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    Thiel's Collision Center

    5.0 (1 review)

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    Services - Thiel's Collision Center

    Bumper repair

    Auto frame testing

    Auto steering and suspension repair

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    Rear-end damage

    Vehicle towing

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    Mel's Service

    Mel's Service

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    If Mel opened a shop closer to where I live, it would be my go-to shop!…read more My girlfriend and I were driving through South Dakota on a road trip and right as we went down into Chamberlain to see the nice view of the Missouri river, a "low oil pressure, shut off engine immediately" warning displayed on my dashboard. I pulled over right away opened the hood to find my battery smoking and it smelled like rotten eggs (which is a sign the battery is in a terrible place). This happened later in the evening so we called a local tow service and they dropped it off at Mel's with us hoping he would be able to take a look the next day. This was day one of our week long trip and with a low oil pressue warning we were a bit worried about our situation. I arrived first thing in the morning at Mel's shop to speak with him about my car. I told him the situation and then Mel asked for the keys and went to work right away. There weren't many places to go around his shop (that I knew of) so I hung around while he looked at. After a few minutes he found that the oil pressure sensor was bad. He replaced that and then worked on replacing the battery as it was obviously not ok. When he finished replacing the battery we went for a drive on the highway to make sure the voltage and the oil pressure were fine. It is my understanding that in some cases where the battery has the characteristics as mine did in this case that the alternator could be overcharging it. The voltage and oil pressure were consistenly fine on our ten minute drive so it seemed the only problem was the battery had just met its time. The bill was very reasonable and we had no further problems the rest of the road trip. It was almost nice in some ways to have my car break down when it did so I was able to bring it here to save on repairs. Mel is plesant to talk to, seems like a smart guy, and helped us out in a pinch. As long as Mel is still in business, don't worry too much if your car happens to break down while passing through Chamberlain.

    Traveling to the Black Hills, I was having air conditioning issues with our car. Checked with 2…read moreother shops who told me it would be 3 or 4 days before they could even think about helping me out! Mel, who said he is semi-retired had me pull my car right in, he checked and added freon. We were out the door and on our way in about 30 minutes! Air worked great as we traveled through the Badlands! Very reasonable on his price as well! It is great to know there is still good people who will help you out when needed! Thanks Mel!

    Thiel's Collision Center - bodyshops - Updated May 2026

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