I needed to take my old Volvo station wagon in to get looked at to become a commuter vehicle. JZ did a great job! He fixed my suspension ball joints and replaced a part leaking transmission fluid without charging me much. They didn't come up with a bunch of problems just to charge me money. Great! They fixed everything promptly. They didn't seem to charge me for diagnosing my car and the fixes were cheap! Friendly attitude, short time turn around, trustworthy assessment. I took off one star for two problems. 1. They didn't check the computer in my car and reset the "service engine" light. 2. He called me and woke me from a nap to ask me a question that didn't seem necessary. Generally I was very satisfied with this small local mechanic. read more

Don't bring your car here for repair. truly bad repair work. Brought my van for Oxygen sensor replacement and destroyed body parts just to get into the O2 sensor. Totally unacceptable read more

Do not come here if you have a choice. My car was vibrating mid-commute, so I went to the nearest mechanic, which was this place. Big mistake. I could have driven an extra mile if it meant better service. My spark plug misfired, and I needed one ignition coil replaced. The cost for materials was $80, which already sounded off. Then, when I got the full quote, it was $200. That's a service fee of $120 per hour. Why would it cost $120 to unplug and plug something? They also did an extra diagnostic test that was unnecessary, which added to the cost. Don't go here. It is hard to find honest mechanics these days, and they are, unfortunately, not honest. They'll take advantage of you. read more

I traveled to Northern California from LA over the 4th of July week in 2019, and my car broke. It was my solo trip and I went to joe for help. He agreed to fix on the holiday, which I really appreciated, and he fixed my whole radiator system and charged me $750, which I understand maybe he overpriced because of the holiday, I get that, so I paid and I thought my car will be ok. He mentioned to me something like I need to replace thermostat or something after I get to LA. My mechanic told me that was just like temporary work and the radiator needs to be replaced again. Guess what? My mechanic was right, same problem happened and I needed new radiator 6 months later. $750 just to last 6 months. Very disappointing.... read more

Do not bring your car to this place of business the neighborhood is a very bad neighborhood The place is not professionally ran and it is very dirty and junky He diagnosed our car with one thing and then when we came he said we owed $748 so we wanted to know the work that he did we still was very skeptical Then we ask for the keys to see how it ran when we tried to start the car it would not run at all Then he said we still owe $748 if we want it our car he said he think the problem is it needed a battery or maybe he could charge the battery he said !!! after our car being there for over a week and him charging us $748 don't you think the car should've ran? We told him we were very unhappy we argue with him for one hour before paying him the money our car still would not start we had to come back another day and we told him to make it start he said he would charge the battery when we came back again after paying him $748 the car still had a problem starting and we finally got it started this man ripped us off and he's a very evil person and does not care about his customer. The car ran terribly and was making noise after $748... take my advice do not go to him he is very deceitful and not an honest man!!! We didn't want any Problems Of course we were angry but he won't be blessed by taking advantage of people... This man should be shut down Do not trust this place of business !!! read more

After hearing great things about repairs did at JZ Auto with many of my families vehicles. I decided to call Jo and check to see what was going on with my car; its check engine light was on earlier this year. I have a Lexus IS300 and rather than go to the Lexus dealership and have them diagnose it for thousands of dollars and charge me thousands of dollars for labor I decided to try out Jo. I brought the car to Jo early afternoon to diagnose, he called me a couple of hours later to tell me the diagnosis, and he would need to order the part which would take less than a week to arrive, so I agreed. He didn't charge me for diagnosing the car or to order the part yet... The day I brought the car in, he finished a couple of hours later and he didn't charge me an arm and a leg. He barely charged me for labor... He is so reasonable in price! I would definitely recommend him and go there again. read more

JZ auto repair has been working on my car and my parents car for a couple of years now. He is fair, honest and does great work. He doesn't try to rip you off or tell you that you need unnecessary work done. Every time my Lancer needs work and I am close to home, I go to Joe at JZ auto repair. He does the work quickly, but very efficiently and I always have my car back the day the work is repaired. I had to take my Lancer to the Mitsubishi dealership because of recall repair and they told me I would need a catalytic converter. Shortly after that my car started to sputter and I emailed Mitsubishi about it. They emailed me back that it wasn't the catalytic converter causing it and...that was it. They didn't respond to my asking what it could be. Instead, the made me an appointment without my knowledge and expected me to show up! I took my car to Joe and within 2 hours I was told he needed a tune up and he would do it asap. Go see Joe! read more

Exceptional service . There are few honest mechanics nowadays. Highly recommended to everyone. Keep up the good work. Cheers

The owner Joe is the man... I had a major truck repair back in Nov. 2012. Because of how I was treated by Joe. I have made JZ Auto Repair my personal repair shop. The prices are fair. And they treat you like you are family. I have been privileged. To have become one of their customers. read more

Extremely disappointed. . . I was referred to Jay Z because my fan went out in my Honda Civic. They repaired my vehicle by replacing the fan, but recommended a mini - tune up. I brought my vehicle in and they sat on my car for two days. Then they told me I could pick it up and when I got there, I waited an hour. Within a mile of driving the check engine light came on. I took it back and he claimed he had no idea what was wrong with my car. He reset my light and said he changed the spark plugs. My check engine light came on again and then my car started sputtering. I went to Honda of El Cerrito and was told the spark plugs where not installed right and there was a ground wire connected to my starter. They were shocked my car even ran and claimed it caused stress on my engine and starter! I wasted 250, to turn around and pay the dealership 700 to fix my car. Never again read more

0 stars for this one!! DO NOT TAKE YOUR CAR THERE, WILL SAVE YOU TIME, MONEY AND HEADACHE!! Joe quoted my husband $125 for the labor for replacing my starter on my VW Passat. Jo calls me a few hours later and tells me he misquoted on the labor and that it would be $220 instead becuase he would have to lift the engine, I agreed to get the work done because I needed my car!! When my husband picks up the car it's running worse than before!! So my husband asks him to just recheck everything and make sure nothing was left loose as VW's are a bit difficult cars to work on, and that our car was not running like that prior to taking it to him. Joe tried to say all he did was replace the starter and nothing else, so I call him to confront him about him telling me he had to lift the engine (which he tried to deny) then he has the nerve to tell me that probably something was already wrong with my car and I took it in like that!! Are you kidding me??? Then it gets better, when I asked him if he test drove the car before we picked it up, he says NO that he didn't have to. I was absolutely shocked that after paying him $220 he didn't even test drive my car??? I mean what mechanic does that??!! This made me even more enraged, and mind you at no time did he offer to look at it , make the situation better, nor lower the price on the labor, that he overcharged for! So my husband has his cousin who also happens to be a mechanic take a look at my car and sure enough there is a loose wire!! WTF?? So after all of that, we had to go buy the wire to put back in place because there was no way I was letting him touch my car again! I stopped by Joe's shop to tell him about the dirt he did and him leaving a loose wire on my car, and to tell him he overcharged me. Mechanics have a price list for labor based on the parts needed and my husband's cousin confirmed he overcharged us. VERY unprofessional and dishonest! Never again will I deal with such bullcrap! Teresa M read more

Got my headlights fixed and also offered to fix my hood that's been broken for a while now. Great service, highly recommended.