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Halawa Automotive

2.0 (1 review)
Closed • 8:00 am - 7:00 pm

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Services - Halawa Automotive

Bumper repair

Collision repair

Auto customization

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Auto defroster tab repair

Dent removal

Auto general diagnosis

Auto noise diagnosis

Auto no-start diagnosis

Auto diagnosis or inspection

Auto exterior customization

Auto frame testing

Auto hail damage repair

Auto interior customization

Lift kit repair

Auto maintenance

Auto fluids and filters maintenance

Fuel system cleaning

Oil changes

Auto mirror repair

Auto mirror replacement

Paint and scratches

Vehicle painting

Auto repairs

Auto battery or electrical system repair

Auto brake repair

Auto exhaust repair

Auto light repair

Auto steering and suspension repair

Auto windows and mirrors repair

Rust damage repair

Suspension work

Rear-end damage

Auto battery and fluid recycling

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9 months ago

wants 450 for labor and an alignment. reached out to other high named companies and theyre charging no more than 300 for the same thing.

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Alex Auto Repair

Alex Auto Repair

(1 review)

Terrible, first time leaving a bad review…read more I thought why don't I support a local mom and pop. My brother had gone once to change winter tires here for $80, so I thought what's the harm for a tire change? Needed to change my winter tires to summer and I share one set of rims between the two. The past few years the cost for this at OTHER places was $50-80 for the same car. As you can see, I don't mind paying a bit more if it's convenient and easy. I take my car for maintenancem and service regularly at various places and never had this type of experience. I come in around 930am and he said it would take 30 mins. Great! He had a couple of customers come by shortly after me and he seemed friendly with them, so at this moment I felt safe leaving him to work on my car. Being cooped up inside for 5 weeks because of coronavirus, I decided to take a 15 min walk after he started changing the tires. As I came back, he started telling me about some issues my car/tires had. I told him I didn't want to change my brakes just yet, I don't have time to do anything other than the tire change. Politely asked him to just switch the tires. Then he started telling me my hubcap was missing on one tire and the other side is loose. I told him don't worry about it, I dont care about the aesthetics of the car, I just want to change the tires. I know that the car is running fine and doesn't have any issues atm. He then starts telling me I don't have two correct tire bolts. I told him, that's fine, I've been driving with it all winter and used these same ones all these years, told him if it's fits and it's been working, it should be fine. I've also changed the tires with a few separate shops, and none of them had any issues with the two non factory bolts. This man was just asking me wayyyy too many questions! Over an hour and a half goes by. He says one more thing! He tells me he CANNOT switch my forth tire from winter to summer because the tire sensor is broken. At this point, we go back and forth and I'm asking him at least 4-5 times, please just switch the forth tire as well. He refuses for safety reasons. Says I NEED the tire sensor to work. Tells me to get it from my dealership. To get some movement, I call my dealership, it's closed on Saturday due to covid-19. Call Canadian tire, in the end I couldnt get a tire sensor today. The mechanic refused to switch my forth tire due to one broken tire sensor, even after I asked him several times to just switch it. I've been driving ALL WINTER and the tire sensor has not once popped up on my dashboard. No issues, I know I take good care of my car. He tells me, just buy the sensor from your dealership and change your last tire with them too. He just wouldn't budge. I gave up, he wouldn't change it no matter what I said, so I'm now stuck with 3 summers and 1 winter. The alignment feels off and I feel like an idiot. It's long weekend and I can't take it to another shop until Monday/Tuesday. He goes to the cash and says I'll charge you for three tires, and says $105 cash. ............. MY MISTAKE. I made the rookie mistake for the first time in my life for not confirming the price with him before I accepted him to do the service. I thought mentioning my brothers name on the phone and in person would be enough for him to honor the same price he was given. I take ownership for not confirming that first. BUT $105 for three tires?! Really? I'm not even THAT mad about the price gouging. What is absolutely upsetting is that he did not switch all four tires. What type of place would put on three of your summers and put back one winter?! My summers and winters are in mint condition. The one broken tire sensor is not a dealbreaker, check anywhere on google/yt/guy friends that are familiar with cars. He should have still switched it for me. The other upsetting thing was that he wasted my TIME. My time is more precious than that little extra bit of money he scammed me for. What was supposed to take 30 mins took me 2 hours! I felt defeated, he had the demeanor of a nice man, but I had been duped for the first time in my life. He saw a new, young customer and he took advantage. Thought to share my personal experience with the yelp community or anyone online thinking about going to this place. Make of it what you will. It seems like this small shop has a loyal following (he said he has 500+ clients), but I cannot ever recommend this place to a new customer. I feel comfortable being honest about my 0 star experience because he has so many existing clients. It won't hurt his livelihood. He just lost what could have been a repeat client in me.

Ds Spotless Auto Detailing

Ds Spotless Auto Detailing

(1 review)

Wallace Emerson

Try your best to avoid this place…read more I was quoted $250, twice, several weeks apart, for a silver package detail plus polish for my 2013 Mustang. I even had texts from the owner confirming it. When I showed up for my appointment, they suddenly told me it would be $300 with no real explanation. That alone should've been a red flag, but I went ahead since I was already there. Two hours later, I get a call saying my car is ready. I show up, and from afar, it looks decently clean, but as soon as I got up close, it looked like they barely touched it. Streaks and smudges all over the entire car, worse on the windows, dirt still in multiple areas that were never even touched, and several more spots completely missed. It looked way more like a rushed basic wash, not a paid detail. It got to a point during my inspection where I grabbed a rag myself and started cleaning the car while an employee followed me around trying to fix things. That's how bad it was. I called the owner, and instead of taking responsibility, he said the car "wasn't finished" and that I shouldn't have been called yet, which just makes things worse. Why call me if the job isn't done? I then had to stand there for another hour while all six employees rushed to redo the work. Even after being told three separate times that it was "done," the results were still mediocre at best. In the end, I was charged nearly $350 plus tax for a job that I could've done better myself, a lot of which I did do myself. The only positive is that the staff were somewhat apologetic and aware of their mistake and tried their best to fix it. In the end the car looked a little better than when I got there but still far from what I would expect from a professional detailing service. Overpriced, disorganized, and poor quality work. I would not trust them with your car. P.S. I am in disbelief that they ever even polished my car, it looked exactly the same as when I hand wash it. However that seemed to be the least of my worries at the time.

From the owner: At D’s spotless auto we take pride and joy restoring your interior back to factory we take our time…read moreto remove all stains and bacteria, we steam clean all surfaces. We use organic PH products which is not only good for the environment but odour friendly for sensitive noses or children as well!

Halawa Automotive - bodyshops - Updated May 2026

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