Called and received a call back later in the day. Received a quote and Ray did a great job explaining what the process was. I appreciated the quote and he kept me up to date on the timeline for his visit. We highly recommend Ray for RV services as we just purchased as 2026 Brinkley, that needed a vent hole put in! Excellent service and fair price! read more

I'd stay away from Primitive RV/Marine in 2023. here's my experience: 14Feb requested an inspection quote for my 2017 MicroMinnie here on Yelp, declined the $499 plus $125 for 132-point inspection, Agreed to $350 for two hours of inspection notes from Ray. 07Mar appointment was at 10:00am, and when I arrived, the receptionist/desk guy did not know what type of RV I had, or what my appointment was for. Resolved the issue talking to the actual technicians and got some good info. Left travel trailer there and was told by the end of the week (4 business days) I would get inspected and then get the results that following Monday. 11Mar nothing heard all week, so I messaged on Yelp asking for an update. Was told Monday I'd get a call with info. 14Mar messaged again saying I hadn't heard back Monday or Tuesday. Was told there was a delay for pricing some parts and many employees didn't come to work. Will get the inspection report ASAP. "this isn't our usual experience, apologies" 15Mar again was told I would get the info by the end of the day. 16Mar I messaged again, asking what was going on. Was told the next morning my RV would be the first priority. 17Mar got a voicemail about the results, and 11:35am got a DocuSign via email with a $3,500 Work Order request. I chose to pick-up Monday morning to get another quote from another technician, since my travel trailer is a 2017 and only has 8,000 miles, mostly stored in the shade by an older couple before i bought it. 18Mar I asked if 11am was less chaotic for pick-up on Monday, but I never got a text back. 20Mar asked Monday at 10:00am again if 11:00am would work. Picked-up trailer and after my credit card was charged, it was $364 instead of the agreed no-tax $350. it truly was the icing on the cake; getting charged a fee (credit card fee? not sure, since it was never brought-up, and i later saw it on the receipt). Ray/Timothy at the end of all of this did not even offer to help me exit the packed parking area, unsurprisingly. He just acted like this was how it was, industry-wide. Because of all the clusterf***, I asked for a discount on the bad experience, and Ray/Timothy said it wasn't possible and made many excuses. I mentioned that competitor Top Notch RV does a complimentary lube while the wheels/hubs are already off: "a pre trip inspection is $278. That's 2 hours for me to go over your entire electrical system, appliances, plumbing, perform a gas leak test, roof inspection and do a general once over of your entire trailer. If you would like your bearings re-packed and brakes cleaned and adjusted which I highly recommend being done every year especially if you're going on a big trip it's $350" Primitive could easily clean/pack the bearings and clean/adjust the brakes while the hubs are off during the inspection, but i'm not sure even the $500 "Full Inspection" includes this. Mostly, I feel taken advantage of because I was super lenient and accommodating, but basically I paid $364 for my camper to be gone for almost 2 weeks, and for the techs to tell me that the tires and brakes are totally bad and unsafe. I took the camper to my local tire shop (Ron's in Tempe AZ) and they had the bearings and brakes cleaned/adjusted/lubed within a day for $250 total, and said the date of the tires and brakes isn't the only metric for safety (my tires aren't dry-rotted at all, but Primitive wanted to charge me for 4 new tires and 4 new brake hubs with parts costs double of what their competitor Top Notch quoted me. Also of note, Primitive RV doesn't have any certified/master RVIA/etc. technicians. Ray/Timothy claimed this was because people who are certified inspectors can't do the actual repairs after an inspection. This seems strange, since all the other companies around Phoenix quoted me for both inspections and repairs. I think he was trying to use some word trickery about when using RV comprehensive insurance, but I wasn't using insurance. 2/5 stars, would not do business with them again. I'll be leaving this review on other sites as well, which I rarely do (want to prevent other people from getting poor customer service and wasted time). Super let-down. I blocked Ray/Timothy here on Yelp, but I'm sure he/Primitive will post the usual excuses below this when my review hits. My guess is there will be something about being "a little confused" about my bad review, since I declined the full inspection (this is irrelevant to my argument about customer service and fraudulent attempts to fleece me out of new brakes and tires for no reason). He'll probably claim the tires are from 2015 and the brakes are from 2016, which according to some publication are 'unsafe' (yet my local shop said there's no dry-rot and they are fine for another year with tons of tread/pads). I'm sure he'll claim they went "above and beyond" to make sure I got what I needed, and they gave me lots of good info (this is also irrelevant to my complaints of double-priced parts and 13 days). read more

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Came back eight months later after experiencing electrical problems coming from inadequate cooling of the solenoid. Ray and Brian were familiar with the cause, and appropriate remedy. I was advised that it would be a labor intensive fix due to the rv design. I went ahead with their recommendation, and one week later the electric problem was fixed. Ray thoroughly and patiently answered all my questions. The shop is not fancy, but if you can drop your rv off, and have a little patience it's worth it. read more

We had a leaf spring break just outside of Phoenix while heading to California for Christmas. It was the Saturday before Christmas and we were stuck at a truck stop. We called over 10 companies and either no one was answering, or not working on the weekend, didn't provide mobile service or just didn't do axle type work. Talk about frustration. Then we reached Ray at Primitive RV... Ray was amazing. He communicated with us throughout that day and into the next week when we were able to schedule he and his expert mechanic (sorry forgot his name) to come to where we we had found a spot at an RV Park in Goodyear. The job took them most of the day but they stayed and got the job done so we could get back on the road and get to California by Christmas. What a tough time of year to get someone to service your rig but Ray and his mechanic we're wonderful; they know RV's and do excellent work. Thanks Ray and team y'all were awesome. read more

This business is appropriately named. We drove 35 miles each way and spent 3 hours waiting for a Winnebago part to fix a cracked "T" plastic all male pipe fitting. They couldn't find the actual part from their suppliers so they offered a brass T with all female threads that was laughably wrong. A quick Google search found plenty of these $3.59 fittings in stock from multiple suppliers. Complete waste of time. For the rest of our trip we will be hauling water in jugs, so their "primitive" standard has been upheld. read more