AAMCO Transmissions & Total Car Care

They did the Transmission in my van. very clean and professional.

I brought my car into the shop and Vince immediately start to help me. He explained everything to me that was wrong with my car and all of the available financing that was available to me. My car was fixed in the time that he quoted. My car ruins great. Thank you Vince and the staff at Aamco. I will definitely refer this Aamco to family and friends.

They are nice but you can get your car fixed at any other location for a much better price.

These people are nothing but criminal … I go in for what is advertised as a free Air Conditioning check … with appointment … After a 1 hour wait the clerk says — «I need your home address» and telephone. I give him my cell and inform him that I do not give my home address but I will give him my PO Box… after a fifteen minute argument over that he takes my keys and tells me he reports my car to «Cae-​Fax» … I tell him I don’t autjorize reporting to «Car-​Fax» he says «too bad» I already did and you can talk to the state of California if you don’t like it. Eventually a tech pulls my car in. He comes back half and hour later and says he can’t check the A/​C because the LED Console is dim. After another hour hour I leave. About 2 hours later I get a call from 21^st Century Car Insurance and they say we are responding to your request for a car insurance quote. I said I did not request a quote but that I had been at AAMCO that morning, given them the made up name that Century 21 referred to. So you can see… there is no free AC Check at AAMCO, it is a trick and they are selling your infor to every Tom-​Dick-​And-​Harry… They aren’t worth the involvement and I recommend that you go to a ligitiment auto repair shop.

My car stopped suddenly, with no warning what so ever. I towed it to the dealer who promptly went from zero to $ 3700 to replace the transmission with little effort to diagnosis the true issue. I wasn’t buying their $ 3700 solution, so I had my car towed to AAMCO, which was the best decision I made in this stressful situation. AAMCO did a true diagnosis of the issue. They went into the trans and found it could be repaired vs replacing… and my final bill out the door $ 903. Being at the mercy of a mechanic isn’t a good feeling, so it’s refreshing to do business with a company that operates with integrity. Thanks AAMCO

The manager Jay is really nice. It also seems like he’s still learning things about the mechanic industry, which is a good thing to see. The mechanic, and I wish I could remember his name, was extremely nice as well and knows what he’s doing. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was the owner of that specific location. What made me come to aamco was their price to pinpoint the issue with my truck. I had taken it to another place about 2 weeks prior and they were able to give me the codes that were having issues, but they wanted almost $ 300 to actually figure out what was wrong with my truck. Aamco charged me $ 110 and they credited half of that towards what it cost to fix my truck… which was just a little more than what the original mechanic I took it too was going to charge just to figure it out. They suggested my transmission be serviced, but didn’t push it… which i liked. But they did give me 2 different estimates. One for my actual problem and one including the transmission service. I opted to just take care of the initial problem but will be going back for my transmission service in a couple of weeks. I definitely recommend this location. Maybe the other people giving bad reviews are just too picky ;)

This place wanted to rebuild my transmission they said$ 2,300 to$ 3,300 .my car has 150,000 miles. They told me that was alot if miles and it is time for a new
2002 focus is only worth about $ 2,500. I took it to a local shop they fixed my car for $ 900. So unless your rich you can find a better auto shop with honest prices. thank you

what a rip off! this place sells a coupon book for oil changes and discounts on repairs and says nothing about you can only bring your car in between 8am-​12 noon for these services. wtf? do they not think we have jobs? do they assume we can just drop our cars off and wait there all day? there is not even one day that you can come in the afternoon. so they get your money for the coupon book and never make themselves available to do the services. this is fraudulent and i would not recommend doing business with this place. the smug idiot on the phone could have cared less that I was going to file a report and give a bad review. they expect you to work around their availability if you need your car serviced. stay away from this place and the Planet Super Saver coupons for auto repairs. i learned my lesson the hard way

Worst automotive shop I’ve ever been to. Rip people off have them pay for work that’s unnecessary and pretty much can never fix the problem right the first time. Stay away or go broke

My 2002 Toyota Rav 4 started having shifting problems about 3 – 4 days before I took it to Aamco. It started getting worse on a rainy Monday drive home from work, so I decided to take it in about an hour and a half before they closed. I was greeted by Adam, who informed me that I could leave my car overnight and they would do a test drive to diagnosis it in the morning. Adam called Enterprise Rent-​a-​Car for me and had them pick me up and take me to their lot down the street to pick up a rental car for me to use in the meantime, which I thought was very nice.
From the beginning, Adam told me that they would try to do the simplest and cheapest diagnosis first, and then, if it was the transmission at fault, then, and only then, would they do a rebuild, as that would be the most expensive part, which I already knew and anticipated worst case scenario. This made me feel like they were being honest and not trying to rip me off.
The next day, I got a call from Adam stating that their mechanic drove it around, but couldn’t get the car to act up as I had said it was. I went out after work to do a ride-​along with the guy to see for myself. I told him that the car only did it in the lower gears and turned out they had driven it on their test route that was mostly on the freeway. Sure enough, going 25 – 35 mph around the block caused it to act up. He said now that he could tell what the problem was, they would drop the pan and do a computer diagnosis and see if they could see what was causing it.
I got a call at the end of the day and they said there were metal filings/​shavings in the drop pan, but they would need to remove the transmission and tear it down to fully diagnose it, but it was going to cost just over $ 800 verses the roughly $ 150 for the computer/​drop pan diagnosis. My jaw hit the floor and I felt a lump in my throat, but figured it needed to be done and I was already $ 150 in it for the computer/​drop pan diagnosis. I felt if I just left at this point, I would have to spend that again trying to take it to another shop for a second opinion. Adam informed me that the fee would go towards any repair costs if there needed to be done, so that was at least some reassurance. He said he would call me by Friday with a diagnosis once their mechanic had torn it down.
I got a call on Friday mid-​afternoon as promised, but he told me that their mechanic had a family emergency and wouldn’t be able to do the tear down until Monday morning. At first I thought he meant that they hadn’t touched it in the 2 ½ days I had been waiting on the diagnosis which infuriated me, but I misunderstood. They had taken the transmission out, they just didn’t have a chance to finish tearing it apart. While I wasn’t entirely happy at the duration of time it was taking since my rental car bill was just adding up and I was suppose to have it back Tuesday, I understood that family stuff happens and was trying to be patient.
So I called Monday morning and Adam said that it did look like the transmission was going to have to be rebuilt and it was looking like Wednesday before it’d be done and they’d have driven it around to test it. He gave me an estimate along with three other services I was having done since it was torn apart, a new battery, a new serpentine belt and a new valve cover gasket. Estimate total came to about $ 3000. It was a lot, but I had heard it could be $ 5000 easily just for the transmission, so I was OK with that.
Wednesday I got a call that they put the newly rebuilt transmission in, took it for a test drive and my car was still having the same problems to both our surprises. Turned out it was a faulty computer part that had gone bad which controlled the timing of the transmission when shifting, which was why it was acting up. I asked why it didn’t show up as being bad when they did the computer diagnosis and he said it just didn’t give them an error code, which was weird. So they overnighted the computer part, placed it in and had me up and running smoothly by Saturday.
Meanwhile, Adam had discussed with the owner and since it had taken longer than usual and there was a misdiagnosis of the problem and that my original transmission would’ve been fine as it showed little wear as we caught it soon enough, they ended up NOT CHARGING me for the new rebuilt transmission at all, but ate the cost and gave that part to me for FREE!!! I still paid for the computer part, the other services and labor I had done, but my total out the door was just over $ 2000. Had they realized the sensor in the first place, and if my transmission needed to be rebuilt also, it would’ve cost me about $ 5000.
So while it did take a little while, patience, prayer and persistence ended up SAVING ME ABOUT $ 3000 and I can now say that I know they were being HONEST and TRULY CARED about DOING & MAKING THINGS RIGHT. THANK YOU Adam and team for a great running transmission. I’m recommending you guys to everyone I know!

Ok… Where do I start… This could be quite a long rant but bear with me fellow Unilocalers I normally don’t post much reviews on businesses but this I have got to speak out on.
On 3÷6÷2014 I took my car in for a free Check Engine Light diagnostic and I was greeted by a tech at the reception desk. Well things worked out pretty smooth at first and I explained my situation to the tech about what had happened and I don’t have a clue why in the whole 5 years since I’ve own this car did the Check Engine Light turn on now and the bad thing was; it turned on two weeks before my smog is needed to get my registration.
Well the inspection was free and they gave me the code and it was a P0171 code for some sort of lean air code? I ain’t got a clue about these kind of things so the good thing for me that week was, I’ve just gotten paid so I had some money to spend. I thought that the short rainfall we had in February might of triggered the code or something because as I explained to the technician at the counter, I did drive without air filter for a while not realizing that it was loose in the air box.
Now this is the part where I feel like I’d just got rob. I waited an hour in the lobby. It was about 10 am in the morning so I thought the inspection was going to be quick considering they looked relatively empty. Well guess what. IT TOOK THEM FREAKIN 2 hours to give me ONE CODE! After that I asked about how in the world can we fix it.
I was then quoted close to a hundred bucks just for the diagnostic. I was already annoyed at the fact that I watched two technician basically dick around for an hour and now I was going to fork a hundred bucks for a diagnostic? Shoot I feel stupid for agreeing to the diagnostic but I went ahead with it anyways hoping that I can then get the stupid light to turn off so I can get my smog done but no; things got worse.
The reception tech returned after close to a hour and told me they believe the O2 sensor to my car had gone bad and quoted me close to 300 bucks on the repair order just to replace the O2 sensor. I then proceeded to ask him that is he sure that the 02 sensor is the problem? I didn’t want to have to spend 300 bucks on something if they’re not sure it’s the source of the problem. The tech then said well, if I don’t want to spend 300 dollars then they can’t think of anything else that would trigger the code to fire. I asked him if they had tested the O2 sensor to make sure it’s faulty and then this is where I thought the tech was being shady. He replied, «Well a P0171 code can only occur if the O2 sensor had gone bad.» «Other than that, we can’t really test the sensor but we assume it’s gone bad.»
WTF!!! I’m going to spend my hard earned money and this tech gives me the BS on «ASSUME!» and they wanted 300 bucks! for an ASSUMPTION!
By now I was extremely annoyed. First I waited two hours to get one code. Then I got a crappy diagnostic that wasn’t even a guarantee to fix the problem. And now I got a 300 dollar bill that the technician «ASSUME» that will fix the problem? I know everyone makes stupid decision once in a while but I decided now wasn’t the time to make a stupid decision. So I held back on the repair but forked over a hundred bucks on the diagnostic and decided to take it to the Smog station anyways and check if it really fails emission because my car had become a polluter.
The next morning I headed to the smog station in a somber mood thinking that wow, my baby is going to fail smog. Well it failed smog but then as I thought all hope had faded away and I was going to have to sell my car on Craigslist as a junkie; the Smog tech laughed at me as I told him the situation. The Smog tech was a pretty cool guy and explained to me that a P0171 code «can» be the O2 sensor giving out but there are a whole lot more to diagnose before blaming the O2 sensor. The smog tech then decided to look a my car for a quick moment and in two minutes he noticed that my Mass Air Flow sensor had become dirty. He advised me to go to Autozone or O Reilly or what’s so ever parts store I choose and buy a bottle of Mass Air Flow cleaner and spray it on my Mass Air Flow sensor. Then drive the vehicle for like 25 mile and see if the light comes on again.
WOW! I can’t believe I just got the most helpful advice throughout this whole dilemna. I went to a Autozone afterwards and picked up a bottle of Mass Air Flow cleaner for 7 bucks and sprayed it on my Mass Air Flow Sensor. I unplugged the negative battery cable and the hooked it back on the next morning and proceeded to drive my car down 99 for 30+ miles and holy S (*&^! The check engine light went away! I then took my car back to the smog station and it passed with flying colors! And it cost 7 dollars for a bottle of cleaner?! Compare to the 300 bucks quoted?!
So the lesson here folks is these GUYS ARE MORONS! Save yourself the time and money. Avoid.

scheduled an appt. brought it in the next day. Quick and fast service

This place is ridiculous, scheduled an appt for an oil change (purchased that deal saver special) they said running behind schedule, waited 2hrs and car still not even on the racks and might be another hour. Why schedule an appt when you can’t even do the job.

A change in management and employee turnover at this store has prompted me to change my rating. My initial review was of the then-​current management, and it stands. What I will say is, I did receive a full refund of the diagnostic fee and upon visiting the store to pick up the check I noticed a marked improvement in employee attitude and demeanor. I have nothing to base a rating of the new management on, but I won’t completely rule out doing business with them in the future.
TL;DR Don’t let my review of what was basically a different company prevent you from working with these folks.

A+ service. Had a coupon for a oil change, and when I went for my appointment they were short staffed as his mechanic had just an accident. Shaf asked if I could come another day, but when I explained I needed the car, made sure it was worked on as soon as he could fit in their schedule.

Service is great! I took both my cars in because my transmission was acting up. When I took my Acura Legend 1990 in to have it checked management worked with us to finance the car. He was very helpful and understanding! It only took the crew a 3 days to rebuild my transmission. Very happy, considering the older the car the older the parts and the harder to find!
I took in my other car Hyundai Accent 2003, and found out that AAMCO is under new management. He was very personable and courteous. Manager was honest, his crew was awesome. They knew what they were talking about. Service was fast! They finished with my car within 2 days!
Very happy with their service. Both cars are still running!
If you have any car problems go here! Make an Appointment and call Shaf Khan!

The whole crew, from owner to mechanics are great. They did a great job with my ’03 Toyota Corolla, they were fast and very competitively priced.
Honest guys, good service, reasonable prices, on-​time results. Very busy for a reason. Make an appointment.

No customer service whatsoever. Made an appt, and hour and half after the appt was scheduled went by before they even looked at our truck. Wish I would have seen all the negative comments before fiancé took the truck to them. Told they would put the truck on the computer to try and find out what was wrong with the truck. Road tested and found it shifted fine from 1 – 2 to 2 – 3 but that 3^rd gear slips. It doesn’t even go into 3^rd gear. Told that it would take a minimum of $ 700 just to tear the tranny apart as they believe it is an internal problem. HUH. What crappy service.

went in because my check engine light went on.
i went at 8am in the morning where the staff greeted me, as they were helping another customer. Being new in town i was somewhat reserved in trusting a mechanic. but as i was waiting to be helped. i couldn’t help overhearing how the guy was trying to cut the guy on a deal on some misfiring. a $ 700+ repair. he worked with him to drop it 50 $.
Why i was there:
Jack promptly check my check engine light and let me know my max air flow sensor was not responding. (which ive heard from another shop)
for 110.00 $ they did a full diagnostic and over all inspection. and determined that cleaning my sensor might do the trick. saving me a 230 $ repair. they took my car for a spin just to be through. all in under 2 hours i was saved!
I am very conscious about where i take my car. This place will be my go to until they give me a reason to believe their work isn’t up to par.

Utterly disappointing. My car showed the service engine light on so I thought I’d take it into AAMCO (we all have soon those TV commercials where they say they check the engine light for free). They took 2 hours before they were able to give me a problem code. 2 hours and they only had one car ahead of me!
Even after checking my engine light, they are very expensive. They then add $ 100 to do another diagnosis to see what the «full» problem is and then they’ll charge me for the actual work.
Aside from them taking so damn long on my car, their sitting area was by far pathetic. A couple of chairs and that’s it. The rest of the room was dingy and very old. I found myself enjoying the atmosphere at the McDonald’s on Howe and Arden better than this place.
I will never bother coming here again. They clearly are a rip off and don’t know how to treat customers.