My car broke down right off the freeway. I was unfamiliar with the area, and this was the closest place to have it towed. With this in mind, I realize they could have been shady shyster types or reputable business folk, it was luck of the draw. Fortunately, they were of the latter variety. Did you know that any insulation material under the hood is like a playhouse for rats to move in and chew up all your important wires? Well now you know. If there is any sort of insulating material under the hood, do yourself a favor and rip it out. (Disclaimer: I know nothing about cars. Don't take my advice). The rats had ruined the connection between the battery and the alternator. A1 ordered a part but then realized it wouldn't be delivered for a while, so they managed to fix the issue with some good old soldering. They were friendly, transparent about the issue that needed fixing, and their price was very reasonable. I had to replace the battery thanks to the rats, but the connection between the battery and alternator is still intact, a few years later. My interaction with this business was a few years ago, but I told them I would write a review on Yelp. So I'm keeping my word, albeit a little delayed. read more

The mechanics here are honest and up front. The owner only wants money and is a shady slim sack. Had transmission issues I knew the problem just wanted a shop to do the labor due to me just moving here and not having all my tools yet. The mechanics said and agreed it was the same thing needed to fix the issue. The owner refused to take the job, and insisted on an entire trans rebuild because I was over 300,000 in my diesel. read more

A1 took care of my trailblazer SS when I needed them earlier this year. The quote was fair and they even offer a military discount. Haven't had any issues since I got my truck back. Highly recommended, military friendly and the staff is great. I will admit, before I took my truck to them I was skeptical, but after doing business with them I can tell you that they do care about their customers and stand by their work. They even call me up perioyto see how she's running which is good to know. read more

THIS REVIEW IS ON CUSTOMER SERVICE ONLY! Just got back from A1 and had a talk with Jay at the front desk. He was very courteous and the price for a transmission rebuild was was definitely a deal. I did not even tell them I am military for the 15% discount yet. I will take my transmission work to them and will post again on the Mechanic service. read more

This place was great. We got an Amazon Local deal to this place and decided to check it out. We knew something was up with our brakes (the metal grinding sound) and not sure what it was so we brought it in. After an hour or so, we got a call that there was a rock stuck in our brakes and that there was nothing wrong with our brakes. He said it was good to go. So we drove in and he didn't even take our coupon. Friendly guy. The way we were treated today was great. I love how honest this place was. It would have been easy to upsell us on something we didn't know, but he was totally honest. We will definitely be back. Great experience. read more

Absolutely satisfied. Best experience I've ever had dealing with an auto mechanic shop. They quickly and accurately diagnosed the exact problem with my transmission, explained all my options and associated costs, and gave me their best recommendation. They found a perfectly good transmission with only 30k miles on it from a scrap yard and only charged about $800 for the labor and replacing the transmission (including %15 military discount). They also fixed another small issue for half price that lakewood transmissions quoted me for the same fix. They also did the entire transmission replacement in less than a day. I dropped it off in the morning and they had it rubbing like brand new that same afternoon. Can't say enough good about them. Straight shooters, kept it simple, honest, great price, and quality work. (Don't waste your time like me dealing with lakewood transmission. They completely mis-diagnosed my issue and quoted pretty expensive prices. Poor customer service and overall very disappointing experience. ) read more

Be careful taking your vehicle to this place! I'm still finding things that they broke or didn't fix correctly The first time I put my truck into 4 wheel it wouldn't work!! Not set up correctly after a new clutch was installed!! read more

I bought a deal on Amazon Local to get my front brakes done on Feb 14th. When I got the voucher I called and set up an appointment for Mar 7th. The gentleman on the phone was nice. So far so good. The day before I was supposed to go in to get the brakes fixed they called me at 3pm and I wasn't available to answer and couldn't call them back during normal hours of operation. I showed up the next morning at 10am for the appointment. The guy at the front desk said he tried calling to let me know brake jobs were taking 2-4 hours since the machine shop they send the rotors to was lacking in workers. They had called the machine shop and let them know they were running this promotion a month ahead of time so they could schedule accordingly for a bit higher volume of customer but the machine shop I guess ignored it. Not that big of a deal, wish they could have let me know a bit sooner than the day beforehand since they had already been running into this issue but I was able to borrow someones car for a while so we didn't have to sit at the shop all day. The guy also let us know the owner had authorized them to sell the rotors at cost if they were not able to be resurfaced and instead needed to be replaced (ours were $90 a piece). I ran around for a little while with my husband and son while they had our car thinking it would only be for a few hours. At about 1pm we got a call that the rotors were too run down so we had to replace them. We gave the OK and waited a bit longer. 3pm rolls around, nothing. We were driving back to try and avoid traffic so we stopped in and they told us that they had ordered the wrong rotors (our car is a 2002 but was manufactured in 2001 which threw them off when ordering the parts) so they had to send them back and juuuuuust got the right ones in. It would take them an hour to put the car back together. I had to call and cancel an appointment I had at 4:30pm since I knew I wasn't going to be able to make it. So we stayed in the area and hung out for over an hour trying to kill time, still nothing. We drove by and the car was sitting there, done in the parking lot and no one had bothered to call to let us know. My husband swung in to pay. The first guy we had dealt with and another guy were in the office arguing, didn't even acknowledge he was standing there with his card out ready to pay. When they finally stopped arguing, the front desk guy explained that we needed more work done on the car including the rear brakes that needed to be replaced anywhere from 3 months to a year depending on driving condition, while the guy he was arguing with before chimes in with "Just tell them they have 3 months! Didn't you go over this with them already?" which turned into another argument between the two. My husband paid and left. The sunroof was open when he had gotten in the car as well and we definitely didn't need to open the sunroof at 10am in the morning when we dropped it off. Checked the mileage on the car and there was two additional miles which could have been freeway driving to check the brakes since they were right off of the exit. We actually got home at around 5pm-ish. Now the first guy we spoke to was really nice and courteous, except in the case where he was arguing with the other guy in the office. We tried to be really understanding about the situation with the machine shop (that was out of their control) and having to replace the rotors (again nothing they could do about it) but after spending our whole day waiting to get our car back, having to cancel appointments, lack of communication on what was happening and passing by to see our car was done and sitting in the lot without receiving a call and no apology or an attempt to make things right we will not be going back there and do not recommend anyone go there to get work done. read more

I purchased an Amazon local coupon for this place because my brakes were soft and i figured I needed new rear brakes. They test drove it and looked at the brakes only to find that the alignment was off and my brakes were fine. They could have easily not told me and redeemed the coupon anyway but instead they cleaned the brakes, readjusted them, and tightened my emergency brake free of charge. They said my coupon is still good and transferable so i can give it to a friend! Also the bus that takes you to the Lakewood tc is right in front of their driveway which is very convenient. The staff was courteous and i can say i would certainly recommend this establishment. read more

Great service! Excellent people! Highly recommended! I have found my new local mechanic. I have to admit I was a little skeptical at first because I've had bad experiences with mechanics in the past. I had not only a great customer service experience but I also had an excellent personal experience. This business is one of the few left actually cares. Tom the owner has built this place up since the 80s starting from nothing and building it into what it is today. What I love about this place is you can tell Tom is not one of those money hungry people out to make a quick buck he cares about people and his business reflects this. I could say so much more but I'm not much of a review writer so just me writing this review says something. Heck I'm even going through signing up for this website just to post this. Stand up people. Tom the owner and Ray made my experience today. read more

I just called regarding a Groupon and the rudest person picked up the phone. He said "A1 Transmission" couldn't even wait one second for me to respond. I asked about the Groupon and he says, "yea yea", Then immediately said we are two months out. In other words that they couldn't help me. I asked what it consisted of because I don't know much about cars and repairs since this is all new to me. Then he said very rudely, "I think it says very clearly on the Groupon what the ad consisted of." This has got to be the rudest person I've ever talked to on the phone. These people do not portray their business professionally. I wouldn't want to spend my money here. Don't go. Trust me if you want to spend hundreds of dollars to get your car fixed go to someone more professional. read more

I would give zero stars if I could. We made an appointment to have our transmission replaced. Ray is very nice but our car was there for OVER THREE WEEKS. In all that time I only got one phone call. Their communication skills are severely lacking. We asked several times if while they were working on our car they could also replace the power steering tensioner and and do the oil change. Neither was done. I was going to forgive all of this because hey, things happen but when we FINALLY got out car back the thing is FILLED with rat poop. I am horrified!!!! I have dogs and kids. This is our family car, filled with rat feces which carries disease!! How could they let that happen. That is no way to treat costumers property. Lucky they didn't chew anything but now I have to sanitize every surface in the car before my family is allowed back in it. read more

First I would like to say that we didn't actually have mechanic work done - otherwise this would probably be a 5 star. My son's car was running rough. I don't know all the specifics. He took it to Firestone because they were close and could look at it that day. They came up with transmission sensors and charged $115 for diagnostics. Their final quote for repair was way over $1000. He took the car and the more he drove it the more he realized it wasn't transmission. He took it to A-1 because I had offered to have his brakes done there. The guy (I apologize I don't know his name) took awhile to look at it. He put it on the diagnostic computer and said what Firestone listed just didn't make sense. He said it was input or output. He pulled some things and looked at the catalytic converter. He saw it was plugged and cleaned it out, but said it needed replacing.. He said he could do it, but it would take a lot longer because that isn't what his shop did - they were transmissions. When my son asked what he owed, the gentleman said that since he had been gouged once already he wouldn't charge him anything. That is so unbelievable and special. Thank you A-1 for being honest and kind and doing what you do to help people - not rip them off. If my car wasn't getting oil changes for free and had any specific issues I would definitely bring it to you. Alas, it is a Subaru with low miles and never has issues. Be well, gentleman. read more