I'm DONE with the dealerships and couldn't be happier. My Prius and Elantra have found new service homes with Wilhelm. This crew is kind, honest, fair, and efficient. I'm thrilled to have found them! read more

I love this place, the Yelp discount, their $20 oil change. Their drop off / pickup service, CLEAN office, friendly staff. Hybrid certified, fair pricing. read more

Being new to the area, I wasn't sure where to take my car for new brakes. Once I learned that Wilhelm had Saturday hours, I figured I'd at least go in for an estimate. They had an estimate ready for me in a rapid manor. They were affordable, honest, and were able to get my car back to me in only a few hours. read more

Very accommodating and proactive when assisting with passing emissions for my older Cadillac. Manager even drove my car to emissions place to ensure it would pass test. I'm considering song this my new local shop. read more

This was a great experience. I needed an pil change after a 2500 mile road trip from PA to AZ. I called this garage and they were able to squeeze me in. The also provided transportation to and from the garage to my hotel and back. This was a most friendliest and most accomodating experience. read more

These guys are great! Very accommodating and helpful. Being a single woman who does not know a lot about cars, I am always concerned that auto shops will take advantage of me, and it has happened in the past . Not here! They are honest, with a great deal of integrity. My car was fine, and they told me so! Pretty impressive...no up selling. Three extra bonuses: Shop is comfortable and immaculate Free coffee and WIFI They are animal lovers and support rescues and animal shelters! read more

Wonderful service. Fixed my car extremely fast and reasonable prices. Even gave me a bit of a discount just because! Very happy with this little auto shop down the road. read more

We have a 2013 ML350 Mercedes SUV we brought in for service on 12/9/2016. I have the receipt. As we don't drive it much, we just had the 60,000 mile service done now which included changing the engine air filter. It turns out that the gaskets, which are supposed to be reusable were so badly damaged, new ones had to be ordered. Additionally, a plastic part was broken and repaired with silicon (the part is about $540.00 from Mercedes and is special order) No more Wilhelm. More damage than repair. read more

These people will have all of our business as long as we own cars! We have never encountered a place with such honesty and integrity. They are very friendly, respectful, and helpful with explanations and options. The place is very clean and quiet, or they will give you a ride home. Open on Saturdays and offer discount coupons, too. Five stars for sure! read more

I was more than satisfied with my recent service at Wilhelm Arcadia. The staff was courteous and knowledgeable and got the job done. I was afraid of a long list of parts and repairs for a sixteen year old Camry but not so, Will definitely go back but hopefully it won't be for a while! read more

My Miata mechanic retired..so I went shopping for a new one. Happened upon Wilhelm Auto and went over to talk to them. Clean spaces, humming activity, and the front office, thanks Chris, who took the time to explain everything that could be wrong, based on my comments. I left the car, got a call several hours later (this is a good thing, they told me up front it could be a while) and was given the laundry list. My husband is a retired mechanic and knew what should be needed. They nailed it! Gave me the price and it was in the ballpark for what I'd looked at online. Job was finished in less time than estimated and the car not only sounds better, it drives as it did when it was new! I will be back for all oil changes and services. read more

These people have many shops around the valley, and I go to the one on Thomas and 52nd st. Convenient and they are great with the option to make an appointment. They respect the fact that you made an appointment, they are thorough and NO PRESSURE, once they evaluate your vehicle you can budget for future repair needs. They are trustworthy of repairs that need to be made. They want your business on a continuous basis, so they don't seem to over charge for any repair. check them out, I think you will be happy with their service. read more

I took my son's used car that we just purchased to Wilhelm in January. We had them do a once-over to make sure there weren't any major mechanical flaws. Their team was very courteous and helped us in a timely fashion. read more

We got a new (used) van and took it to Wilhelm to get it checked out. They said it was in great shape and didn't charge us a bunch of money... what? Since when does a mechanic not come up with a ton of things that are wrong. Definitely going back there. read more

Had them look at a car we were interested in buying with since our regular mechanic was too far away from the seller. Paid $100 for them to let us know if there were any problems, since we were too far away to do it ourselves. The prepurchase inspection was okay. They missed a couple things, but it's what you'd expect from a chain. But then, when we went to go purchase the car and do a test drive ourselves, (after a 2 hour drive) we found out that the car was a completely different model than the seller had listed the car for and told us! Not just a different trim, but a whole model! Shame on the seller for that, but also shame on Wilhelm for not even mentioning that. You'd assume that for the money they could give us the most obvious and crucial piece of information about the car! That it's not the car you think it is. Their response was that it was an issue with the seller, not them. After the lackluster service and the dismissal of any professionalism, Wilhelm has been quite the disappointment. Assuredly, phoenix has great mechanics. Wilhelm just isn't one of them. read more

These people are the most helpful I have ever come across. No appointment, filled all four tires at no charge. Free hot chocolate. Happy warm atmosphere. More Christmas decorations than at my own house. I will come back again and again. read more

I have taken my Honda Odyssey there three times now and I am not an easy customer to please. They gave honest assessments of several things that needed attention but also prioritized them not trying to sell everything like a dealer. They did very good work, added a little bit of attention to one repair that required the vehicle to be brought back and was taken care of right away and correctly. I would recommend them to anyone. read more

On 7/28/15, a day before my total hip replacement, I went to Wilhelm Automotive Auto Repair with an oil change coupon, and came out with an Estimate #0008468, for service needed that said: REMOVE & REPLACE WATER PUMP Leaking 1 NEW WATER PUMP Parts $149,49 Labor $435.05 Job Total $584.54 COOLING SYSTEM FLUSH Parts $104.46 Labor $63.00 Job Total $167.46 And an unbelievable $816.11 Total Estimate Gina Beam told me that I had to replace the water pump immediately. Scared, right before I went to the 'knife' I left my car in the hands of two professional service repairmen, one of whom had replaced the water pump only in March. They both agreed there was no leak, and NOTHING was wrong with my car. This was a total scam and I will never visit any Wilhelm Automotive Auto Repair Center again! read more

My engine RPM always seemed to rev up to high on start up. They said it wasn't normal and they would do some diagnostics for about a $100 and make a recommendation. The called me back and said the throttle body needed to be cleaned for about an additional $200 and that would solve the problem. I agreed. When I went in to pick up the car they informed me that - unfortunately this didn't fix the problem and that I would need to have the throttle body replaced for over $1000. So I ended up paying them more than $300 with absolutely nothing to show for it. I had another shop look at it. They said their was nothing wrong with the throttle body and that some of this was normal for my car. For $100 they did some adjustments that got the engine start up and idle speed down to what it should be. read more

Our Prius battery needed to be replaced and we took in to Wilhelm Automotive and they were great. Only took a couple hours. They dropped us off back home and picked us up when it was ready. The price was good and they were very friendly. I would highly recommend. read more

after 15 good years of service we had a problem that they were unwilling to admit possible error. We know we have always paid up for Wilhelm but you get what you pay for...this however revealed the character of the individuals to whom I spoke...I wasn't looking for a refund just a possible misrepresentation by the store to my wife who authorized a $1600 replacement of struts for a 4 year old, 25,000 soft miles chevy expedition. Caveat Emptor ..we will go elsewhere in the future read more

Brought my car into this shop because it came recommended to me for my German car. This place quoted me 50% markup on the part I needed. They said the parts came straight from the dealer even though the dealer price was half of what they wanted and that wasn't including the $400 in labor for what shows was a 2 hour job. Needless to say I will not be taking my car back to them! Update time. After they took my valve cover off i now have a crack in the the cover, which is a $300 part. As I appreciate them telling me everything is good internally I'm not to please that it was broken and then put back on the car causing a massive oil leak. My car is full of expensive oem parts and usually if someone breaks something you would think they would replace it. If I could give 0 stars I would. Beware of this place for they break stuff and don't fix it just put it back on with no regard to the customer! read more

Where do i begin? Check Engine light was on and i knew i needed a new coolant control flow valve from prior diagnostic testing. I have owned the car 7 years without one single problem. Drove it there, dropped it off, and then didn't receive a phone all day with an update. My time is not valuable so i had to call them. Guess what they told me? Oh sir, did u know your battery is dead? You can imagine my surprise. Can you say sabotage? Chris was kind enough to give me the new battery for free. Interesting? Two weeks later the brake actuator needed to be replaced. Chris quoted me $3100 to replace it. Took it to the dealership and they quoted 1700. My wife looked on the Internet and found out there is a service bulletin on it, and we actually got it fixed for free! Another strange thing, Chris offered to buy my car for $1000. Claims he did not know about the bulletin. Strange or screwed? Never going there again. Even if it was free. read more

Very professional, reliable and reasonable. I feel they are the most honest and trustworthy people and honor their actions. Love giving business to my neighborhood of Arcadia and appreciate their accommodating me when I need them. read more

Great customer service! I dealt mainly with Mike at the Thomas and 52nd Street location. He honestly cared and took care of any problems we ran into. My car was towed to their shop, they ran a diagnostic promptly the next morning and called me at work like they said they would. Mike gave me some options, like getting a used motor at a junk yard or selling my car and buying a new one..he knew one of my concerns was being a single female and not wanting to get "screwed" over. He was more like a friend than anything. He was patient with me and let me keep my car with a blown motor at their shop until I could figure out what I was going to do. I ended up selling it and Mike gave me much needed info on the title and stuff that I had no clue about in regards to selling my car to a private seller. When I met someone at the shop to let him look at my car (because he was going to buy it), Mike asked me if I felt comfortable showing my car, if not, he'd go outside with me and talk to the potential buyer. He was WONDERFUL, hands down. He even let me hop on the computer to print a document that I needed in order to sell my car. Mike offered me a discount because I had a bill from the work they had to put into my car to see if the motor was even blown. Having found out my motor was blown, I was totally bummed that I owed about $700 and the car was not running. Luckily, Mike worked with me, dropped the price way down to give me a break PLUS, I didn't have to pay him right away. I paid the bill off when I met the guy at Mike's shop to sell my car. Probably the most trustworthy and reliable mechanic I've been too. AND I was referred here as well because of their customer service and no bullshit work ethic. :) read more

What a great shop!!!!! I dealt with both Mike S. and Mike V. These guys are as honest and accommodating as they come. They fixed up my truck, gave me info on future work to consider and best of all, this business won't give you the runaround or try to push extra, unnecessary work on you. Everything is done an a very timely manner. There is a great group of knowledgeable and efficient mechanics. I hope they stay here FOREVER because this is where I will have all future work (big and small) done. Thanks guys!!! read more

I have worked on my own cars for years doing basic repair. When a check engine light comes on there is only so much one can do before heading to a shop. This was my first time at this shop as they have just taken over the location. I found the people and the shop to be very fair and responsive. This is my first response ever on Yelp, I wanted to take the time as I am that pleased with their service.. Tom H. read more

awesome service. they fixed my tires, carb and fuel pump as I required. they also found I had a leaky master brake cylinder and told me about it and I told them to please replace that as well. Here is where it gets great. They were not able to find a replacement so they contacted a shop that refurbished the original part. that was way above and beyond and service I've ever received at other shops. great job fellas!!! read more

Wilhelm's is one of the most honest Automotive Business I've encountered. They checked my car from front to back and charged me nothing. I chose them for a second look on some items I was told I needed. After they looked, I needed none of these. They could've of sold me these things, however, they were TOP NOTCH and sold me nothing, except respect. I will choose them in the future for everything. Thank you. read more

Great Customer Service. No pressure on additional items that need a fix'n.

These people are amazingly friendly, helpful and have high integrity. I feel very happy to have found them when I moved back to Phoenix and need someone to care for my car. read more

Straight talk. Excellent customer service. They replaced the Hybrid battery in my 2004 Honda Civic. Chris is a consummate professional. If you are looking for a hybrid battery replacement, you'll get a refurbished factory Honda battery from the dealer but at Whilhelm you get a brand new Bumblee bee battery (http://bumblebeebatteries.com/) battery with a 3 year warranty. That is in addition to the 2 year parts and labor warranty Wilhelm gives with their work (concurrent). They finished my cars 2 days before I could pick it up and had no problems keeping it for me. Five big fat stars from me. read more

Always pleasant to deal with & I like the fact that they have the Hybrid Shop with the necessary equipment to test & maintain Hybrid vehicles. read more

I have been to so many shops around the Phoenix area and none have made me want to go back because either they've been overpriced, tried to pull the wool over me, or just not serviceable to my needs. I'm so glad I was referred to Wilhelm Automotive by a coworker of mine. From the moment I called in to schedule my oil change, the gal on the other end was such a delight. It was such a help to be able to drop my vehicle off and get a ride to work by them. Who still does that nowadays!! When my vehicle was done I was picked up by one of their courtesy rides, and the Gentleman at front desk explained what was done to my vehicle and what I might want to think about getting done next. He didn't try to over sell me with services that weren't necessary and I actually understood what he was explaining. Best part of all this, was the cost of my service!...Very affordable and I love that they offer rewards program toward services. I will definitely be back to service my other vehicles! Thank you Wilhelm Automotive for such professionalism and awesome customer service!!! read more

We love Wilhelm. Luke is very helpful and personable. Not at all pushy yet honest. He and the staff are knowledgable and are willing to go the extra mile. My daughter and I waited for my husband and Luke while they were outside reviewing the services completed and an employee offered her a coloring book and a snack in a goodie bag. Would totally recommend if your looking for a reliable, family-like friend in the business. read more

Excellent service. Quick. Responsive. And billing was handled beautifully. They have wi-fi too.

My experience with Wilhelm Automotive was quite refreshing. The staff was pleasant and professional. They were very attentive to my request for same-day turnaround service. In fact, because I was so impressed with their quick feedback on the main maintenance issue, I asked for more items to be taken care of as well. Ordinarily, I would not have done so; however, I was confident they were the right people for right job. They are the small business worth supporting. Everyone gave me the impression they truly enjoy their job. I highly recommend Wilhelm Automotive to everyone needing maintenance with a personal touch. read more