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    Bartel's Auto Clinic

    2.9 (96 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Services - Bartel's Auto Clinic

    Auto diagnosis or inspection

    Auto maintenance

    Auto fluids and filters maintenance

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    Oil changes

    Auto wheel alignment

    Auto repairs

    Auto battery or electrical system repair

    Auto brake repair

    Auto engine repair

    Auto HVAC repair

    Auto transmission repair

    Auto wheel and tire repair

    Routine automotive maintenance

    Transmission leak inspection

    Tire balancing

    Tire rotation

    Wheel alignment

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    Darryl S.

    Dropped my car off to Bartel's overnight. Called the next day and spoke with Matt and he seemed to be a great guy. Bartel's did their inspection and wanted to charge me $4000 for repairs. Me thinking this place was reputable and the damage was greater than my own visual knowledge agreed to it initially. However my wife and I spoke with a mechanic who had their shop in Chicago Heights. Based on the issues Bartel said was wrong provided and estimated $1000 for parts and labor before putting their own eyes on it. Anything over was highway robbery. I immediately pulled my car out the shop and had it towed to the new shop. But not before being charged $370 for labor. I guess they began disassembly and had to put it back together. However no work was performed. To me this seemed to include steps needed to do the Free inspection. When my wife went to the car to take some items out before getting towed she reported it was sitting in the lot with the lights on in the car. Luckily we came or the car battery would've drained as the tow truck wasn't available until the next day. Long story short turns out the other shop only charged me $900 instead of the quoted $1000. A far cry from the $4000 I was quoted at Bartels. I also received a warranty from the shop on the work they performed. They even mention that the strut Bartel said that needed to be repaired wasn't necessary. Which I'm sure was all apart of the quote to hike up the price. The new ship also got my car back up and running a day sooner than Bartels told me. So not only was Bartels more expensive but slower. My advice although the people seem nice they are the sharks of the old days preying on the desperate and uniformed. Luckily I had the resources to avoid this place. My advice is to get multiple quotes before choosing to do businesses here no matter how bad. Me towing the car was only $225 on top of the $900. I saved nearly $2800 avoiding this place. Those pictures may seem like they are there for your benefit but to the untrained eye it's all part of their scam.

    Sloppy Work by Bartel's Auto Clinic.  Spun my cam retainers and left them that way.
    Jim E.

    I brought my 2016 Ford F150 into Bartel's to have an alignment after I replaced the upper and lower control arms. When the mechanic tighten the lower control arm bolt they did not take there time and spun the cam-bolt retainer clips bending them and leaving them out of place. Had they hand tightened the lower control arm bolts snug first then held the back of the cam bolts with a wrench this would have not of happened. This is just plan sloppy work and not what you'd expect from a professional mechanic.

    Update from last review, guess no oil change needed for quite awhile!

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    Very thorough and they kept me informed every step of the way. They handled getting warranty authorization and made things easy.

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    They are honest and reliable. Highly recommend. I have had them do everything for all my cars and I wouldn't go anywhere else.

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    They fixed my Pontiac G6 and it has over 210k miles on it but it's running like brand new going to drive this bad boy to 800k

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    Used to go here all the time when I had my old car. Great customer service and decent prices.

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    The work was done promptly and effectively and I am very happy with their professionalism and keeping me informed of the status of my car repair.

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