Melendez Auto Service & Tire #2

I took my car in because the check engine light was on. One of their «mechanics» named Nelson pulls out a little machine that tells him its a sensor that needs to be replaced. Apparently it was an easy fix. the charged me $ 350.00 for this sensor including labor. I asked them to also do a tune up, they charged me $ 250.00 for a tune up including parts and labor. They asked that I bring the car over night to leave it there ALL day. I did. I pick up my car and all seems well, check engine light is off and as soon as I get home, it is back on. I call them back and they keep on shuffling me from one person to the other and tell me to bring the car back. As i’m driving it back the AC stops working, when it was working before. They inspect it and tell me it needs freon (?) I leave the car again for 4 days. I come back and they tell me that they still could not get the replacement sensor, that had a warranty btw. But they tell me, it will work and just to take it and come back. I do so, as I have to work. The car then suddenly does not turn back on. I call them. they tell me I must speak to Nelson, again. He says he will come to where I’m stranded and see what happened with my car. He gets it started and says its the starter that is bad now (?) takes it back to the shop to fix and I had to get a rental in the meantime. I spoke with him throughout an entire week and he kept on telling me that he was still working on it. then suddenly on Friday of that week, he no longer answers my calls. I go to the shop and my car was not there! and they tell me that this Nelson has not been to work in two days and that he had barely started working there and that he also took some tools. I said wait, I saw Nelson here fixing my car. I’m thinking my car was stolen at this point! I then threaten them that I am calling the police and report my car stolen… Nelson contacts me within minutes… I am beyond upset at this point. He returns my car and nothing is fixed! As a matter of fact, now it’s overheating. My neighbor who is a mechanic checked it out and said to me that a tune up was not done and no parts were repaired. So these people are just thieves, no nothing about fixing cars and as one other reviewer put it, they misdiagnose because they don’t know. DO NOT TAKE YOUR CAR HERE FOR REPAIR

Fixed a tire that the chain places wouldn’t fix because they claimed it was re patched before. Turns out the tire never was re patched and there was a screw in it.
Thank you for the fast and affordable repair!!! You have a new customer for life!

Friendly, fast, great job, cheap, and they’re open 24×7! Fixed our leaky tire in 5 minutes!

So happy we found them after my husband hit a curve which caused the tired to pop, we Unilocaled a tire shop and they were all closed :(we finally found a GoodYear Tire Shop and as we drive there this little hidden gem tire shop caught our attention we didn’t even think about twice we busted a U-​Turn and asked for a used 18inch tire… Wam Bam he showed us what he had and replaced our spare on the quickness!!! 5min tops. Now we can drive home… We’ll be there in about 4−5hrs thanks for the tire guys!!!

This place is fantastic! I have been here twice to have tires patched and both times were great. They had my tire patched within minutes and it was only $ 10. The workers are quite friendly as well. This was a win for me!

Back on 05÷23÷14 after 8am I had stopped at Melendez Tire due to a cylinder misfire and sputtering per the Auto Zone computer feed. I had decided to take my car to a small mom and pop shop as opposed to what I call «corporate» mechanics to get my car evaluated and repaired. I had a looong drive that day because I was leaving Vegas to drive back to Texas. So having a vehicle in good working order was important to me.
When I first arrived and explain the situation to a mechanic named Jose, he flat out said… we need to change the spark plugs it’s $ 40. I said cool!
I went down the street to the autozone and got 4 new spark plugs for about $ 3 – 4 bucks… Not bad.
Went back to the shop with the new spark plugs… then another mechanic named Ramon joined forces with Jose to put the spark plugs in and get me all set… they did eventually ask me how long has it been since I got the spark plugs changed… I told them possibly late last year summer. Jose had the old spark plugs in his hands and looked confused and I did too because the old spark plugs did not look all that worn out!
As I was sitting there in the office I had noticed that Jose and Ramon looked puzzled… they were testing out my car after the spark plugs were changed and my car was still sputtering… Ramon suggested that I go back to autozone and get the «Champion» spark plugs because the other new ones had I just got minutes earlier were not working. So I went back to autozone and got the «Champion» brand name spark plugs for my car.
Meanwhile the owner Tony came through with his wife or girlfriend or whoever she is and went inside the office.
They all spoke on Spanish and Tony left the office to come and help Jose and Ramon evaluate my car. After the 2^nd set of «Champion» spark plugs were installed… my car was still sputtering. It took forever for Tony, Jose, and Ramon to figure out what was going on with my car.
Meanwhile I was getting impatient as I was anticipating a long drive and wanted to leave Vegas sooner instead of later.
And also meanwhile, they were helping other customers with their tire issues and such which depleted my time there.
Eventually Tony came to me and said that my car needs 3 new ignition coils since my car runs off of 4 cylinders and 3 of the coils are bad and that is why the sputtering. He quoted me 2 prices… $ 100 each coil or $ 75 each coil… by then the time was about 12 or 1pm… so I told Tony that I will need to think about this and I will be back. He was cool with that. I had to pay $ 40 for the spark plug install before I left to find cheaper coils per Tony because the «labor» was performed even though the spark plugs were not the problem and I told Tony that Jose himself told me I won’t have me pay for it. :/​
Eventually after 4pm I had came back to the shop with the new coils that I had got at this Carquest store on Industrial and DI for way cheaper $ 50 per coil!
It took Jose a good 20 – 30 minutes to install the coils, test out the car, car worked fine and Tony just charged me $ 25 for labor.
They are pretty good mechanics… I felt that a lot of my time and my $ 40 was wasted off of a misdiagnosis earlier when Jose said that my car needed spark plugs, since that wasn’t the case.
If the misdiagnosis did not happen I’d be in and out in about an hour or so, not damn near the whole day! 8am-4pm…SMH.

Hmmmm. what can I say? Even though I have an honest and reliable mechanic, I come here when I’m in a rut with minor jobs. I have had my brakes, oil, and car batteries changed here. The mechanics are always very friendly and on the plus they are open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
So if you’re in a rut and need an emergency shop to come to, this is your place. Plus the prices aren’t outrageous, they are just right. They have great prices on window tinting too with a warranty.

We were there last week to replace a tire
For my daughter, Last night in Oklahoma
The tire came flying off on the freeway
The lugs Sheared off completely The mechanic said the Lugnuts were not Secured tightly Thanks to Melendez
My daughters entire families live put at risk
And they were stranded in the middle of nowhere
Tire shops have the responsibility To take due care, They have people’s lives in their hands