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    Rod's Japanese Auto Care

    3.3 (56 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Auto engine repair

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    Great staff & shop pup! These got me in on short notice for oil & alignment. Highly recommend.

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    First time in the shop. Welcoming staff and animals! Comfy couch while waiting on my car repair. Great shop!

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    I can't say enough good things about Armstrong Family Autocare without sounding like a paid…read morepromoter or something, but believe me, this was an OUTSTANDING car repair experience!! Be honest: how many mechanics have you dealt with who actually aim to reduce the cost of the service?! Alex did!! My old '99 Voyager was acting wonky; it would start but then some components would work while others wouldn't.. one day the windows operated, but the wipers or heater fan wouldn't; the next day NONE of them worked; the next day they all worked fine.. and so on and so on Got a brand new top-of-the-line Napa battery.. didn't help .. so then I had the alternator tested by 3 different places who all said it had a bad diode, so I reached out to a few companies here, got quotes, and Armstrong's was the most reasonable price (plus nearby my place) so I brought the Voyager in, crossing my fingers that some unknown -expensive- additional work wouldn't be urged on me, as I've frequently experienced with other repairs Long story short, Alex told me it actually wasn't the alternator being bad, it was the ignition switch, and I gotta be honest and say I was hugely skeptical because the other companies had advised me to get a new alternator, why would they recommend it if it wasn't the problem? ...but I decided to trust Alex, and the repair cost was literally HALF the cost of replacing the alternator (which was already a very reasonable price!) But this morning was the iron test: would everything work like it did when I picked up my vehicle? IT SURE DID --the wipers, the windows, the heater fan ALL WORKED AT THE SAME TIME!! That hasn't happened in forever! LOL This review is getting long but I wanted to share the deets because frankly, given the symptoms, the tests AND my belief in the test results... Alex could have very easily done the cheaper ignition repair but said nothing and charged for the more expensive alternator replacement that I was asking for -and I wouldn't have known the difference and would've just been happy to have things working- but he was honest and upfront and didn't take advantage of my ignorance.. like other shops around here have done or tried to do to me in the past How awesome is THAT?! So believe me when I say that everyone reading this who might be searching for a mechanic they can trust as much as they'd trust a friend to do the work (if they had the skills) .....look no further This is a good person who does good work! ~~listen to Grandma, now~~

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    I was an automotive tech for several years before I left the industry and I know how difficult it…read morecan be as a tech and running a shop so I would not and do not leave this review lightly. Nor would I typically take any vehicle to a shop however my girlfriend was able to get approved for financial assistance for the repairs because she is in school and needs her only vehicle to be reliable. That being said if I could leave zero stars I definitely would. Almost 10k dollars in work PAID IN ADVANCE. Plus 160$ just for the inspection where they missed obvious needed and necessary repairs and recommended repairs that I know were not needed because they had recently been done. Unfortunately I wasnt able to review the recommendations prior to the repairs being approved by my girlfriend. Initially she was told it would take maybe a week to finish then after dropping it off it switched to 2 weeks. 3 WEEKS LATER they want another $600+ to replace the timing chain even though they supposedly already had the timing chain cover off so labor to replace it should have been minimal and thats going by book time. In the comments section of the additional estimate for the timing chain replacement was a note written by the service advisor that said quote "Need to start on asap. Customer has called 3 times for progress report" end quote. Keep in mind that this additional estimate was made 3 WEEKS AFTER the vehicle was dropped off and if they hadnt even started on it yet how could they possibly know that it needed a timing chain? At this point as of writing this review they STILL have my girlfriends only vehicle and every call asking how much longer its gonna take has been met with an arrogant rude response as if the customer is a nuisance for even wanting their vehicle back along with an endless list of excuses from being short on techs to supposed bolts being stripped out. You would think that since its been there so long there would be someone on it making progress to get it done and out of there but instead of being apologetic for the ridiculous amount of time they have taken my girlfriend is told that they will not dedicate any of their techs to it because its not a priority over anything else and the last call made to them as of today after being overly understanding and polite she is told by the service advisor Kev that they will get it done when they get it done and hes not gonna argue about it, not to call anymore because he doesnt want to talk to her anymore. Have a nice day and then HE HUNG UP ON HER. I cant even believe this guy still has a job since he clearly has no customer service skills whatsoever, cant manage a shop well enough to know how to prioritize vehicles that have been there for too long and has no accountability for his piss poor scheduling, complete lack of professionalism, the unnecessary repair recommendations. Im afraid to see what they probably messed up or broke during the process when we finally do get it back or if they even do all the repairs that have already been paid for. What a joke. Dont ever take any vehicle here for any reason. Not even for an oil change with a coupon. I wouldn't trust this place with a bicycle or an RC car. Do some research an find a quality shop with an honest service advisor because this place is absolutely pathetic. UPDATE*** We have had the truck back for about a month now and Ive had to crawl under it at least half a dozen times now. Starting with the very first day as soon as we got it home noticed the steering/suspension was making a clunking noise. I was at a loss for words when I saw that both the pitman arm and idler arm nuts were not even finger tight literally about to fall off and had no cotter pins in either one. Moments before finding this out I had been doi g 70mph on the freeway. If either of those steering components had come out of the centerlink it would have been catastrophic. On top of that all of the skid plate bolts were about to fall out, it didnt have enough oil in it to read on the dipstick, no cotter pin in the passenger side cv axle nut, it has an ignition misfire from a spark pkug wire they damaged, The power steering makes a horrible noise and somebody got into my glovebox and put the cd face back on the cd player for some reason and 2 of the tools I had left in the truck are now MISSING. All of this and I cant do a thing about it because we are definitely not gonna take the truck back to them so they can put my life in danger with their carelessness again or steal some more of my stuff. NO NO NO NO NO DO NOT TAKE YOUR VEHICLE HERE FOR ANY REASON. You will almost certainly regret it. We definitely do!

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