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Zack Auto Repair

2.4 (51 reviews)
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Auto transmission repair

Transmission leak inspection

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I paid over $900 to get my car "repaired" of everything that needed to be done. (WAY overpriced, but reluctantly I went through with it) I went through so much trouble with this repair shop, I'm not going to go into detail to spare myself the trouble of writing a book. Just let this image be a fair warning to steer clear of this place. Be mindful I got my car repaired in April of 2019, it is now August of 2019, just made 4 months since my repair. (Yes I'm out of gas, but that's besides the problem.)

The Groupon they have posted

While searching Groupon for a good deal on an oil change, I came across Zak's for $23. I called and lucky for me (or so I thought) they were able to take me same day. The person I spoke to asked me not to purchase through Groupon and they would honor the price. I arrived and started the process. The mechanic showed me the air filters and told me I needed to change them. I asked how much he told me that Mohammad in the office would let me know. I went back inside and was told one filter was another $20+ and the other $30+ and he was gonna check the exact price. As I waited for him to check I got online and found the filters at an auto parts for $8.99. I called my brother and he said he could change them. So when Mohammad finally came back I asked him the price for the filters and he tells me $21 for one and $20+ for the other. I told him I did not want to do it as I could just get them cheaper at the auto part store. He told me they had already done it and he would be charging me $15 additional per filter for labor. He then tried to explain how their filters were premium filters with a lifetime warranty etc etc. Which is wonderful and all but NOT what I went in for, not what I asked for, and absolutely not what I authorized them to do. At no point during our conversation did I authorize them to change the filters. I was never presented with an estimate and I definitely did not sign anything authorizing these extra charges. He originally tried to charge me $94 but when he saw I was unhappy he removed one of the $15 charges to change the filter and lowered the price on one of the filters. When I told him I was extremely unhappy he offered to refund me my money but I declined because I was just so upset I wanted to leave. If I consent to get a service done then I understand I am responsible for paying it. However, they did all the work WITHOUT MY CONSENT so in a way forcing me to pay for things I did not want or authorize. After getting home a reviewing the receipt, I realized they added insult to injury. I was actually charged $27.50 for the oil change instead of the agreed price of $23. At this point I called the location and asked why I was charged more. He stated it was "fees". However, no-where on the receipt does it state the additional charges are for "fees". I asked him to go ahead and process the refund he offered and he said he would not. I went on Groupon specifically to pay about $20 for an oil change and I ended up having to pay more than $80. The business practices of this establishment are disgraceful. They force products and services on their customers which is immoral and has to be illegal.

They don't care about their customers cars at all!! They should not be in business!!!

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Awesome experience. Mike is professional, patient and accommodating. Looking forward to them doing more work for me.

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Terrible, they did damage to my door by scraping paint and made a deep groove

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All i care for in a mechanic is experience and honesty, and thats exactly what i got coming to zacks auto repair

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