DO NOT GO TO THIS BUSINESS!!! I SUED THE OWNER AND WON, AND HE STILL HASN'T PAID ME MY MONEY.!!!
My experience with this place has been one drawn-out headache of almost a year and a half. I came to Dave when my 2000 CR-V's transmission started acting up. He agree to do a rebuild for $2500 with a 5yr/50,000 mile warranty. At this time I thought he was a good guy, because he was friendly and showed me all the parts he fixed. But the day after he had finished the job and I had paid, my car stopped, the check engine light came on, and the car had to be towed back to the shop. He told me it was a faulty torque converter, and replaced it. The next day the car started shuddering and stalled again. The car went back into the shop for almost 3 weeks, as Dave said he was trying to figure it out. During that time, he let a mutual friend of ours drive my car for 3 days without my knowledge. I found out about this, and was pissed that the car was being driven when the newly rebuilt transmission was already showing some damage. Dave later admitted that this outing "most likely hurt the transmission again," yet was unwilling to take responsibility for the damage that was caused. Instead he ignored my concerns and decided to try putting in a new control module. This of course fails the next day, and I have serious doubts about Dave's workmanship. I went into the shop to demand my money back under the warranty. Dave got angry, started yelling and storming around the shop, and was slamming things down on the desk. I was expecting litigation at this point and recorded this temper-tantrum, in which Dave's admitted that he didn't know what he was doing, that he would not honor the warranty, nor would he admit fault for giving away keys. He offered to fix the car once again, but I left after his outburst with no confidence that he could do anything with Honda's. After that I took the car into Ed's Transmission to check the work, and they found a tranny fluid leak and problems with the mounts. I called Dave one more time to make him fix these problems- the next day the car dropped to 2nd gear at 60 miles an hour on the highway. I took it back to Ed's again, and they told me to get down to the shop with my camera. They told me to look under the car, where I found the same transmission fluid leak, and also an array of parts that were now missing nuts and bolts. He had even welded my exhaust pipe. It was complete laziness- it looked like he took everything apart, lost some bolts, and just said fuck it.
I had been anticipating taking this asshole to court, and I won a month ago. He owes me $2500, for which he had 30 days to pay. I still have not seen any money from him. I am out a car and money that I had saved for months. Every bad review on here is true. Dave does shoddy work and does not know how to fix cars other than BMW's. I question if he's ever honored a warranty. He seems nice at first, but his angry outbursts are scary and unwarranted. Take your business elsewhere. read more
