Oscar is the manager and owner very helpful, have taken my Sienna and Honda and honest is a rare thing to say about mechanics

Oscar and his crew notably Oscar Jr and Adolfo are wonderful people on top of being superior mechanics. My 2011 Prius needed an engine replacement after being diagnosed with rod knock and a possible blown head gasket. They replaced my engine with a low mileage Japanese motor that also included the serial number. They specialize in Priuses and the work was done in a timely 3 days. They even polished my candle-like headlights so that I could see better at night. I've had my car back over a week and it drives very well, quiet and quick like before. Oscar clearly took care of my car making sure it runs smooth and safe. Their work is very clean, the engine looks new. They also installed a catalytic cover. All this for a very reasonable price but best of all is the feeling that I was treated well and fairly, honestly and with respect. Confidence is key and these cats have mine, thank you! read more

JDM Prius Auto - So fresh and so clean clean... - Auto Repair Near Me - North Hollywood, California

Im beyond satisfied , and happy i found this place, Oscar is a very honest person , he was able to help me with my questions over the phone and as soon as i got to the shop he was already working on my car . He is Very professional and his prices are unbeatable. Thank you ! read more

Cheering mechanic. Y changed the vin number to my vehicle . I don recommend this mechanic to other customers.

Oscars is the best! we only use him help with our cars and trucks! 2004 xb 2005 highlander 2006 tacoma 2009 xd 2012 xb honest and reasonable. read more

Truly appreciate the work they did for me on my 2009 camry, i left them my car while i went on vacation and came back to a whole new engine installed and a CLEAN engine bay. Amazing to find honest mechanics and somebody who runs their business with pride. Thank you oscar and his team!! read more

Oscar y su equipo de trabajo, THE BEST!! Thank you for your hard work and generosity." "I want to thank you for doing an excellent job repairing my PRIUS 2010-2010-2014 in a reasonable amount of time, and also for your great service in helping with every situation. read more

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Oscar, and his team, are Honest People...! August 2024: My 2012 Prius needed the 120K Serive, so I tried to go back to my favorite Prius Mechanic in the Hollywood area (better known as the Armenian Prius Mechanic) only to find out that he has retired.... Horrible news, The Armenian was good, honest and had very reasonable prices.... So, I started poking around Yelp looking for another dedicated Prius Mechanic... and I came across "JDM Prius Auto Inc." with almost 5 Stars in Yelp... I called to get a quote... imediately, I noticed that Oscar knew his stuff... he was able to put a quote together within less than a minute (where the thieves at my local Toyota Dealer struggled to find items and prices in their fancy computer program). My local Toyota Dealer wanted almost 50% more of what Oscar quoted ... my local trusty mechanic wanted about 35% more than Oscar. So, I made an appointment. (you do have to make an appointment, this guy is non-stop busy) I used to live not far from North Hollywood. (Simi Valley, northern Los Angeles)... now I live in Palm Springs (Coachella Valley), abut 130+ miles each way... I made the trip to Oscar's shop in North Hollywood and I was glad to do so.... Oscar is an honest mechanic and you can tell his crew are well mannered.... The place itself is a small hole-in-the-wall type of establishment, so if you are looking for luxury this is not the place... but if you are looking for a Trusty, Honest, Mechanic with very reasonable prices, then Oscar is your man.... you will not be disappointed. Even if you do not own a Prius, bring your car to Oscar, you'll be glad you did... Gracias Oscar...! Nos vemos pronto. read more

Needed someone who specializes in hybrid vehicles. I think I found my guy. Oscar was recommended to my by my regular mechanic. Needed to find out what was causing my car to overheat. Tried finding out myself, but, no luck. Oscar was able to fix it for me at a good price! Highly recommend this shop! read more

Saved my *ss, super quick fix with an amazing honest price. If you have any kind of hybrid vehicles this is hands down the only shop you should take it to. read more

Excellent service! Oscar and his team were very helpful and we were able to get our car serviced right away. Pricing was extremely reasonable compared to what the dealership was quoting us for replacing the hybrid battery. Great experience and would definitely recommend to all. read more

Which I have 2011 Toyota Prius .. how ever engine went down ... I had been looking around for repair costly .. time ... how ever found this place best price .. time very fast service .. very patience to explaining why it's problem .. showing me his scanner tools show error codes ... For engine replace import which had 50k mileage in ..most average.. take them 2-3 business day .. they testing drive before me to pick up the car... she runs very nice alike new car ! Visiting again for brake system which are down ... that different one ... he fixing take him 3-4 hours done this job .. he replace master cylinder.. He very reasonably price .. what he paid for authentic Toyota genuine parts .. no China parts .. I recommend everyone come here he fix hybrid cars , normal standard cars too.. Recommend contact Oscar You won't be disappointed about this mechanicals .. read more

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Wow. Oscar & team, THANK YOU. When it sounded like someone was shaking a can of marbles under the hood at start-up, my neighborhood mechanic was stumped. After 3 check engine visits over a week, I had the dealer check. Blown head gasket. Recommend solution? Rebuild engine. Two weeks. $8,800. I found JDM Prius Plus on Yelp (thank you Yelpers!) when I bought another Prius a couple months ago for the kids & needed a pre-purchase inspection. I wanted to try them then, but they're a little drive away... Totally worth it! Oscar knew from my sound description on the phone exactly what it was. His recommendation? Don't rebuild a faulty year engine, get a low mileage newer one from Japan. He has a supplier, takes 2 days, cost $3,000. Whaaa?! I asked if he needed to see it to be sure. He listed all the fault codes my mechanic had picked up. Done. I scheduled right away. Engine was already in the shop when I arrived. I brought in the newer Prius to care for a couple items that still needing doing after purchasing it used. They started on the old engine. When I left they were already getting ready to remove it. It's a tight little shop full of productive, positive professionals. Oscar is an excellent can-do communicator, a Prius expert who runs a great shop. I will be back!! read more

JDM Prius Auto - Spiffy new one ready to go in when I arrived! - Auto Repair Near Me - North Hollywood, California

It all started 10 years ago when I took the family to Mammoth for New Years' and didn't put antifreeze in my 1997 Toyota 4Runner to save $50. The engine blew up in the snow due to frozen water in the cooling system and blown out freeze plugs and we had to get towed 250 miles -- dumb!!! Anyway - I had the engine rebuilt twice and it never ran right always burned coolant, barely passed smog, and it cost a fortune!!! I turned a beautiful car into Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. One engine rebuild lasted 2 weeks before it blew up again and I was back on the tow truck and filing court paperwork. Lucky for me there's a used engine place by my house called SKN Trade in North Hollywood, CA and I thought what the heck Ima buy a "used" engine from Japan with 50k miles on it and start over. I loved my car and didn't want to junk it. I bought the engine and had Don Oscar at JDM Prius swap it out (that's SKN's "go-to" guy for swaps. I can't believe how professional this shop is -- you could eat off the engine when they finished and it purred like a Swiss Watch -- I'm also pretty annoying usually and they put up with me. I always log coolant and fuel burn on all my vehicles and waited until the first tank of gas was used to post this review. Went from burning 1 cup of coolant every 60 miles to 0! Gas mileage went from 13.85 mpg to 18.5mpg . and TONS more power! The problem with rebuilding an engine, and this is my opinion, very few people are smart enough to do it right and then you just waste your money- getting towed a lot - having to sue people - getting stressed out of yourmind -- feeling stupid -- etc... Don't rebuild unless you live by a master engine builder!!! And trust me - most mechanics couldn't rebuild an engine to save their lives -- it's too complicated and nuanced to get it right!!! But if you buy a used low mileage engine and then go to a badass shop like JDM Prius Plus Auto you can get back to living your life with a "new" motor in your car that you love!!! Junkyards are for chumps!!! Thanks, Oscar and Eduardo at JDM -- I wish I had discovered your shop sooner!!! And thanks for putting up with me!!! ja read more

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Oscar is phenomenal. My girlfriend and I drive a 2011 Toyota Prius and the hybrid battery went bad. Toyota North Hollywood was charging us an arm and a leg to replace with labor costs you couldn't imagine if you tried. Toyota North Hollywood also wanted to keep the car for a week. Oscar saved the day for us. He came through with a solid hybrid OEM battery with reasonable labor costs and did the job in 2-3 hours the same day! I might just name my first born after this man. He and his team run an incredible shop. Super polite and friendly and most important of all, HONEST...rare these days. read more

Oscar, his sister & Adolfo are the best! Provided best value for my money, honest, reliable, very friendly. Not very often we find honest technicians that's also reasonable for the price but JDM Auto was a great find! Will definitely come back for any auto repair needs! read more

Great person and a super knowledgeable mechanic have been buying some parts from him and doing some jobs always best prices and high quality of job read more

Excellent mechanics Did engine swap Car came out like new. I highly recommend this business. read more

Unbelievable. This is going to sound almost too amazing to be true and if I didn't go through this I would have a hard time believing this. We had a disagreement about service and agreement of what was expected. My credit card company sided with me and I got a refund. Long story short, I took my car home and realized that someone actually urinated in my back seat and when we pulled seats out the seat was dripping in urine. I have no words for this and am still on complete shock. This is the way this company handles disagreements read more

Amazing job done by Oscar and his team of mechanics on my Nissan which required a transmission replacement and engine seal leak fixed. He charged me a fair and great price. Highly recommend this shop! My car is running better than before! read more

Oscar is the man. He knows his Japanese cars. He will take what you say and check everything to make sure that is the issue. He is honest and cares for his customers. I was told by another mechanic I needed a new transmission. We went looking and was recommended JDM. We got there and our transmission was not the issue, the electrical was the problem. I will drive to have his business to have him take care of my car. read more

Oscar and his crew are a+ there is a reason they are always busy. They installed a new engine in my old Toyota pick up turns out the old alternator was shot and I broke down on my way home from work Oscar personally drove a new battery to me so I could get the truck to his shop and didn't charge me extra labor to install the new alternator Very reasonable prices with quality work they stand behind. I would recommend these guys to anyone with a Japanese car old or new read more

How could I possibly be the first to review this place! Let me make a long story short.... I had a blown engine that needed replacing and I purchased an engine from Soken Engine and they not only recommended JDM but they also delivered the engine there. I don't know where to begin. Oscar and his crew did a fabulous, professional job replacing my blown engine. I'm still in shock how easy it was to get this done, having never replaced an engine before. Don't bother looking further if you need engine work and they also do other repairs as well. Oscar, thank you and your crew for keeping my baby alive for many more miles and years to come! I'll be seeing you guys for other mechanical work in the future. read more

Great and helpful Staff! Ask for Oscar he's very nice and helpful! Totally Recommend it. -El Tal Ivan read more

JDM Prius Auto - Engine oil change - Auto Repair Near Me - North Hollywood, California

Long story short, just barely got out of the Project ( Swapping my 2000 Honda accord blown engine). Got the JDM engine from Japan and the JDM took care of my business. Very professional, Very honest, legit reliable shop that they do all kinds of work and I highly recommend this shop to everyone whos bout to throw some project nor get your job done. My baby she runs like new now. Imma spread my word ma man. Thanks Oscar,Good looking out. read more

Very reliable good prices I highly recommend it. Oscar is very honest. And will help you getting things done. I will also as your him to fix my Prius, whenever it needs repairs. read more

Oscar was great! My Prius C smaller battery was shot, and he replaced it in 2 hours! Price was great too. A+ work.

Don Oscar is very knowledgeable about Priuses and I trust him and his guys working on my Prius. My Prius c hybrid battery overheated and I saw the "triangle of death" on my console. I called around and the shops would say there's a 100 dollar fee to diagnose what's wrong with my hybrid. I didn't want to pay that so I kept calling around and Don Oscar diagnosed it for free. Told me my battery overheated and I know I need it replaced. I freaked out and I called my Toyota dealer and I got quoted $4,400 for a replacement battery. I talked to Don Oscar and he quoted me 1100 dollars and that it's from Japanese made. He changed the battery all in one afternoon and I haven't had any issues with my hybrid. read more

I found Oscar and team weere amazing. I had a head gasket problem so needed to swap my engine out. He got an engine for me with a reasonable price. So far so good! Will update if needed. Also, they give a 6 month warranty! read more