We lived in Broomfield many years ago. 5th Gear was a fairly new business then. After the first…read moretime taking our Subaru to "Andy" for repairs, we never went anywhere else. They were honest, did a great job and were reasonably priced, we never went anywhere else. Now these many years later, my granddaughter has a Jeep, that is causing her problems, starting for a few weeks, then not starting. I have given her 5th Gear's number. l am hoping they still do the same wonderful job they did in the past.

These guys are friendly, communicative and conscientious. I appreciate working with them again on…read moreour Dodge and Mercedes Sprinters.

This by far was the worst experience I have ever had with an auto repair and I still don't have my…read morecar. They have had my car for over 7 1/2 weeks, we paid two weeks ago when the owner said the car was done, but it wasn't - now it has been two more weeks and we still don't have a car. I am beyond done with this company - please don't take your car here.

Great experience, honest and true all the way through. Highly recommend & Will definitely be back!read more

In a day of slick operators, this is a repair company that is kind, understanding and worked by…read moredown to earth people who seek nothing other than your satisfaction and an honest day's wages. I've had on car's transmission fixed there, and the were able to do a $600 repair for us, whereas another slicker place put my car through a $40,000 diagnostic machine --or so they said--and for a $100 fee evcentually told me I needed a new transmission for ...what was it, $4000 or much more, as I recall. Mag-Co's lot is handily located in a nice area of Broomfield, and if the lot looks kind of unimpressive from the street, well, don't be fooled. This is a place where real work goes on, with no fluff and BS. The shop is run by a nice fellow who took over an existing business, which he now runs with his daughter as office assistant, and they have a heck of a crew, just as honest and efficient and reasonable as the former crew--if not the same. Vive Mag-Co! Such shops are a rarity, and a god-send. Thanks, folks!

Mag-Co said 3 times that they were going to complete a diagnostic of my GMC sierra 1500. they…read morestarted the diagnostic on Tuesday and charged me $85 despite never finishing the diagnostic. I then had to pay $200 to tow my truck to a shop that would actually answer my call and actually finish figuring out what was wrong with the vehicle that I need in order to make a living. I advise avoiding this shop or you may be ignored like I was.

great welcoming and professional stuff. organize and decent store. They definitely know what they…read moreare doing. DYLAN is such a professional stuff

Inept and unprofessional, don't waste your time. Took my Subaru in for transmission issues and have…read morehad to take it back THREE times in less than a year because the work wasn't ever done right. Never any paperwork despite asking point blank multiple times, just that the gal at the front will "get it Had a tech even offer to leave the keys in so I could claim it on insurance when it was stolen. Not cool. It failed a fifth time two months after the last re-repair and I was so bummed, I took it to the dealer, who said it was two quarts low on transmission fluid. No leak, just blatant neglect on the part of Active Transmission. It's failed again now and the shop owner just complains about how much he's spent on this job and dodges phone calls. Unprofessional. NotA transmission shop should be able to repair transmissions. Don't bother going there, they can't do what their sign outside says. Updated 10/2019: a year later and it's still the transmission having issues that never lessened. Took it to a Subaru specialist and found some interesting art on what Active Transmission "repaired." They didn't repair it. Just took the money and drew lewd pictures on my car. Don't take anything to these people. They are garbage.

Called for transmission fluid service and they got me in the same day. Was quoted a price ($289…read moreplus tax) that was slightly lower than another I'd gotten and a 2 hour timeframe so I waited in their lobby which has free wifi. Was charged as quoted and car was ready in a shade over two hours. Good experience

Our car broke down on a weekend trip and we find this repair, they took us in without an…read moreappointment. They found the problem fast and fixed the brake line the same day. Price was fair, and they was friendly too. We were lucky to find them.

I recently had the clutch begin to make noises so I had it towed to Hands on Auto Tech for a…read morediagnosis.. There was a problem with the communication surrounding the tow transfer so I started my experience with Hands on Auto Tech with some trepidation. Tom handled the situation and we moved onto the real problem with my truck. The diagnosis was the clutch so I approved the repair and waited a few days for the parts to arrive and the repair to proceed. After the clutch was replaced another problem with the operation of the clutch was discovered so I agreed to the additional repair and another day for repair. After a week I was reunited with my truck. The repair was costly, lengthy and unexpected but coming out the other side of this experience I learned a couple of lessons. 1. If you have your vehicle towed to a shop follow the tow truck to the shop and verify the transfer. 2. Communication and follow up throughout the repair are key Tom was great to deal with and I feel that he was honest with me about the repairs needed and the cost of those repairs. Having recently moved to the area I feel my vehicle maintenance and repair needs can be checked off the list. I can recommend Hands on Auto Tech to anyone needing an honest repair facility and Tom as a good guy to deal with.

Brought my '93 K-2500 ext. cab pickup in the previous week to get a rear differential gasket…read morereplace and oil change and for a mount piece for the engine oil filter, both of which were leaking. Got it back after a few short days and will be getting some further work done as time goes on. This truck had belonged to my former landlord whereupon his daughter sold it to me as the old boy had gone to a retirement facility. In his later years maintenance and repairs had been let go but being sturdy and strong running, I bought it and am slowly bringing it up to snuff and it is good in the event I should need to do any long distance traveling with it. . Attended the new shop opening, located just off I-25 and Colorado route 66, where I met Mr. Maggio's family and some of the other customers who call Hands On Autotech their home for vehicle repair and servicing. I first went there based on the recommendation of the Martino troubleshooter show on 630 KHOW AM radio; 10 AM - 2PM, M-F. My opinion is that Tom's shop takes something of a scientific approach to vehicle repair and will go more in depth with an analyses than another shop I had been to for an issue with my '99 Tahoe. As an EV owner himself I gather that Tom is up on the current tech, perhaps more than some other places who would have men of my age (68) from the "dinosaur era" of automotive tech working at their shops.

Redoing my one star review because it looks like they tried to cover this up. On July 15th, 2025…read morethey did a tranemission flush for me instead of diagnosing the issue, and going off the engine code. The actual problem was with the transmission and the overdrive itself. I went to Ralph's foothills and they got me fixed up in a jiffy. While Active transmission swindled me out of $304. For a transmission flush I performed a month prior. These guys are clowns.

Went in with an engine code P0841, and came out with an engine code P0841. For a shop specializing…read morein transmission repairs. They sure don't know how to fix one. Instead I was swindled $300 for a transmission flush that was serviced two months prior.

New tires, which were very hard to find they ordered them and had them within a couple of days and…read moreput them on promptly and professionally.

I bought a Groupon for my nephew to get an alignment. When he went to mud tires to get this…read morealignment they tried to up charging before they even looked at the car saying they wouldn't look at the car unless he added an extra $200. They wanted to drive his car around but these people seem so dishonest. We didn't even want to leave the car with him fearing we might not get it back.