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    Merv's Auto Repair

    4.3 (83 reviews)
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    Auto maintenance

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    Routine automotive maintenance

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    Rosie is smiling, she did not have to wait at Merv's.
    Walt O.

    Today's a day when bad things turn out Good! Got a flat tire on the Honda Civic. There was a screw in the tire. I took it to a tire dealer in Springfield. They wanted $36.00 to repair it. I said no thanks and took it to Merv's Auto where we have been taking our cars since 1995. They greeted me with a Hello Mr Okon. They stopped their work and immediately took Rosie's tire and repair it. "It was a No Charge when I tried to pay. Rosie and I love Merv's Auto. It is the best care repair shop in Virginia. A Bad thing made Good by Merv's team.

    Came in yesterday for an oil change . The ya rep the best ! Quick,friendly and affordable.
    Tamara W.

    I live in Arlington but my son and his coworkers recommended me to Merv's for an oil change and they are absolutely the best . Great customer service and straightforward pricing . I will be telling everyone I know to come here .

    Bushings from hell. Chk my report. Failure to do these cost me $1000 overall.
    Mark F.

    I hate to write this as I'm really shocked at the "F.U" treatment I received after years and years of patronage. Car shops have such bad reputations, you can't help but rejoice when you think you've found a "keeper". Until.... they prove that you're just a gullible stupid "punter" (punter=customer) and the cliché is proven true. We had been to Merv's for OVER 10 years and... he's done pretty well by us. To keep a long story short, we had the original VW factory Control Arm bushings replaced by Merv's at the end of 2013 (Odometer 142,201- original - they last a long time!) Not the Control Arm mind you - just the bushing/s - just enough to be confusing. Job quote $450+. (bushings cost approx. $30 - Control Arm WITH bushings $100) **Note: To replace the bushing you have to use a press and remove the whole Control Arm. It's a huge pain so just replace the whole fixture for $100 with bushings. It is a no brainer - see later** These rubber bushings are good for years - they're suppose to be replacing the original factory with 140K on them. 7,600 miles later (od 149,801) - we're buying new tires due to worn out bushings - the bushing that should be new are obviously still the originals seen back in 2013! After a while (month) I recall that the bushings should be new (paid $450+) from Merv's and return the car asking if he could complete the work probably missed in error. (Trusting eh!) (so we're running $750 at this point with $300 in front tires) He palms me off with "you've probably done a lot of miles" (8,289). He agrees to check it out and returns the car in few days (enough that you'd think they'd done something) and I like the loyal "idiot" punter takes his word and drive off. I'm "SO" trusting I don't bend to take a look (they're really easy to see)! I could kick myself. 3,363 miles later (od. 156,676) ANOTHER set of front tires ruined (yes - the original VW factory bushings/control arms are still on the car!) (Running $1050 now) Tires are usually good for 30-40,000 miles for those missing that. They never did the work - twice! (waved me out the door happy as clams - probably had a good laugh about it too) With this POS car we were there all the time - we felt like old friends turning up month after month --- so you realize how despised you must be for the complete "F Yu!"- just as long as you pay the bill and know s*** about cars and don't check the work. Happy ending: I ordered new control arms with bushings ($100) 1AAuto and installed myself in 90 minutes. Never done it before and with amateur tools Total: $1150 plus all the past hours at tire shops, awaiting Merv "repairs" and finally the D.I.Y. . Would it have killed them to do the job and keep me as a customer? Check the photos of my old bushings at supposedly 11k miles old. Do you think the work was done? Of course not because they're the original 1999 VW bushings from the factory - LOL - all the way to the bank! There's an yelp review I posted years back (filtered) so you can see how things can be. No, I do not recommend Merv's - anymore.

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    Always great service. Parking is an issue. When my husband went to get our truck thank goodness a worker came along and helped him out.

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    Very thorough and professional service. Merv was curious and was good at communicating with me along the way. Highly recommend!

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    4 years ago

    Merv's is a long time business in the Springfield area. Always helpful and willing to give a second opinion.

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    Replaced Toyota Abs traction control. Excellent service at a reasonable price. Very easy to work with. Highly recommend.

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    No complaints. Every time I have brought my car here the price is much less than the dealer and they fixed it right the first time.

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    I've had a lot of work done on two different vehicles here. In the summer of 2025, my Honda pilot…read moreneeded a new timing belt. When I got the car back after $5500 worth of work, it didn't seem to be running quite right. I gave it a little bit and then started noticing an oil leak. I brought it back in and they reluctantly agreed to keep it to look it over. I didn't get a call back so they next day I called them and they told me "oh, we found a slipped seal so we fixed it, nothing we did wrong". Ok, cool. But my car was still not acting right and felt like it wasn't getting enough gas or power at first start up. It literally stalled on me twice when I first started it shifting into park. . I brought it back again and after convincing them to take a look at it, they told me nothing was wrong with the vehicle. They basically told me that looking over it would be a waste of their time and that the computer system takes a little while to catch up once "that much work" is done on a vehicle. Ok. Well, I guess I feel after that extensive of engine work, it should not be stalling out on me without explanation. So no, I will not be going back and will not recommend this place. How disappointing.

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