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Coastal Car Care

4.0 (4 reviews)
Closed • 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

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Auto brake repair

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Midas

(23 reviews)

I brought my car to this Midas for a significant fluid leak and left with a diagnosis of leaking…read morevalve cover gaskets and a full slate of other work--new tires, a stabilizer bar, and a control arm. The day after pickup, the car started jerking and bucking when I accelerated. I called right away and was told nothing about the repair could explain it. I continued on into a planned trip through Canada, and the problem never went away. When I finally had the car inspected at a Midas in Halifax, it took the technicians about twenty minutes to find a transmission line so deteriorated that part of it was missing entirely. When Halifax called Ellsworth to ask about it, Ellsworth confirmed their original diagnostic also picked up low transmission fluid and a possible issue with the line--but nobody told me at the time. I ended up paying for a valve cover repair that wasn't actually the source of the leak I came in for in the first place. The transmission still slips and has issues because they didn't disclose the issue, so I may still be on the hook for $6000 to $10000 for a transmission replacement. Because the part wasn't available in Halifax for a week, I was stuck in Canada far longer than planned and had to rent a car just to keep the rest of my trip from falling apart financially. To their credit, Ellsworth Midas did agree to cover the cost of the Halifax repair once the full story came out. But they haven't taken responsibility for the rental car or the extra week of costs that came directly from not telling me what they already knew. I also reached out to Mavis corporate consumer relations for help. The responses were slow and thin on detail -- I had to keep calling back myself just to get any kind of update, rather than being kept in the loop. I'm not writing this to pile on. The actual technical work may have been fine. But finding a serious issue during a diagnostic and not disclosing it turned a routine repair into a genuinely disruptive problem for my trip, and I think anyone considering this shop should know that.

Dustin in the Ellsworth location was super helpful. He test drove our car after determining that we…read moredid not need an alignment. He helped us diagnosis a separate unrelated issue. No charge! Helpful, friendly and our turn around time was under a few hours.

Bradford's Towing & Recovery

Bradford's Towing & Recovery

(10 reviews)

A huge "Thank You" to Clifton for saving our camping trip! Somewhere in Pennsylvania, on I-81, the…read morehorrible, terrible road conditions caused the frame on our 23 foot Coachmen Leprechaun to flex so badly it caused the air fitting on top of the Ride-Rite suspension to break, even though it is in a welded, protected space. After calling around, there was no one who could help us on a Friday, but one RV shop recommended calling Clifton. I am so glad we did! Explained the problem to him on the phone and he told me that he could definitely fix the problem. With the air bag empty, the ride was very bad and we were risking damage to the suspension. Got up early on Friday and drove the RV to Bradford Towing. Clifton looked over the problem and told us to leave it with him and when it was done, he would let us know. He wound up not only fixing the fitting, but making a big improvement to how it was protected and made a slight adjustment to the frame/suspension to hopefully prevent it from happening again. He did all this in half a day, did not cost us any downtime, and gave us an incredibly fair deal for all his work. Very impressed with the service we received and highly recommend this company without reservation. Mark Smith

Absolutely avoid this guy…read more A month or two back my girlfriend went off the road during the first snow we got. Insurance set up the tow, and apparently gave him the wrong address as they got it through GPS. He also went to the wrong vehicle and called her angrily asking where she was. Apparently it was less than a mile away. So he charged our insurance "double" for the "inconvenience". This alone would not warrant a bad review, however the rest of the experience did. He spent his entire time there berating and yelling at my girlfriend, telling her that she shouldn't be out, her tires were bad (I bought them myself, they had the best rating for Snow/Ice according to Tire Rack at the time). He said she shouldn't be driving at all period (insulting her driving skills), asked her if she knew left from right, and a bunch of other extremely unnecessary BS. There were 3-4 other vehicles off the road as well. So much so that a State Trooper came out and was trying to keep the scene safe because so many people had gone off. The state trooper even commented to my girlfriend that the driver was rude and that not all tow guys were like that. I just found out about all of that this morning. I will be telling every single person I know to NEVER use Bradford's towing just from this experience alone, and I will tell them the entire story about his unprofessional attitude. Oh, and it's not even a real tow truck, it's just a guy in a pickup with a winch.

Coastal Car Care - autorepair - Updated October 2026

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