. It beat every other quote I received, including Toyotech, Apex, and Toyota Modesto. He even showed me the parts they removed and a video of how dirty the differential fluid was. Innovation Motors was the clear choice. Highly recommended.

***UPDATE: rear main seal was never changed, still OEM gasket. So they lied, never did any work…read more Congrats on taking our hard earn American Dollars you scum.*** THE TWO STARS ARE ONLY FOR THEIR PRICING BUT THEIR PRICING ALSO SHOWS THEIR SHITTY ASS WORK. SO TAKE IT AT FACE VALUE!!!! Took my Suburban in for an oil leak, the owner said with confidence "It's your rear main seal" - alright let's fix it. $642.40 later, my trucks still leaking. Took it back, they said "oh it's a oil pan leak, well cover it cuz it was our mistake." The son had a LITTLE puff in his chest when my husband went back to pick my truck up. Had attitude and acted like he wanted to step toe to toe with husband over being (RIGHTFULLY) annoyed with them giving him the run around. Now here the FUN part. My husband knows my truck, his truck and our cars. He fixes them, he does all the work, major or minor if it permits with his work schedule! But With his new job and commuting, he didn't have time to devote to my truck, so he caved to take it in to this company because it's walking distance from our home & their price was TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. Basically, we shelled them 642.40 to do absolutely nothing but give us the run around and essentially tell my husband he's dumb and doesn't understand mechanics. insert eye roll here. If you want to waste your money and be belittled by an insecure son of the owner, take your cars here. If you want quality work, go ANYWHERE else!! I'll be taking my truck back out to Brentwood to our very trusted mechanic/friend, Luis to actually fix my oil leak. Now he's a 5 star trusted business, this one. Hell no! STEER CLEAR!!!!!

Do not recommend this mechanic shop all they do lies. And I guarantee a backyard mechanics better…read morethan his place. My bad experience was I carried my vehicle to get two broken exhaust manifold bolts out. He ended up drilling all over the place, fucking up the threads, and then putting drill holes on the side of the block, it took me a week to get my vehicle back after I let him know that I was going to the courthouse to file papers against him for holding my vehicle. After I asked him to stop doing what he's doing.

Took our Corolla to Alex Auto repair who was recommended by a friend so we thought we can Trust him…read morewe asked our friend since we don't know of any shops in Modesto area, Alex gave us this story that he only uses Toyota products and said just alternator can be up to $500 dollars among other parts like replacing coil packs he said was included, he called us two days later saying he test drove and car was ready it was pouring rain, we picked up car it didn't even make it few miles before it was overheating and died out on freeway in fast lane we called him and told him we're on side road didn't offer any help we had to pay for a tow truck to take it back, after tow truck arrives to his shop is when he claims it was the Alternator which we just had a complete check on car from Toyota dealer he again lied and said it was alternator that caused the breakdown again saying he uses only Toyota parts we left car there he called next day said car was ready but needs a transmission now, car ran perfect before taking it to him no shaking even with blown head gasket, we actually believed him was another lye after we picked up car paid him no problem I had my daughter drive it she was not happy with the work, we took it to a certified shop and they took a look and said Hey these are not Toyota parts !!! He said he only used Toyota witnessed by 3 people his word we ran the numbers on the labels none of the parts were Toyota they were from local auto store but charged full price for them charging my daughter $650 for junk parts we called him and told him he tipped us off!! A friend of ours went to get our money that he returned knowing he did us wrong without a fight he paid us back if we didn't look under hood or if it was another person who didn't know better he would have got over Big-time this guy is a Crook... .now car still Not running right he no longer answers our calls he never replaced coil packs like he said with installation of engine and car runs Horrible!! After calling numerous times I showed up in person and he denied ever saying anything about replacing parts 100% lied in my face and closed his shop door this is a Warning for anyone using this place he is not a honest man and now her car runs Horrible after over 4k spent this man has no pride in his work and does not stand behind his work just like another review says he will not pick up calls once he's paid Zero stars for this lyer who tried to pull a fast one. We hope he replies to this because it's not over we will proceed with action and hope this man doesn't rip off another person he didn't want to give receipts and pointed to cash only sign because he's a crook and don't stand behind his work and he got caught by us running numbers on label of parts he installed we are going to take action and we will post the final results here win or lose ! He feels since he returned the cash he ripped us off with and now thinks that it's ok to not repair the car right and just closed door to his shop and will not pick up his calls my daughter saved money for long time just to get ripped off by a shady shop that we cold busted him he's denying he ever said anything a complete lie to our face now we are here with car running horrible and were told not to repair until this will be settled . Anyone would like any more details please don't hesitate to contact me so I can let you know his ways we will be seeing him soon and hope we can get this resolved and hope we're the last people he gets over on , his cash only no receipt dirty ways back fired because we checked his work. And we will come and post final results here. Please beware of Alex Auto repair he is a lyer and deserves everything life has gave him No Pride please reply with more lies you got caught and need to be audited for your no receipt cash only only to rip people off and deny your Word I believe in Carma and I hope he gets what he deserves for being a lying shop owner who got busted ! Like I said anyone will like to email me with any questions before using Alex auto repair please feel free...and yes please Alex reply with more lies no shop would hand you back $680 dollars without hesitation only if you know you got caught!!!! Stay away from this place..

Was looking for a auto repair shop since I'm new to the area, decided to check Yelp since I didn't…read moreknow of any shops in the area. Well Alex did not disappoint. He was very personable, helpful, knowledgeable and informative. He called soon after we dropped off the car to tell us what the issue was (a part that the dealership mechanics neglected to correctly fix). Alex had the car fixed within 4 hours and was also very affordable. He is a no frills, honest, professional and affordable. We will definitely be back for other car service needs.

Came in on a Monday afternoon when they had zero customers and three workers, including a…read morereceptionist. I was on a time restriction, so I called ahead to make sure they could help. The receptionist told me they were empty and that removing a nail from my tire would take about five minutes. When we arrived, the receptionist was sitting in the waiting room on a personal phone call. She didn't acknowledge us at all for about five minutes. After she finally hung up, she helped us and said it would be closer to 10 minutes -- fine. What wasn't fine was what happened next. The man I assume is the owner stopped working on our car as soon as his friend walked in and started having a personal conversation with him. When he noticed we were clearly getting irritated, he said, "Two more minutes," then walked back into the garage with his friend. We eventually walked outside and saw him laughing, joking, and talking with his friend and the other employees instead of working on the car. A repair that we were told would take five minutes turned into almost an hour of waiting. To be fair, we paid $25 for the service, which isn't bad -- but the lack of professionalism and complete disregard for our time ruined the experience. One of my biggest pet peeves is when businesses don't respect their customers' time, especially after being told something very different upfront. Unfortunately, we won't be coming back.

I love these guys. Very competent, low key, honest. Tooks…read morecare of me when I had an unexpected vehicle event while travelling through Modesto. I would use them again in a heartbeat.

Excellent auto repair shop! I've had more cars than I can remember & LOVE when I find a…read moretrustworthy place with the talent to repair & maintain them. I will definitely be using Ceres :)

Great trust worthy auto shop. I walked in their shop they explained to me what was was going on…read morewith my car. They repaired it at a reasonable price.

I had Joseph detail my minivan this weekend. He did a really great job! He took his time and his…read morequality of work shows! My minivan looks amazing, even better than when I bought the car! Thanks!

Joseph did an outstanding job on my Camaro. It looks like brand new. I had a lot a little white…read moredots left from birds on top of the convertible top which is black and now it looks awesome. I totally recommend this young man.!!