They were the only ones that I could find to work on my old C 10 Chevy truck. Adolph and his crew…read moredid a great job and the pricing was very fair. I highly recommend this business.

I'm writing this review as the wife of a customer who brought his beautiful 2500 GMC truck in to…read moreget his transmission repaired in the fall of 2022. I know that's some time back, but I'm tired of listening to my husband beat himself up about having taken his truck into Placerville Transmission and within just weeks, realizing the problem was not repaired. He took it in again, only to have Adolf pour some "shutter fluid" in, which did nothing to fix the problem. Now my husband doesn't like confrontation, so he drove the truck with a sickly transmission. I believe these people took us for a ride! First of all, it took 7 weeks for Placerville Transmission to get to the point of doing the work. This necessitated my husband paying almost $1,100 in rental car fees and then when the transmission still wasn't corrected, realized the warranty was only good for one-year! Fast forward to today, July 2025 and my husband has lived with the transmissions this way now for the past almost 3 years. The truck definitely needs to go back into the shop. We spent over $6,660 for the work which didn't even last a few months, never mind past the one-year warranty. We paid good money for a worthy rebuilt transmission, but my husband believes (and he's a gear head so knows cars) the shop put in a faulty rebuilt tranny obtained online. Shame on my husband for not demanding Placerville Transmission perform a proper repair, but mostly shame on them for allowing such sloppy, unprofessional and un-American work. They've lost a customer, but hopefully someone else won't be so easily taken.

Jason and his team are great at what they do. We drive from Rancho for the service and quality in…read moretheir work.

Spidell Auto just took care of my Chevy and Honda. For what I thought would be serious issues,…read morethey handled both vehicle's very quickly at a great rate. I found them on Yelp, requested a quote (theirs was the least expensive), and they reached out personally. A truly great experience! Jason and the staff are friendly and accommodating. I'll be coming to them first for service from here on.

A true professional owns and runs this joint. One of these types who knows his business so well it…read moreis second nature to him. Go here with any transmission issue at all. He will help you figure out the best course of action and won't try to get your business if it is not needed.

I usually never write reviews on anything, however this place deserves 6 stars. Upon arriving I was…read moresure my tranny was toast and was dreading a nice 3-4k bill. The owner (I'm assuming) came out of the garage and asked how my day was, told him it couldn't be worse. After explaining the problem to him he immediately said pull it in and I'll have a look. Mind you, he already had multiple vehicles in there he was working on. After a quick look he said "it looks like you're just low on fluid." He grabbed his pump, topped it off and I was back on the road within 10 minutes. Service like that just doesn't seem to exist anymore. It makes me wonder how many other shops would have told me to park it and they'd get back to me in a week with a price tag for a new transmission.. If you are having problems with your transmission take it to this very "stand-up shop." Thanks buddy for making my day!!

Jr's is an amazing shop! Dustin is such a skilled and honest mechanic. He was able to diagnose…read moreissues with my Tahoe that several other mechanics could not figure out. Highly recommended.

Wonderful shop! They have integrity, reasonably priced work and great knowledge! My car is a hybrid…read moreand it can be hard to find someone willing to work on it but Dustin put the work in to get what I needed done quickly and correctly. Finding a trustworthy mechanic as a single mom can be very hard. At JR's I felt valued and he kept me informed and explained things to me clearly with respect. I will be coming back here from now on! Thank you.

I called and spoke with Mike several months ago when I was told that my transmission might be going…read moreout on my 2016 Chevy Silverado. After going over everything that was going on, Mike told me to not waste my money getting it looked and gave me knowledgeable advice about my truck and the transmission issues it has but that my transmison was going out but to drive it until it goes. one week later it went. I took it to the dealership I bought the truck from because they told me they could work with, After going through a huge hassle and a lot of stress I was able to get a new transmission. Less than a month later after being replaced I started filling weird things in the transmission, scared to deal with the dealership again, I called Mike as I had appreciated his honesty and straightforwardness. He told me to bring it over and he would test drive it. After reassuring me of how new transmissions work and what I was feeling I left filling a lot better and less stressed. I appreciate the honesty and not trying to haggle me. It's been a very stressful situation, but he gave me a piece of mind. I will be bringing my truck here in the future. Thank you!

Excellent service, the owner, Mike was efficient and friendly. He met the deadline he gave me and…read morehis prices were competitive.

This is by far the best shop in town. Friendly,…read moreprofessional and local! I know that I can trust these guys 110% and their prices are excellent.

Calvin and his crew at Lightfoot are as honest as they get. I brought in a couple of LCAs from my…read more1996 K1500 Suburban to get new bushings and balljoints pressed in. Upon dropping it off he quoted me a price and we agreed on it. When I came to pick them up later that day, Calvin told me it only took them half the time, and he refused to charge anymore time than what it took them. Seeing how honest they are and the quality of work they provide, they have gained a loyal customer. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for quality work with honest pricing. Shops like this are hard to come by these days.

Called and scheduled appointment. Service advisor was prompt. After a conversation of what I wanted…read morehe provided a written email with costs. Today is the appointment and it is clean and well kept. There is no debris or broken vehicles parked out front. Used the night drop. Pen and envelope provided. All they work on are Duramax diesel's.

Awesome experience Kevin, and his service team are always honest, polite and right to point. Always…read morefeel great bringing my vehicle here for service top notch mechanics and especially the service counter always Thorough and great service. Thanks again Kevin and your team.

Both my husband and I have taken our cars into this shop and have had great experiences. My husband…read moretook his van in for a potential (expensive) transmission issue. Rather than pull the car apart and charge us for it, Dave told him to drive on it for awhile and see if it went away. It did go away and we haven't had an issue since. I recently took my own car in for some basic maintence. He charged me less for an oil change than Jiffy Lube, took care of my axle, and told me that my concern about my belts was unfounded and the belts were totally fine (again, something he could have easily just done and charged me for). Working with this shop was easy (they have a key drop off) and at no point was I concerned that we were being ripped off.

David was GREAT!!! He replaced our transmission in July. It was a total bummer to have to replace…read moreit (although it was a Chevy with 150,000 miles on it so it was time =)) But he made the whole experience as pleasant as possible and offered us a list of different options, some more cost effective than others, but for a little more with a bigger warranty, ect ect - he made us feel informed through the whole process and here we are months later and we are still happy and referring our friends and family! So nice to finally have a mechanic we can trust!

This shop is overwhelmingly honest. There have now been a couple instances where the mechanics…read morecalled me and informed me of something small that occurred during a repair (for example once they accidentally snapped a plastic piece on my car that I already knew was cracked and in no way affected my car's performance; honestly I probably wouldn't have even noticed if they hadn't said something to me). They always have let me know of these things as soon as humanly possible, even pausing a repair to let me know before continuing. This shows me if I can trust them with the small imperceptible details, I can trust them with larger things as well. Love to see this sort of transparency at a mechanic. Prices are reasonable too

Took my infinity to get the transmission changed. Two weeks later, transmission started to give…read moreproblems. Had to replace it for and extra 6k. Oh.. had to go to a different shop. Never go back to Ponderosa.