Unfortunately Barnette's Remanfactured Engines has Permanently closed. Original owners sold the company to obviously someone who had no clue on how to run it causing major issues and subpar workmanship. Business closed and new owner sold off majority of equipment. read more

Had engine shot on the freeway, spoke to Jack (wonderful person) at sharper edge and he found me a rebuilt engine for almost $5k. Everything was going great until the promised date of the engine arrival was delayed and barnettes was angry at jack's wife for giving me a timeframe. Barnettes was already having a situation with the engine that they were sending me!! (Hard to find part, they said). So I patiently waited hoping that they would give a correct engine since they wanted to be sure that it would have the correct parts... After having the engine my mechanic was already asking us if that was the right engine for my car and I said they wouldn't send me a wrong one right? And this all started July 2019. It is now January 2021!! I have received multiple tickets for not having my registration sticker on the car because I cannot have it smog checked because of the check engine light that is being caused by the WRONG engine. After having multiple check from multiple dealership, with alot of hard earned money spent, it is now concluded that it is a WRONG engine!!!! There is NO AFW/DOD on the engine they sent me and my car requires that. As of now, I am still in argument with them because they just voided my 5 years warranty and they just want to sent me the parts and have me pay whichever mechanic I will have my car fixed!!!! If only I was to look into the place where sharper edge was going to get the engine..... If they don't replace this WRONG engine I will report them to BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. Fair warning!!!! Don't trust this company and all the people there!!! They are RUDE and very unprofessional because they are now voiding the 5 years warranty on the WRONG engine they sent me.... If there's only an option on the star rating it would be a negative.... read more

Do NOT do business with this company. The 5 year warranty they offer is for their protection NOT yours and it contains many escape clauses for them including one that requires any lawsuits be brought in Virginia. Since purchasing my engine from them in May of 2012 it has failed twice and this most recent go-around has left my car in the repair shop for 35 days and counting while Barnette's requested test after test searching for something that would allow them to void my warranty, which they eventually found. I've created a website dedicated to warning consumers about them, just search Barnette's Engines and it should appear. read more

I am a Disable Veteran with service connect disabilities! Gone on deployments to defend the right of my fellow Americans. I get home and get treated worse by the vary people I set out to protect. THE REVIEW: THIS IS ALL MY OPINION! STAY AWAY. I offered them three chances to fix my motor once I got it back from them (Which also came late).They decline the opportunitie(s) to fix the motor that they just rebuilt and told me to use snake oil and put more miles on it to break it in! Crazy right. They told me that the warranty is good for a number of years and cover you for 100,000.00 miles. The warranty is not much of a warranty in my opinion its more like a escape clause. This is how the warranty works: So the dealership and 2 other mechanics would do the work at a rate of $95 an hour and it would take 10 hours. So that come to $950 in labor. The parts cost $400 even. Thats a grand total of $1350 TO FIX THE MOTOR THAT WAS REBUILT BY Barnettes Remanufactured Engines! They wouldn't do the work and claim IT WOULD ONLY TAKE 4 HOURS TO DO THE WORK. THEY WOULD PAY FOR 4 HOURS OF LABOR AT A $55 AN HOUR RATE. THAT COMES TO A GRAND TOTAL OF $220 THAT THEY WOULD PAY.(THAT WOULDN'T EVEN COVER THE COST OF PARTS)! So lets do the math $1,350-$220=$1,130 that I pay out of pocket.Why would I pay for a motor to be rebuilt and then pay to have another mechanic actually fix it. Read that warranty very carefully if your feeling lucky go for it. They tried to sue me! Trust me and save your self a major headache you don't want them in your life! I take great pride in any work that i do. I truly wish that we lived in the time when a real man took pride in the work they did. Google them on complaint websites and you will see how they have handled their other customers. Again let me be clear this is my opinion you can try your luck Not this guy ever again. To Some people in the world today don't know a hard honest day of work. Just lie and cheat your way through things I hope they understand that GOD will make them answer for all their sins. read more

I have read the other reviews on this company, and though I have not had to use their warranty service, my experience with buying an engine was better than I had expected. Here's my story: In July, I was on I-77 in North Carolina, in my Motorhome, on our way back from Florida to Massachusetts. Our motorhome had a Jasper Engine in it, with about 7,800 miles on it, and was 2 years old. According to the Jasper Warranty, it was guaranteed for 3 years or 100,000 miles. They lied to me. They refused to repair or replace it. That's for another review. The point is, I needed an engine badly. Unfortunately, a Vortec 8.1L 496 ci Engine is VERY difficult to find. And generally VERY expensive. After scouring the entire country for an engine, with no luck, I found Barnettes's. They had a core in stock, and were able to get the engine done AND delivered, in just a couple of weeks! The price was also better than expected. When the installer tried to upsell me a new manifold for the engine, for a mere $1,800, I again called barnettes. They had 2 of them, for a mere $110 delivered!!! The engine was installed, and ran great, all the way home from Virginia. It's been in my vehicle for only a few days, and one trip, but so far, I have been most impressed with their performance in my case. I would not hesitate to call if I need another engine. Pros: -They had what I needed. - They delivered on time. - Their prices were fantastic. -They were very polite and accommodating. Cons: The installer billed me for parts like a timing cover, oil pan, etc. I thought these came with a long block. This could have been my mistake. Thus far, I have no complaints. I thank you, for all of your help. read more

I own an Automotive repair shop and have for 26 years. My customer recently had a engine shipped to me for her ford exployer she purchased through barnetts. After less the 3 weeks the timing chain broke on the remain engine she had purchased. When I called Barnettes to notify them for her, the first question I was asked is did I install the correct motor? Then I was well we have never heard of that. Its been three weeks and I have spoken to 5 different people on what the protocol is for this situation. when I called a 3rd time and said I feel like I am getting the run around a little bit I was yelled at, cussed at. I was told don't you ever speak when I am speaking, " weather in person, face to face, or over the phone Today I was emailed a form requiring a credit card # so my customer can be billed almost 600 dollars for her to ship back the defective engine she was given so they can decide weather or not it is her negligence that caused the timing chain to break. After 26 years I have dealt with 50 or more engine companies and have never dealt with such an unorganized company. The writing is on the wall they are looking for any excuse to deny her warranty. You get what you pay for folks - call Jasper engines and pay the money. I have bought 100 engines from them and had 2 bad motors which they immediately shipped out a replacement the following day. read more

Engine broke within 500 miles refused to cover warranty BOGUS stay AWAY !!! very poor quality - my mechanic looked at engine - timing chain not put on properly - he measured the pistons and the rebore of the engine and indicated that the clearances were so far off that the engine would have never survived POOR QUALITY save your $ use a reputable service read more

I bought an engine for my 4.7 dodge durango, it fired up right away and I am very satisfied with it. I would do it again. it beats 5 years of car payments read more

I took my GMC engine for my Acadia to Barnette's to get the engine rebuilt. I was impressed on how quickly it was done! I am a woman and always feel that when I need something done to my vehicles, the salesman/associate see me coming and they always tell me I need more than what I actually need. The nice young woman at the shop helped me and I didn't feel that they were looking to take me for a ride (no pun intended). Just so relieved to find a small business that isn't a chain to help with my vehicle's engine. Thanks Barnette's !! read more

We did our shopping around, NO ONE can touch Barnette's warranty. They did a motor for our truck and we got what we paid for, A+ workmanship and superior customer service. If you are looking for quality work and something you can depend on you need to call this shop. They are knowledgeable and friendly. They really know their stuff and we could not be happier. I am reading these other reviews and I can't help but wonder what's wrong with the rest of their car. If you are going to put in a new motor, you can't put crap on a new engine and expect everything to be wonderful. Do it right or don't do it at all. read more

STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY, I AGREE! i ordered an engine, had problems from day one, and i have dealt with the owner of the company, and he has the worst customer service out of anyone i have ever dealt with! he is rude, and tries to manipulate the situation, to get out of taking ownership of his defective products he is selling. if i didnt spend $2500 on an engine, i would have given up a long time ago. this is month 3 of back and forth trying to get him to own up to his defective engine and all he wants to do is tell my mechanic he doesnt know why its having this problem, etc. what a hack!! do not waste your money! customer service horrible, and they DO NOT stand behind their warranty at all.................expensive lesson to learn. i will write as many reviews until something is done about this hack that takes peoples money and not being helpful at all whatsoever..... disgruntled customer read more

Stay away from this company. They said it would take two weeks to get my engine and it took over 1 month. They are totally disorganized and weren't even sure of the ship date. I also had to call twice for them to pick up the core. The second time I called they thought they had already picked it up. Their warranty is useless. It only covers up to $550 in labor (it cost $1,500 in labor to replace that engine) and you have to pay to ship it back. The engine had internal noise and I took it to 2 mechanics that said the engine should be replaced. Why would I be out of pocket about $2,000 to get another engine from a company that did such a poor job in the first place. Google "barnettes engine complaints" and you will find the complaints board. Instead of using a company that my mechanic recommended, I tried to save a few dollars and what a mistake. read more

I went with these guys because they talk a good game and their warranty is better than anybody else.....my logic was: why would they offer such a great warranty unless they were confident that they would not have to make good on because they do a quality job?....WRONG.... at first they sent me a remanufactured motor that had incorrect engine mounts so it went back...then they told me they could not find another motor with correct engine mounts....so I sent them the original and they rebuilt it...problems again so it went back again for more work and then back again for reinstallation.......originally they gave me a time frame and it easily took an extra 4 weeks.....my car was out of commission while shipping and rebuilding and installation and then removal and more shipping - about 8 weeks and guess who had to pay shipping?.....not Barnettes ! and I spent way too much time following up over the phone .....lucky this is for my 2 seat toyota so I had another car to drive....finally the engine was back in the car....the engine loses oil but is not leaking so it is the valve guides....oil leaks through the valve guides and then is burned up....several mechanics have told me this is their diagnosis...so the guides were not milled properly with the correct tolerances.....the engine runs and revs well but it runs very hot and uses a quart of oil per week...I have used many additives and nothing stops the oil consumption - the warranty is worthless as I will have to pay for the removal and sending back to Barnettes and then pay to have it reinstalled.....not to mention the down time.....and the engine will probably be the same.....I have no faith in these guys.....so I will drive the car until this engine dies then I will replace it with a new or used engine from a reputable shop and will really do a lot of homework....."caveat emtor" my fault for trusting this company.....I have plenty of time left on the warranty, but why bother.... read more

Purchased an engine from Barnettes on 11/18/11 recvd engine 12/19/11 of course it was late coming. Engine installed didnt make it to 4000 miles and the head gasket blew, engine didnt overheat and that is the only reason that Barnettes didnt hassle me about the warranty and the usual BS that I have read on here. I sent my engine back to Barnettes in October 2012 and they admitted it had a defaulted head gasket in it and supposedly Barnettes reworked the cylinder heads and reassembled the engine and shipped it back to my mechanic. When the engine arrived it had a cam shaft that was too big and the cylinder head were on the wrong way and the head bolts were rusted and pitted, also the same gasket that had defaulted was put back into the engine. Present day engine burning oil again, loud lifter noises and it has almost overheated but I saved it by turning on the heat full blast while driving in 100 degree heat, so awesome huh...NOT. Joyce is a joke, so is barnettes and so is their State of the Art facility, they do not test the engines...DO NOT BUY FROM THEM! my investigator is David S. Barber and he works as an investigator with the attorney general office in Richmond VA, my case number is 912373 and please put that on any corresponding paperwork that you may want to send to the state. 900 east main st., richmond, VA 23219 his number is 804-786-1299 and his email is dbarber@oag.state.va.us put on the heading consumer complaints! read more

**WARNING** One star is too much for this company. Warranty is as good as bait and switch, it means nothing! They use that as a way to scam people into buying from them. Bought an engine for my sons Mustang. It knocked from day one! Called Barnettes they had my mechanic jumping through hoops testing this and that and taking pictures of heat tabs. Bottom line old rusty parts were used, cylinder was filling with oil, poor workmanship on the part of Barnettes. Barnettes wanted us to ship the entire car to them, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Thank God I wasn't dumb enough to do that because they would have kept the entire car!! This company is a scam, and I'm surprised I'm still hearing more complaints and their still in business. I can't believe their doors are still open. Check out Complaints Board website as well. They are not a member of BBB and I can see why. A class action suit should be filed and I am more than happy to join in. Buy from a real company that actually honors their work and produces a good product....JASPERS ENGINES!!!! read more

Great looking engine on a 2008 sonata. Bridget was very helpful navigating us through the porcess and paperwork. Very few shops work on sonata engines...great find for us! read more

Horrible people & lousy workmanship. I bought an engine from the. My mechanic installed it and it immediately had problems. They told him it was his fault, without even looking at it. It took then 6 months to send another one (without a warranty plus it cost me freight charges & to charges to install it). My car has had numerous repair problems from sitting without any engine for about a year(I had to scrape up this installation amount). The State attorney general's office said that there are numerous complaints about this company & it's repaired equipment. I can't get anyone to take the case because I stupidly bought my engine from them & I live in New York. DON'T EVER BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS CORRUPT COMPANY. MOST LIKELY, YOU WILL be ripped off by them!!!! read more

Do not order from this company. We order a truck engine on April 4 th and here it is the 10 of april and we still do not have it. they keep telling us that is is being sent out and keep lying to us. they will not let us talk to the owner. we keep getting a run around. I read the reviews and found out that they send out bad engines. I should of checked sooner. read more

Barnette engines rebuilt my engine for my Saturn. After my mechanic put the engine in, it had valve train noise right from the start. They worked with my mechanic & sent lifters. That didn't fix it. After 6 months of having to take the car back to my mechanic, I took the car to a Chevrolet dealer. They told me that the problem was in the valve train. I had Mr. Barnette on the phone. I let him talk to the Chevrolet mechanic. I wanted to leave the car with the Chevrolet mechanic. Mr Barnette wouldn't let me. I just wanted my car fixed. All mr. Barnette wanted to do, is come to Kentucky & pick my car up on a roll back & take it back to Chesapeake VA. I didn't want them to take my car. Barnette engines was trying to pass the blame on me or my mechanic. So much for the claimed warranty. Stay away from Barnette engines. They won't stand behind their work. read more

This company is as shadey as they come. they lied about the time frame of service i ordered my reman 91 infiniti g20 engine on may 25th which i was promised to receive in 2 weeks it took 2 months. they stopped taking my calls and lied about calling me and my wife back. the problem they were having was locating a good cylinder head instead of finding the correct parts barnettes sent out an inferior product and tried to blame it on my mechanic. so i took it to another machine shop locally in cali and he said the same thing the cylider head is and was no good from the time they shipped it out. Now they yell at me (barnette/danny) the owner and say dont call anymore becuase I asked for a refund of only the machine shop service fee. DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY WITH THIS SHADEY COMPANY WHO LIES AND STEALS THEIR CONSTOMERS MONEY WHILE TRYING TO PLACE BLAME ON EVERYONE ELSE. SPEND YOUR MONEY ELSEWHERE WITH A NICER COMPANY WHO RESPECTS A CUSTOMER WHO SPENDS $2000 PLUS read more

they suck ass! they will not warranty any thing that goes wrong and blame it on the customers. had one major engine failure 1 month after installation and would not even pay shipping to have it repaired. Then 3 months after that another failure occurred and they're giving us the run around. Engine was installed at a GM dealership that I have found to be very bad ass in my opinion. Never had any problems from them. They even paid for the first engine repair since barnette's engine would not!! I would definitely not get another engine from them!!! B===D read more