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    Joe's Automotive Center

    5.0 (2 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Routine automotive maintenance

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    R & G Auto

    R & G Auto

    (3 reviews)

    Have been going to these two guys for a long time, I have several vehicles that I've taken to them…read moreand they have always been very professional and they've always been able to service. They are a locally owned shop, which means they are not tied in to some large corporation not even in the valley. They've done everything from rotating tires and oil changes to replacing an engine in my 72 Pontiac convertible. Russ and George started this business by knowing what they're doing. They themselves have older muscle cars and newer also and they work on your vehicle as if it is their own is my opinion. They have always fixed what was broken and never had to inflate the price but if they see something bad they bring it to your attention and I've always trusted their opinions.

    DO NOT TRUST THIS GARAGE WITH YOUR VEHICLE OR YOUR SAFETY! If you drive a heavy-duty truck, stay as…read morefar away from R&G Auto as possible.I brought my 6.7L F-250 to them for a routine alignment and a wheel bearing replacement. They went completely radio silent and never provided a legally mandated written estimate or got my signed authorization--a direct violation of Pennsylvania consumer protection laws. I had to call them two days later, only for them to state, "Oh yeah, it's done. It will be $1,060."The true nightmare began when I picked up the truck. It was still grinding, and the steering wheel was shaking violently, which it never did before I dropped it off. They actively sent me down the road in a dangerous, structurally compromised vehicle without a single care for my safety. When I brought it back, they tried to blame a front bearing. To eliminate that excuse, I replaced the front bearing myself. Two days later, it was still shaking, so I brought it back again. This time, they tried to claim my differential was bad.Knowing they were guessing, I took it to Williams Ford for a second opinion. That is where the truth was uncovered. R&G Auto had cut a massive gouge directly into my axle housing--a permanently fixed, non-serviceable structural component where the bearing seats. They completely destroyed the axle assembly and hid the damage from me, letting me drive off with a ruined drivetrain. They refused to fix it, only offering to refund the original $1,060. However, Ford required $5,400 to completely replace the ruined rear axle housing, forcing me to pay out of pocket.Their hack job also forced me to take the truck to Mavis twice. First, Mavis had to redo the alignment, which R&G left completely out by .17. The manager at Mavis was completely shocked that my brand-new tire even made the drive from Athens to Wysox without blowing out. On the second trip, Mavis had to completely rebalance the tires because someone at R&G had ripped the inside rim sticky wheel weights off while attempting the initial alignment, leaving my wheel completely unbalanced. In total, R&G's negligence and lack of care left my work truck broken down and out of commission for 51 days straight.I took them to local small claims court to recover my actual costs and my 51 days of heavy-duty loss of use (demanding around $6,700 for parts/labor and $5,300 for vehicle use). The courtroom was an absolute joke. It pays to be friends in a small town. The garage owner openly called the magistrate by a shortened nickname throughout the hearing. The judge let the defendants act as their own "expert witnesses" simply because he "knew they've been mechanics a long time." The garage's only piece of evidence was a photograph of a completely different vehicle, which made no sense. Unbelievably, the judge ignored Ford's factory documentation and only awarded me the original $1,060.

    Rolling Tire Shop - Brian and Ben working in 2005

    Rolling Tire Shop

    (5 reviews)

    I used to work for Rolling Tire under Ben and Brian, and they do not run this business well and…read morethey rip people off on purpose all the time. While I was working for them they would force me to let many safety concerns I found on inspections slide because they knew the person who owned the car, but on other cars they would pick it apart with a fine toothed comb to find any possible thing they can make money on. They are very two faced people and do everything in their power to charge you as much as possible for anything. The two real techs in the garage, Kenny and Scott, are the only two who know what they are doing and actually care about doing the best job they can on every job. Ben doesn't know a thing about cars, all he does is tall a good game to customers and order parts and uncharged you 70% or more for the parts. Brian is someone who only cares about himself and will throw anyone under the bus and get rid of you in order to save face and make himself look good to others. Neither care about any of their employees and on multiple occasions I overheard them talking bad about those who worked for them, including myself. I used to love this shop when their father Todd ran the business, but these two are going to run it into the ground and that is really sad to see because this shop used to be something really great. I hope Todd takes back over or something changes very soon because I don't want to see this place falling further than it has already.

    My daughter was new to the area and took her car to Rolling Tire for a leaking LR brake caliper. I…read moretold Ben the part was under a lifetime warranty, and he said if I get the part and bring it in, they would install it. I live 3 hrs. away. Ben then graciously agreed to get the part from his supplier, and if I got a new part from the warranty, and brought it back to him, he would return it, get his refund, and then refund us. We did, and Ben sent a check for $40... not the $174 he charged my daughter for the part! My daughter insisted on the full amount and Ben paid it. Getting ahead of myself... back to the repair... Ben said that after the caliper was installed, they could not get fluid to it. Mechanic thought the ABS unit was bad. ABS was working when they diagnosed it, otherwise it would not have been leaking fluid. Due to the cost of a new ABS unit, my daughter decided to get a new car. I had old car towed 150 miles to my garage where I worked on it as I found time. I installed a used ABS, and got fluid to the caliper. However, when I came to bleed the brakes, I found that the bleeder threads in the caliper were stripped! I had to replace the caliper that they installed and finally got everything working. I contacted Ben and ask that the labor charges for the work be refunded since they had ruined the new caliper. He said that there was no way his mechanic stripped the threads and wouldn't take my word that it was damaged. So, I sent a copy of the receipt for the new caliper. Then he said that sometimes parts come defective. If that was the case, his mechanic installed a defective part. Either way, the work they did was useless and had to be redone. First off, Ben tried to rip off my daughter $134 for the caliper return he had agreed to, and then refused to stand behind his work. In Ben's 2nd email to me: "..we are not reimbursing you. After this email I will not be replying to anymore of your emails or phone calls.." I guess if you don't like what you hear, you refuse to talk about it.

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