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4.5 (146 reviews)
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Oil changes

Auto repairs

Auto battery or electrical system repair

Auto brake repair

Auto engine repair

Auto HVAC repair

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Auto steering and suspension repair

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Theron H.

Needed a service in my 2021 Tahoe RST, my friend told me about Crown Automotive Repair (Phil) and what a great shop this is. Had such good experience. Will be taking my other vehicles in as well. Service was timely and no hidden costs. Trustworthy!

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I wish I could recommend this shop, but unfortunately, my experience was not a positive one. I spent about about $1800 to ultimately have another, more qualified shop do a proper diagnostic and tell me that a new engine was needed. I brought my car here in November 2024. Phil quoted me nearly $1400 for an initial repair to fix a no start condition; where 4 spark plugs, mas airflow sensor, 2 coils, and an intake manifold gasket set were replaced. Unfortunately, this was a bandaid solution, as I was only able to drive my car a few miles home, before I experienced the same issues. I had the car taken back to the shop a second time, when they recommended a tensioner replacement, for an additional cost of $350. My mistake was taking it back a second time. When I went to pick up my car from the second repair, I could tell immediately that they had a hard time starting it. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, I took it home, when again, it didn't start the next day, this time, making a horrible sound that it wasn't making before. We told Phil about this, and he told us to bring it back in. At this point, I had run out of AAA tows and definitely didn't trust their diagnostic techniques. We went back to the shop to try to get things resolved. The one positive part of the experience is that dealing with Alex was always pleasant. From the beginning, we asked them to do a compression test, and Phil said it wasn't needed. Well, that was what the other shop ended up doing, which ultimately led to a proper diagnosis, as you will see in the attached photo. Instead, Phil and his team kept throwing parts at it. Phil did offer to refund the labor charges, and for that, I can cut them a little slack, but I'm still out around $1000 on useless parts and I still don't have a working car. I can, however, recommend the second shop I took it to, Seiko's, located in Monrovia, for any Japanese car. They were extremely thorough in their diagnostic processes.

Ruben N.

Brought a 1990 Volvo 240 for brake service and was beyond please with the inspection and repair work. I've had vehicle repairs done on various cars over the years at many of the shops around the Pasadena area and was referred to Crown and will be coming back for repairs again. Philip was super responsive and very informative on the repairs.

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It was honestly a quick and easy process to get my oil changed the experience was really pleasing

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They were SUPER helpful! I'm so thankful they were able to help me in a quick manner.

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Trustworthy and reliable! Thank you to Phil and Alex for their swift assistance with the repairs for my civic.

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went here last week to get my car fixed and Phil is the best!! it was done in time and it was priced reasonably :) thank you guys!

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Honest. Quality. I like the peace of mind in going to someone I trust knows what they are doing and is pricing fairly.

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Ask the Community - Crown Automotive Repair

Hi. Is your shop the one with all the old Porsches in front? If so, I drive by it all the time and have always wondered if those are all customers' cars or if you are fixing some of them for resale... if you do have any for sale, please let me know.

Hey Ron thats my place but we rent a small shop to stutt car who works on only porsches we work on everything else.To answer the second part of your question no none of those cars are for sale they are customers cars he works on.

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My regular mechanic was unable to deal with an issue with my VW, he referred me to Phil at Crown Auto.

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