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    Middlesex Auto Center

    5.0 (2 reviews)
    Open • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Services - Middlesex Auto Center

    Routine automotive maintenance

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    5 months ago

    Honest quality auto care . I have been a customer for 25 years . It is a family business on their third generation

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    Fine Tunes

    Fine Tunes

    (11 reviews)

    Jay has been my mechanic for nearly 14 years now. When I was a broke grad student, he repeatedly…read morewent above and beyond to help me keep my car running on a shoestring. When I couldn't afford to do things the normal way, he could usually find a way to do it with wire and some electrical tape. Once, he spent at least an hour (which he didn't bill me for) calling multiple salvage yards to find me an exact match for my bumper, because he knew I couldn't afford a paint job, and he didn't want me to have a mismatched color. And his staff are just as skilled, friendly, and honest as he is. If you're looking for a free Keurig bar and nice carpets, move along. This is not a chain or a dealership. It's a good old fashioned oily workshop with broken-in chairs and faded signage. The kind of place you can relax and trust you're in good hands. Pro tip: Don't be scared to make a follow-up phone call. They're a small shop without a secretary.

    Unfortunately, not a very good experience here, at all. Shoddy work and no response from Jay…read moreregarding the problems with the dash cam he installed; when I had originally inquired of service, I said I had a hard deadline to leave the state for a work contract and was told no problem, the job would only take him a few days. The following week I dropped my truck off on schedule and 2 weeks later the job not was still not done, he handed me the rear cam he did not install saying "maybe I could find someone to install it in CA when I arrived"; the backup camera he installed is calibrated about 8 inches off to the left (which i mentally account for now every time I back up) and the wiring from under the dash continues to fall out when I drive bc it was not re-installed properly after he swapped out the $new sound system$ with the apple-car screen that was "necessary" to use backup camera. Such a shame, I handed him nearly $2K and am left with nothing but problems (oh, and the dash cam drains my battery and I have ended up with a dead battery on more than one occasion 3,000 miles from home, but he can't remember if there was a low-voltage cut off to the cam he hardwired to the fuse box)... Bummer for me. Won't be back to CT for 5 more months so I can't even go back in person and Jay has not responded with information on the manufacturer of the product so I can try to figure out how to disconnect it so I don't end up needing a new battery, I'm about to rip the dam thing off the windshield and tear out the wiring and throw the whole damn thing out in the trash. disappointed and puking out my hard-earned $$

    Hometown Garage - Auto Repair in Portland, CT

    Hometown Garage

    (14 reviews)

    Jessica, John + the team are incredibly wonderful to work with. This is the place to go for a…read morecommitted staff, quality work, honesty + friendly service. What else could you ask for?

    I decided to take a chance & bring my car to Hometown after someone recommended them to me because…read morethey are closer than the mechanic that I normally go to (he is great & I never have to spend a fortune with him). I had them look at my car because I've been hearing a loud cracking/creaking sound coming from the front. They look it over & told me it was my struts & shocks. I paid over $1,800 to get them replaced. When I picked my car up, it was still creaking; same sound. I let them know & they told me to come by & take a ride with one of the mechanics. He heard the noise clearly within the first 5 seconds of me driving it. I brought it back for them to look at & they told me that they "accidentally" put the wrong part in my car. They then replaced it with the correct part; great. When I picked my car up for the second time, the same loud cracking/creaking sound was happening. After I sent videos to them from my dash cam (which has the date & time on it) and from my phone of me pulling into my driveway (both in which you can clearly hear the LOUD creaks) I went to the shop and spoke with Jess. I told her that I was extremely upset and frustrated because I just paid almost 2k to get work done on my car that it didn't need. She was very sweet & we worked out a full refund. I will give them credit for that because the situation was handled very well. They knew that I would not be bringing my car back to them and had plans to go to my main mechanic to get it fixed. They told me "We really would love to know what the issue is with it. Please keep us updated when you find out. We are so so sorry about our mistake". Considering how well they handled the situation & how kind they were to me about it, I decided to give them another chance to listen to the sound & get the issue fixed. I dropped my car off for them to look at yesterday. While my car was getting looked at for the third time, I ask them for a quote for a battery replacement on my boyfriends car (the one I have been driving while mine is in the shop) because it won't start without being jumped. They sent me a quote. I accepted & they told me to bring it to them this morning at 8 AM to get it replaced. They texted me a couple hours later about my car, telling me that they heard noises coming from the back & a slight noise coming from the front & I would again need to drive with a mechanic so I could "mimic" the noise. They told me "We had 4 people drive your car & no one heard the creaking". Feeling very frustrated yet again because everyone that I drive with hears the noise and they were heard clearly in the videos, I called my main mechanic and told him about the issue. He immediately reassured me and mentioned a couple things that could be causing it, which Hometown never even thought to look at. I decided to text them back & thank them again for looking at my car, but told them that I would not be going through them to get this problem fixed. I asked them to leave the key in my car (I had my fob to unlock it) & I would be there after work to pick my car up & be back at 8 AM today with my boyfriends car to get the battery replaced as planned. They responded with "ok." When I went to pick my car up from their lot after work, my car was UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY INSIDE. That is extremely frustrating & upsetting especially with the amount of car break ins in Portland recently. Regardless, I still showed up this morning with my boyfriend's car to get the battery replaced because he needs it done. When I walked in the door, the owner looked shock. I told him that I was here to get the battery replaced. He said to me "I know what you're here for. I just didn't think you were going to show up" even though I told them I would be there in the morning. He then processed to tell me that he is not going to change the battery in my boyfriend's car because I was denying their services. He was extremely rude & basically accused me of trying to get free services from them. They were fine with giving me the refund & me bringing my car to a different mechanic to get the issue fixed at first, but since I brought my car back for a third time & ultimately decided not to have them work on it, they deny my boyfriend service just because I'm the one bringing his car in? They wasted my time by having me drive down this morning when they knew they had no intention of replacing the battery. I don't have any faith or trust in them to fix the actual issue with my car & was not going to give them any more of my money to fix something on my car that they think "might" be causing the noise. I do not recommend Hometown to anyone. Not only are their prices ridiculous, but the mechanics don't seem like they have any clue what they're doing. Stay away! The attached videos are from the night I picked my car up for the second time... after they put the correct part in my car. If they can't hear that noise when they drive it, they need to get their ears checked.

    Middlesex Auto Center - autorepair - Updated October 2026

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