Encinitas Auto Repair

Smog check. It wasn’t just getting a smog check it was tge Custer service and fun time I had in the waiting room. Loved seeing all employees working as a team

As usual, everything was done professionally and the car was ready when I was told it would be. What a difference from the car dealership. I am so glad I changed two years ago. Thankyou.

Go check the other low reviews you'll see why. Came in to get my Daytime running light changed and to see why my automatic transmission light was turning on. They couldn't recreate the light to my engine so my diagnostic fee for that was waived. And when I denied the other "suggested" charges that they wanted for my sway bar and tie rods they went back and redid my quote for the lights and tried to charge me over $300. They told me it was because they needed to replace the entire housing for my lights because they had melted. Apparently. I said no. I never agreed to that. Then they told me I would still be charged $130 labor fee for removing a light. Not only is this hypocritical because they didn't actually change the lights but then told me they couldn't because they had been melted in. I fought them on that diagnostic and told him I was picking up my car with or without a police escort. They texted me and said there's no need for hostility. There is when you're making bullshit charges. I felt the staff was rude because when I asked how the light would be melted into my car they replied " ma'am I'm not an engineer" Apparently you're not a mechanic either. I went to a different shop and they charged me 50 bucks to replace the lights. They were able to remove them just fine and said nothing was melted. I'm also going back for them to do the rest of the work they suggested because I no longer trust this complet car care anymore. You may be stationed in Encinitas but that doesn't mean you need to rip off women just to make your dime. I'm sure you'll have a nice little response at the bottom of my review like you do all your one Stars. But don't worry, you're one stars will catch up with you. Hopefully you'll have an engineer on hand to fix it.

Great friendly service. Old fashion style.

Ian and team were very communicative and thorough, easy to schedule appts, reasonable pricing!

Prices are definitely high; was $450 for 2 diagnostics, but it goes towards repairs if you get work done so it can be irrelevant. The staff is great though. Ian really makes the entire process so much better and is great to deal with.

Found and diagnosed the problem quickly!!

I used to bring my cars there and things were good. I don’t know if they had a change of management or policy, but I wasn’t happy with my last visit. They double charged me for diagnostic fee - $400 to look at 2 issues., which were pretty basic standard issues that happen as cars age. My thoughts – To Double charge and add that on top of repairs just didn’t seem right. I did say something and they took $100 off because I wasn’t aware they were going to charge me twice. I believe that’s an unethical and unfair practice and never went back. To be fair, that was 2 years ago and they may have improved since them…

I came in for a smog check, no appointment, and they had me in and out in under 30 mins. Super nice and very professional 12/10 will go again