If I could, I would give Tony 10 stars. As a female, I can't tell you how it feels to take your car somewhere and get taken advantage of. I had taken my car to Firestone on Monroe Rd. in Matthews to have my AC checked out. They did a recharge, but within a week it was blowing out hot air. I couldn't get back to see them that week. Dan Hogan, owner of Buster's Transmission, doesn't fix AC's but was able to check and confirm that the compressor was working. A few days later, I got back over to Firestone. They spent 1 hour checking out my car and came back with a quote for almost $1800 for a new compressor. I called them out on that and went home still without AC. I got on yelp and came across Tony and called him up to see if he could take a look at it. He was able to squeeze me in on a Friday afternoon. I spent 3 hours waiting for my car, but he confirmed what Dan had seen and that it was in fact charging. He did another recharge in addition to replacing a very dirty filter which was never mentioned at Firestone. Since then, I haven't had any issues and I will be back to give him more business. When I spoke to Tony on the phone, I was quick to trust him because he told me, "I treat every car that comes in here like it's my mother's and like it has a camera under the hood". I wonder how many times Firestone has pulled a fast one on me. Trust your gut and always get a 2nd opinion. Go see Tony or Dan. I trust them both and know that I will never be taken advantage of by them when it comes to my car maintenance or repairs.
On another note, Firestone sent me a survey after my 2nd visit. I laid it all out there for them and within 24 hours received a call from the store manager. He stated that the information was relayed to me incorrectly and that the compressor was on it's way to going out and needing to be replaced. He refunded my $20 that they had charged me to check it out and tried to reassure me that it was a mistake and had been addressed. I can reassure you that I will never, ever take my car back there and will also be leaving a review on their yelp page. read more