I was on vacation 400 miles away from home when my van started bucking whenever I accelerated and slowed down. I was extremely stressed because dealing with vehicle problems was the last thing I wanted on my mind while trying to enjoy my vacation. I spent some time on Yelp reading reviews for several transmission shops before deciding to call Transmission Masters. One of the reasons I chose them was because they've been in business for more than 48 years and had consistently great reviews. I also like reading the one-star reviews because, let's be honest, you really can't please everyone. I just wanted to find an honest and trustworthy shop. I called and spoke with Ron right before closing time. He took the time to listen to everything I was experiencing, explained what he thought the issue could be, and told me to bring the van in the next morning. Their shop opens at 8:00 AM, but when I arrived around 7:45 AM, they were already there working on vehicles. When I walked in, Ron remembered our conversation from the previous day, which immediately made me feel comfortable. He scanned my van but didn't notice anything unusual. He reset my ECM and another setting, and thankfully that solved the problem. What impressed me the most was that Ron didn't charge me a dime for his time or help, even though I genuinely wanted to give him something for helping me out. I drove all the way from Disneyland back home to Northern California without a single issue afterward. Ron, if you happen to read Yelp reviews, I truly want to say THANK YOU for your time, honesty, and knowledge. You helped turn a very stressful situation into a positive experience, and I sincerely appreciate it. read more

We went to get a quote for my SUV and the price was reasonable and the mechanic was really nice. We came a week after so they could fix it and service and work is nothing but the BEST. The place is also really clean and organized. They showed us the old parts and explained to us what they did. I would give this guys a call first if you're having transmissions problems. Highly, highly recommended. read more

Absolutely fantastic!!! They saved us thousands by properly identifying our transmission problem. Very grateful for their honest service.

Quick transmission service. They got me in right away and got right to my car while I waited.

My 2017 Chevy Tahoe decided to die at an intersection with no forward gears. Fearing the worst i had it towed to my regular mechanic. Long story short, they said it was possibly the valve body that need to be replaced and quoted my 1400 to do so. In fact, they said they had to get the part from the dealer and it was non refundable if that wasn't the cause! A quick search brought me to Transmission Masters and after speaking with Ron I decided to have it towed to his shop. It was the right move! It turned out that the valve body needed to be cleaned and the check balls replaced. He completed the work in a few hours and charged me a heck of a lot less of what I was quoted. What an honest man! Shout out to Louis as well. Ron, you will always have my business and telling everyone I know to come see you! read more

Transmission Masters truly lives up to their name. The customer service was outstanding from start to finish friendly professional and incredibly focused on making sure we felt confident every step of the way. They are absolute masters of their craft and took the time to explain everything clearly without any pressure or upselling. It is rare to find a shop that is this knowledgeable and this customer focused. If you are looking for honest work expertise and a team that genuinely cares about customer satisfaction Transmission Masters is the place to go. Highly recommend! read more

Top Notch service and work. they used all OEM parts and had the car back to me faster than I expected especially for having to remove the transmission and reinstalling it. Ron was very helpful and informative, Great work more than reasonable pricing. the shop it self was extremely clean and tidy. read more

Had spoken over the phone. Wonderful man listen to my thoughts about my transmission. He said, it doesn't sound like it is a problem. Bring it by and let him listen to it. He drove it around about 4 mins. He said, there doesn't seem to be a problem with it. He saved me a lot of money. He was truthful. The shop is really nice. And it's clean. I could tell he knew transmissions by the way he spoke over the phone. He really made my life and day! THANK YOU!!! read more

Honesty & Integrity at its very best! Wife's 06 Lexus LS430 with code 2757 @ 197K miles. 2 dealerships & 2 other trans shop specialists insisted on a new trans btw $5,500-$8,200. Ron confirmed the solenoid issue & 2hrs later it was ready for pickup. Runs better than ever, no ck engine light & passed smog all with a new solenoid replacement for under $500.00! No Joke. I don't mind paying for whatever needs replacing. Ron gives you the truth at a very fair price. Can't ask for more. Job well done sir! Shop so clean looks like an operating room. read more

WISH I COULD GIVE THEM 20 STARS!! If you have any issues with your transmission, they are the best!! My daughter thought her transmission was losing power during acceleration, and took her to Transmission Masters. Gentleman working on a car stopped immediately to talk to her, put the scanner in it, and took it for a test drive. Diagnosed it was a turbo issue, recommended a wonderful other repair shop, and didn't charge her anything. Please go here and patronize these knowledgeable, ethical folks!!! read more

Great price and good experience!!! Will recommend it!!! I had my car transmission was repaired by them and they did great job with good price read more

This place deserves to be at the top on yelp! Ten Star Service ! This is the most honest service you will ever receive. I went to two shops quoted over $3000 after leaving my car with each one . I brought my car here after Luis told me over the phone that he would reset it for free! HE FIXED MY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM FREE AND REFUSED TO TAKE A TIP ! He saved me $3800!!! This place is very knowledgeable! I will forever bring my car here for all my transmission needs. Thank you so much! read more

They weren't able to help me because I own a 2005 Prius hybrid. BUT they helped a ton still by recommending: FITZGERALD AUTO shop who does work on Hybrids. Thanks for the recommendation!! read more

The rebuilt transmission died with less than 20K miles. It is very disappointing. A word of advice - Yes, a remanufactured transmission costs more but get a remanufactured and not rebuilt. I've learned my (very expensive) lesson. read more

Ron and his team were fantastic! He quickly diagnosed our vehicle and made the repairs for a very reasonable fee and it runs like new. I would highly recommend Transmission Masters. read more

I'm happy to have crossed path with Ron and his team. They are honest, friendly, and price is competitive. Ron has been my transmission guy and should be yours for all transmission needs. I'm happy with all my visits from Ron and even more happy after the work has been completed. I'm always satisfied with their service. read more

Back story to why Transmission Masters should be your first option: I took my 2020 Promaster Cargo Van 159 WB Hightop Campervan to the dealer for a recall on the breaking system. The dealership mechanic supposedly did a thorough check of the powertrain, motor and all the vitals at the time. After driving the van for awhile I started to see drips underneath the van towards the front. The drips were not constant and there was no puddling. I took it back to the dealer to have it looked at. The dealership said it looked like the transmission seal in the front was leaking and I would need to leave it for 4 days while it waited for their transmission guy to look at it. I decided in that time to take it to another transmission place in Garden Grove. This place told me the seals were leaking and that it would be approx. $1,200 to replace them all and a week to do the work. Why I will go straight to Transmission Masters from now on: I had a friend find Transmission Masters and recommended I take it there for another opinion. I'm glad I did. They are amazing and friendly and do a thorough check before giving a diagnosis. Jesus put the van up on a jack, got underneath and looked at it, opened the hood (the first two above did not even open the hood) looked around to find that the transmission fill plug had been left off and that the transmission fluid had been over filled by the 3/4 of quart. This explained the inconsistent drips and no puddling. The team put if up on the lift and cleaned the area to verify the findings. Jesus also found another plug they happened to have in stock. That was it, no more drips and an hour later it was done. I will be forever grateful to the Transmission Masters team for their honesty and amazing service. Ron was on vacation at the time and his team took care of me and my van with the same kindness and professionalism as if he had been standing there. read more

This is a car repair shop who is honest, smart, skilled and extremely trustworthy. We have had our cars serviced here several times, and the repairs have been expertly done, price fair, done timely, and we are so happy with the results. The owner is what we used to call a skilled craftsman, he knows his stuff. Once again, we are so impressed and grateful again! Take your cars here and know you are not in good hands, but GREAT hands! read more

I've had numerous people recommend for me to see Ron and Transmission Masters and when my general mechanic recommended him, I decided to take in my 72 K5 Blazer due to needing my TH350 and Transfer case rebuilt. Ron and his team are the best of the best! read more

I have a 2020 Chevy Blazer that needed the transmission serviced. I called Transmission Masters and Ron Answered the phone. He was very knowledgeable and honest. He knew the exact model transmission and the fluid it required. I highly recommend going, upon arrival they helped me out right away. I was in and out in a half hour. read more

Very honest and reliable. Would highly recommend this place for any transmission issues.

Excellent transmission Repair - Better than new. I had a 2002 Honda Odyssey - that model year had a known issue with the automatic transmissions. Instead of getting another "badly designed" transmission swapped in, I had Transmission Masters repair my existing transmission with the upgraded parts to fix the issue. This repair was done in 2013, with 73000 miles on vehicle. The transmission performed flawlessly for the following 10 years (additional 55,000 miles), including towing a tent trailer on vacations. Unfortunately I sold the car when I had expensive engine failure. read more

Great spot, my trani wasn't shifting right, one of the techs adjusted my kick down cable and test drove for me. They refused to charge me after figuring out my trani needed to be RR'd. read more

I took my 1973 240z here with automatic transmission issues (burnt 3-4 clutch, couldn't shift past 2nd) and was concerned he wouldn't be able to work on my car as it's been engine swapped with an LS1. Thankfully, Ron took my car in and really took care of me. He trusted me enough to let me pick up the car after business hours. He did really great work with a short turnaround and I'm very pleased with his service. read more

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Ron is the best he is extremely honest and told me I needed a new sensor a $45.00 part and I didn't need to have my transmission rebuilt. My 2013 Honda Civic emissions warning light went on I took the car to a shady mechanic who said I needed to have my transmission rebuilt I then took it to Transmission Masters for a second opinion they took care of me. I am so glad there are still honest People out there who look out for their customers. If you need a transmission service I highly recommend Transmission Masters. read more

Ron and his shop have helped me with transmission problems twice and I have been beyond satisfied with my service each time I've visited. Quick, affordable, and thorough, Transmission Masters is great! read more

This review is going to be a little bit lengthy. Back in March my car started leaking transmission fluid. I took it to my mechanic who told me that I would need to take it to a transmission specialist. I found 4 different places and went for a quote. All places told me that my car would need to have the transmission rebuilt and it would cost $2500 or more to repair. I felt very discouraged, that's a lot of money! so I did nothing, I left my car sitting at my house for over a month. Then I found this place! I was so happy with their 5 star reviews, so I took it to them. They confirmed the leak and quoted me $950 for the repair! (including parts and labor) I was ecstatic, this was so much less then others had quoted me. I finally felt like I had found an honest, trustworthy place. We dropped it off on Tuesday. I confirmed with Manny that if they were to find anything else and it required more money I would be contacted. So today I get a call that my car is ready for pick up. Awesome, because Manny told me it would probably take a week to repair. Turns out it was the torque converter and they replaced it. So I get there, and I'm met by the owner. I believe his name is Ron, he handed me a bill for $1325!! I was completely blown away. I told him that Manny told me it would be $950 unless something additional was found but that he would call and give me a heads up. The owner confirmed this with Manny and they both kind of just looked at each other knowing that he had screwed up...so after Ron and I went back and forth, he agreed to remove some parts from the invoice. So he came back and showed me the new invoice with a new balance of $1204. He took some money off but definitely not enough! At this point my husband told me to just leave it alone and pay. So that's what I did. Ron did not handle this in a professional manner. Honestly I don't even think he apologized once! He even had the nerve to tell me that he could just take back the torque converter he installed. Really? This is how he wanted to make it right?? Luckily I was able to cover the $1200 but it still doesn't make it right. Legally he needed to inform me if the bill would be more then quoted. Oh and the cherry on top was when I got home and carefully looked over the amended invoice, and guess what?! To make it look like he took extra off with the parts, he just added that to the labor. The original invoice had $900 for labor and the amended one with the parts taken off had $950!! He probably didn't even think I would notice. This is not over. I will be reporting him to the better business bureau. I will not let him take advantage of me or anyone else! read more

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I'm so grateful to have met Ron at Transmission Masters. He's more than fair and honest and his staff are friendly and knowledgeable as well. My car isn't finished being repaired yet, but just a few more days and we will be back on the road together again. So far, I have had a pleasant and stress free experience with Transmission Masters and I would recommend them to anyone needing a new transmission. read more

Don't call yourselves transmission masters if you can't replace a manual transmission clutch

You know how you sometimes get wary around car mechanics because they can pull the wool over your eyes if you're not familiar with a car issue? One meeting with Ron convinced me that he is never going to do that. He will give you the unvarnished truth every time. I trust him 100% because of it. I came to transmission Masters because I wasn't sure if I had a problem with my automatic transmission. He drove it around, and he was very honest about my issue. He said there wasn't a problem with the transmission, but gave me some good tips about what to do if I felt there was a problem. I am bringing my car to him for regular intervals at 30,000 miles. He was awesome. read more

I am so glad I found this place. Ron is very helpful, and I will be back for future services.

I called and got an appointment same-day for a desperately needed servicing to my 2014 jeep wrangler. These guys took care of me with an appointment, turnaround in about one hour, and a very fair price. Highly recommend the team over here at transmission masters. Quality and service 100% read more

I initially went to a different transmission shop in Santa Ana and they tried to swindle me into an expensive repair that my car didn't need. I had a gut feeling that I couldn't trust these guys so I went to look for another shop and found Transmission Masters. If you need a trustworthy shop, this is the place I would highly recommend. They were easy to talk to and incredibly knowledgeable. I went from needing a $2000 repair to $400. I knew what code my 2008 Toyota Sienna was showing and I had an idea what my car needed. I would certainly recommend this shop to anyone and would take my cars here when I have Transmission issues! read more

I'm kind an experience person related to cars. Normally I'm doing all my jobs on all my cars and very rarely I'm having a second opinion. Unfortunately, I had a very strange signal on one of my Volvo's(transmission) and I have tried many "professionals" Trans repairs to diagnose my problems. One of my friends, very good mechanic, retired , has recommend me RON. I'm speechless about his honesty, knowledges , FairPlay and approaching a difficult examination. I didn't meet in a long experience so professional person working in this business.100% recommendation! read more

My 17 Silverados transmission went out so I ordered a new one and had it delivered to the shop. The crew had my truck ready inside 6 hours. I picked up the same day. Great customer service, skilled, and fast.They did an impeccable job. I highly recommend transmission masters for your car or truck. Also the pricing is very good. Definitely a trustworthy shop. This is my new shop for any of my trucks transmissions. read more

Ron and his team did an amazing job. Took my car in for a faulty transmission solenoid and they were able to get the part in fairly quick and delivered the car back within 2 business days. Was originally quoted a somewhat fair price but after the work was done it was actually a little less which was great. Definitely recommend getting work done by Ron and his team! read more

The repair shop that I go to recommended Ron to me for a transmission job. Ron was great! Couldn't be happier. I would give him 20 stars if I could. Very trustworthy and honest. It was a TCM problem on my car. He had it rebuilt instead of spending thousands of dollars putting a new one in there. My car drives exactly the same as before, like nothing has happened. I feel at ease knowing that someone (Ron) out there can help me out when I need it. BTW, non of the trim screws are missing, like the way it should be. Thanks, Ron!! read more

Unbelievable!!! Ron is absolutely a Master! The transmission of my Lexus was diagnosed by Newport Lexus dealer as "Dead" - although there were two bad solenoids, but was Unrepairable, the entire unit needed to be replaced and would cost about $7,500. The diagnostic along cost me $250. I am glad to find Ron.... It took him less than 5 minutes to diagnose (using a computer without knowing the dealer's info) and to identify the problem solenoids (cost me nothing). He replaced the two faulty parts in less than two hours. The car runs perfectly then. The total cost is about $480.... Ron has more than 40 years of experience in transmission, his garage is doing nothing but transmission, a real professional expert! He is quiet but assertive, honest, and practical. read more

The reverse gear stopped working on my Ford Escape and I started saving money to buy another car. I know transmission repairs can cost thousands. At the last minute, I decided to take my car to Transmission Masters. Ron explained in detail what could be wrong and gave me an estimate of $1,700 to $2,000 if my transmission needed rebuilding. The next day Ron calls me and says my car is ready. I took a deep breath and head to his shop. To my surprise the problem was electrical and the repair was only $150. I almost hugged Ron! read more

Ron and his crew are awesome and knowledgeable. I travel an hour just for peace of mind.