Kovach’s Auto Service

Used for a motorcycle inspection. Excellent, fast service. Will use again.

So far I’m quite pleased with the work these guys do.
Since I moved back to Pennsylvania, I’ve had to get my wife’s and my cars inspected, and both had a few problems.
My wife’s car had a check engine light on which I tried to fix before taking it there. The problem was with one of the «down-​stream» O2 sensors, so I found a part diagram online so I would know which one to replace. I replaced it, and the light came right back on. Oh well, I gave the car to them.
Whenever I was dropping it off, I explained the situation to them. I was told I possibly replaced the wrong one (long story short, they were right and the diagram I found was wrong). I was originally told they could just swap the good one I took out for the bad one, but they replaced it with a new one ($ 60+ part). I was a little disappointed by this since I had bought the part from Advance Auto for $ 10 less, plus they still had to charge for labor.
As for my 16 year old 98′ Buick, it had to have a few more serious repairs. The front left control arm was rusting through. So badly, it needed replaced. That was $ 400 repair. I personally feel that it was a bit steep, but I really appreciated whenever I asked for someone to show me what exactly was wrong, they had no problem obliging. Ben gladly walked me around the car and told me what he saw, what would need fixed to pass inspection, what should be fixed in the near future, and exactly what would need done to replace the control arm.
It was a breathe of fresh air to have a mechanic tell me what problems existed and then say which ones I could fix later on my own as compared to a mechanic that just wants to fix everything (aka replace your windshield wipers for $ 40 even though that is a really simple and cheap fix).
So to say the least, I was happy to have them do the work since they have thus far proven themselves to be worthy and honest mechanics.
$ 300 to have the control arms repaired by a joe-​schmo mechanic, not worth it.
$ 400 to have the control arms repaired by a mechanic who would do the job right, worth every penny.
Just a tip, if you’d like to take your car here for any work/​inspection, call ahead a day or two since they’re tight on space and always seem to be busy.

Great people of integrity. I broke down nearby, they could help because of tight scheduling referred me to a competitor.