German Autotec

When I first moved to the Phoenix area in 2007, I had a 2000 VW Jetta with 100kmi on it. I took it to German Autotec for everything. They are just fantastic there. They are honest and never try to sell a part or service that you don’t need. Just recently I took my 2006 Passat to the dealership for routine maintenance. They said I needed new brakes and it would cost $ 320+!
I took it to German Autotec and they said we didn’t even need anything. The brakes were in great shape. They didn’t even charge anything for the checkup. They are awesome and I will always go there for anything that isn’t warranty related.

There are certainly a crapload of mechanics in the valley, but from my experience, German Autotec is the best. I have a VW Golf that’s needed a fair bit of work over the years, and every time I’ve brought it to them, they had it fixed on the first try, for exactly the quoted amount. Never had an issue resurge, either.
This is actually in contrast to a lot of other auto places in the valley. Before I started going to German Autotec, I’d take my Golf to a big-​franchise mechanic (the nearby Midas). Midas would regularly quote me one thing (based on their cheapo generic parts and so forth), then start working on and call back with a new quote (either because they’d been wrong about the cause of the problem or because their cheap generic parts rarely fit VWs for some reason). In one case, the new quote was three times the amount of the old one ($ 300 rather than $ 100).
After that last markup by Midas, I started taking my car to German Autotec. Every subsequent problem on the car’s been fixed in one go, when and for how much they said it would be. There have been some crazy weird issues, too: car stalling due to a cracked ignition coil, not starting (but only when warm!) due to a gunked-​up fuel pump, the electrical system going bonkers due to the actual ignition lock, and all sorts of more mundane things as well. Every single one was handled perfectly, honestly, and with no surprises.
The one time since I started going to German Autotec that I went somewhere else was due to a time constraint: they were super-​busy and I needed something fixed that day, before I wanted to leave for a road trip. I took it to a friend’s mechanic (who is by all rights also a good mechanic, and very well rated on Unilocal as well) because that mechanic said he had time. He did have time, but the part he ordered didn’t fit and he wasn’t able to get the right part before the end of the day. I ended up having to delay my road trip, and pay more for the part mixup. This sort of thing has never happened at German Autotec.
So while there are other good (and well-​rated) mechanics in the valley, none know German cars as good as these guys. I think you’ll be very happy taking your car here.