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    ACORN NILES

    3.6 (113 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Tire balancing

    Tire repair

    Tire rotation

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    And again, a $25 part and 5 minutes of labor for $155.

    I brought my car there to have my alternator replaced. Their website quoted me $539 for parts and labor, but upon bring my car there I was told the repair was going to be over $800 not including tax as they said this job would take 3 hours. I've replaced alternators in previous cars of mine, and i've watched YouTube videos of it for this particular car. This shouldn't take more than an hour or so start to finish if you have a lift, you slip off the serpentine belt, remove two bolts holding a bracket on, remove three bolts securing the alternator, and disconnect a wiring harness from the alternator and remove one nut on the rear of it. There is no way this could possibly take 3 hours even DIY on the street and without power tools. They refused to bring a tech out to look at the car and explain how it would take 3 hours. They refused to honor their own quote. They refused to let me talk to a manager about why the quotes from their website aren't being honored. I've decided to check some of their other website quotes, to replace my serpentine belt they want $200. The belts themselves are $30 and based on their $170 labor rate, they for some reason think a 5 minute job really takes an hour. All you do is put a long ratchet on the tensioner, slip off the old belt, route the new belt and put it back on the tensioner. If you want to be grossly overcharged, this Acorn location is a great choice. And unsurprising, all the reviews on their website are fake. If you leave one, it wont show up. And of all 46 reviews, all are 5 star. This is completely the opposite of Yelp, Google, BBB and any other review website which has plenty of bad reviews.

    1 star would be too high of a rating for this place if there was a way to leave negative five stars that would be it. Several years back I brought my 2007 Honda Odyssey in for a front-end alignment and I purchased the lifetime option bring it in anytime after the first one we will do another alignment free. I'm the second owner of this minivan I purchased it in Arkansas so there is no significant rust underneath it and I only use it for summer traveling on long trips and for fall soccer season after it gets put away until winter is over. There is no significant rust underneath this vehicle. I was looking for new tires and I was interested in the Michelin defender 2's I had called Acorn up and asked them what their price was they quoted me $1250.00 I had other quotes from Discount tires for $840. If they would have been within a 100 to 150 I would have had no problem buying them there since I do have the lifetime alignment with them. But let's face it that price isn't even close. So I got the tires put on at Discount tires and brought it to acorn to have them do my free alignment. I'm a mechanic myself and I had just replaced the lower control arms including the bushings and ball joints sway bar bushings and the sway bar links that connect up to the strut tower. I had replaced the struts and coil springs back in the summer of 23 so I had the two bolts that hold the strut tower to the steering knuckle off and on when that work was done. So they put it up on the rack and tell me that the camber is way out of adjustment and they need to remove the top bolt for the strut tower and replace it with a aftermarket camber bolt kit ($12.50 part see pics). The cost will be $350. According to the Honda service manual the only thing that's adjustable on this particular vehicle is the toe in toe out Honda made no provision for camber and caster to be adjusted on this particular vehicle. If you brought it to a dealership they would start looking for bent components or possibly you may have to use this camber bolt kit if your car was in a front end collision which mine wasn't. They claimed the high price was because there was so much rust that the bolt was frozen and wouldn't come off. You mean the same bolt that I had off just a year and a half ago? A big fairy tale. So I walked out of there and told him to go you know where. I went to Firestone up on Skokie boulevard on Dempster where they threw it up on their rack and told me there's nothing wrong with my Camber it's within spec (see report pic) and just as I had suspected that the toe in and toe out needed some adjusting. Just to double check everybody's work I got a camber gauge myself I leveled the car out (see pics) and checked it and found my results to be very close to what Firestone came up with granted I'm doing this out in the cold and with some basic old school methodology. Let's face it most of these places will never honor their lifetime guarantees there's always going to be some excuse as to why we can't do the work your turn signal fluid is too low and we need to fill it for $350 otherwise it won't be safe? Cost me $130.00 at Firestone. Do yourself a favor and run from this place they should be closed down. These guys are scam artists and thieves. Some back up info https://youtube.com/shorts/ZnthPfHwM8s?si=ZgJsImP0kC-cI72D

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    The worse customer service and scammers. I sent a senior citizen women for wiper blades they lied and told her her tire pressure is low and $80 later Andy is selling nitrogen. Liars and a disgraceful company Andy should work as a used car salesman and definitely stay away from fragile seniors.

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    10 months ago

    Great service, honest, explained findings and options saving me money. Highly recommend them.

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    10 months ago

    Car was towed in with 2 flat tires. Jeff at Acorn Tire did a great job helping us quickly get the car back on the road.

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    Geoff and team always deliver. Fast, friendly, and reliable service on all my vehicles. Recommended.

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    I have been bringing my cars here since 2007. These guys are great, reliable and always willing to help you.

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    4 years ago

    Acorn Tire did a great job on my car. Got four new tires, good customer service, and got me Back on the road sooner than expected.

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    7 years ago

    6200 n Lincoln acorn tire shop They don't have much knowledge of maintenance service for truck suv. I would not recommend

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    6 years ago

    It so poor job they laying for time and gay on front desk is not professional the worst is I had appointment

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    I had very positive experience with Acorn Tire on Lincoln Avenue so returned as my tires were ready for replacement.

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    On June 24, 2026, I had went to have my annual vehicle inspection as required by Lyft. While I have…read moreno complaints about the inspection, my review is about the customer service of this location by some of the employees. One person in particular is Marcos Barrera. On July 14, 2026, I had to return to this store, travelling 12 miles, because the inspection report that I had to send into Lyft wasn't dated nor signed. Upon arriving, Mr. Barrera was at the counter. I told him that had an inspection and the paperwork wasn't signed. He asked me when and where I got it done. I showed him on the bottom of the paperwork that it was at this location. I then inquired about the training of mechanics filling out the paperwork completely. This is where everything went south. Mr. Barrera remembered an encounter almost a year ago. I have returned to this location several times for inspections and tire repairs without any issues. Mr. Barrera stated that I'm always causing problems. I shared with Mr. Barrera that I had to travel 12 miles to get this inspection sheet signed, and he shrugged his shoulders which seemed to express to me that he didn't care. He also expressed that he didn't care if I made a complaint about him either, which I did to corporate office. It should be noted that when anyone calls Just Tires corporate office, the complaints go to one office. A call is then placed to the store and the store manager about the incident. It's handled internally. The store manager, may or may not reach out to you. When I asked if there is anyone else I can complain to to make sure Mr. Barrera's customer service is made aware of, Madison, the customer service agent said no, just her. So if the store manager and their employees give bad customer service like I experience with Mr. Barrera or mechanics that fill out the paperwork don't do the job that they were paid to do so the customer isn't inconvenienced and have to travel back to the store to get it done correctly, corporate management will never have the ability to correct these management issues to have a better customer experience.

    ACORN NILES - tires - Updated July 2026

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