The Pit Stop Auto Repair

San Diego, United States

4.9

Closed now

20 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 858-277-6151
Website:
www.pitstopautorepair.com
Address:
7515 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA, 92111
Kearny Mesa
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.3 miKearny Mesa Transit Center
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Today

Today 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Closed now
Local time (San Diego) 23:35 Saturday, 31 May 2025

Business hours

Monday 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Tuesday 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Friday 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

The Pit Stop Specialties

Full Automotive Fleet Service (No company to big)

Full Service Auto Repair

30K, 60K, 90K, and beyond Preventative Maintenance

Brake and Lamp Certified

Smog Station

Check Engine Light Diagnostics (Free Inspection!)

ASE Master Techs, specializing in domestic, Asian, and European vehicles

Take proper care of your car before it breaks down and causes 2−3X the expense of a proper preventative maintenance plan.

Who are we?

A première automotive maintenance & repair station providing you with fast, efficient, & honest automotive services serving San Diego since 1985. We are your dealership alternative for high quality and reliable auto repairs.

Office Amenities:

* Free WiFi

* Computer station

* HDTVs w/​news and sports

* Coffee Bar

* New, CLEAN, Comfy leather couches and chairs.

History

Established in 1985.

San Diego Auto Repair Shop — The Pits Stop, is a automotive maintenance & repair station serving San Diego since 1985. Our goal is to provide you with fast, efficient, and honest automotive services in San Diego, as your dealership alternative for high quality and reliable auto repairs.

We are a complete auto repair facility centrally located in Kearny Mesa, with full competency in domestic, Asian, and European vehicles.

We guarantee our work to be fast, efficient, reasonable priced… and repaired properly the first time around. Our staff has a reputation of being friendly and honest; we won’t sell you something you don’t need, but we will notify and educate you on current and future preventative maintenance in layman’s terms.

Certified by the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), we are recognized for our skill and proficiency all our work. We have been recognized by the San Diego Union-​Tribune as a preferred honest, independent repair shop (on our wall). Give us a try!

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20 reviews of The Pit Stop Auto Repair

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Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
I was impressed with how fast my oil change was done by these guys. They are very approachable yet professional. Highly highly recommend this place. I’ll be a returning customer! Thanks Guys!
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
Last Saturday I jumped in my car and heard a much louder noise that I thought was my muffler or something. The engine light was on so I thought I better get it checked out. I pulled into The Pit Stop since it was on the way to pick up my grandchild. Very quickly they said they would take a look at it. Within about 10 minutes they let me know that a few screws were loose on my catalyct converter and they had already tighten them. I was happy to pay for their services, but they did it at NO CHARGE! I appreciate your business and I will refer friends and family! I had a great experience, the engine light went off and I felt much safer with my grandchild in the car! Thank you Team Pit Stop!
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
Wow these guys are legit. Did my brakes, great price, the dealer had told me my back rotors were worn, this guy says no, they’re fine. The dealer lied to you! I’m definitely coming back here. Cool and relaxing salt tank to watch while you wait, and AC!
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
Time after time, the guys at Pit Stop has taken good care of me.
Anywhere from Oil Changes to Engine Issues, Jimmy always gives me an honest opinion and repairs all necessary services at extremely low prices compared to anywhere else.
They’ve earned my trust to be my mechanics as long as I am in San Diego!
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
Great staff. Nice lobby. Good work. They helped explain everything to us and all of our options. The price was good too. I recommend them.
Place rating: 5
Pasadena, CA
Honest, quick, fair, kind. Really can’t get much better. Thanks!
Place rating: 4
San Diego, CA
There were some confusions in the price of the part, so I was disappointed when the price doubled from the initial quote and had to wait longer. (I gave correct information, the dealership gave wrong info to them, so I’m assuming neither’s fault)
However I was pretty happy with the service I received. The owners were courteous and prompt. They were really nice on the phone too.
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
This will be the only mechanic I will take my car to from now on. My son recommended I take my Hyundai Sonata for a check engine light. Hei Wai diagnosed the problem in minutes. Very reasonable and trustworthy! Highly recommended!
Place rating: 5
Columbia, SC
I can’t come close to explaining how impressed I was with this facility. If I lived in San Diego this would be my shop. Traveling through with a vehicle I had just purchased on e bay. Drove in about closing time and they happily checked out my car and made the repairs at a reasonable price. Staff was professional and knowledgeable. Again thanks guys you run a top notch shop. This happened Saturday April 11th 2015.
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
Nowadays, there are too many auto repair shops that practice business with unethical motives, and they tend to convince you into replacing parts that you don’t need, purchases unnecessary services, or sometimes offering extremely low price while fixing the cars improperly.
Jimmy’s shop is a place that practices ethical business. He will not over charge you, not persuade into unnecessary services, nor provide poor service. He has taken care of my car with great care and with honesty ever since he opened his business.
Definitely check it out for your next maintenance.
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
I am so impressed with the service I got! This was my first experience with Pit Stop:
My battery died over on the next street from Pit Stop! So I walked over there and the man offered to come jump start my car, no charge. I about fell over. Really? So we drove over to where my car was parked and wouldn’t start. He got it started with jumper cables in 5 seconds! I drove back to his shop so he could use the diagnostic tool to check the voltage and other stuff. That was free.
You have no idea how desperate I was to get a simple battery jump, I had walked all the way from Tierrasanta to this shop, took 90 minutes by foot, and I was leaving town the next day for the holidays. This was no time to have serious car trouble or expenses!
I am so grateful for this service and how kind and compassionate this man was. He didn’t have to do that for me. I will definitely return for my car maintenance needs!
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
The absolute best auto repair in San Diego !
I have three cars and I wouldn’t trust anyone else with my cars. Jimmy is knowledgable and most important trustworthy ! Do NOT take your vehicle anywhere else !
Take it to the pit stop
Place rating: 4
Lakeside, CA
No complaints. They change my oil and are timely. I’d probably give em 5 stars if I had more done there, but just oil changes.
Place rating: 5
Spring Valley, CA
This place is the best!!! ^_^
The owner Jimmy here is awesome n a very honest guy. My BMW335i needed an oil change n the front brakes needed to be replaced. Called in, gave me a quote, made an appointment, took my car in, done in three hours. Great price, awesome job. He also checked other things on the car to make sure everything is good n safe to drive.
Highly recommend this place! He will be my mechanic from now on.
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
The people here are friendly and definitely won’t rip you off on parts or labor. Took my car here because my car had a head gasket problem and after they fixed it it was in excellent shape. Best customer service. Honest people. This is the go to auto shop if you have any problems.
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
Jimmy is awesome at the pit shop! They will beat the dealerships prices in half. And they got my SUV done in the same day. Excellent service, will be returning!
I recommend jimmy and his pit stop shop to everyone! No regrets. A+++++
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
We moved to San Diego about 6 months ago, and ever since then, we’ve been looking for a mechanic to fix 2 problems in my car.
1. It shakes when I break.
2. The car turns off when I’m idling.
Pretty simple, right? Nope, not in SD.
First place we took it to said my car was shaking because the bracket holding the engine in place broke, and my engine was going to drop on the floor at any time and I was going to die. That freaked me out enough to pay $ 450 to fix it… um…yeah, car still rattled.
Took it to the 2nd place, they said it was my breaks, had to change the breaks…$ 350 later. yup, car still rattles.
Took it to Honda and got an estimate to fix a bunch of things for $ 1600. Yikes.
Took Honda’s estimate to The Pit Stop and they fixed everything for about ½ the price.
They even dropped the car off at my work for me. When the car still felt like it was shaking, (they polished my rotors for free, instead of putting in new ones to see if it would work, before making me spend additional money), they took it back and did everything they can to make it stop.
Pit Stop is our new forever mechanic. The mechanic is honest, personable and nice. My husband is a great fan of theirs. We will be back!
Place rating: 5
Spring, TX
Was drawn to this place by the time they closed on a Saturday due to an emergency car fix and Unilocal.I walked in on a Saturday afternoon around 12:30pm after visiting 10 other automobile shops on convoy and clairemont. They were the only shop to actually take a look at the car (even during there lunch) instead of just saying yes I can fix it at whatever price they quoted just by hearing what the problem is. All shops did not even take a look at the car not matter the problem and just said leave it here till Monday and it will be done Monday afternoon or bring it back on Monday.
After taking a look at the car and understood that the oil pan screw to the block (not the oil pan screw to change oil) was broken off and stuck in the block which made the car leak oil profusely due to no pressure in one area.
Jimmy took the initiative to spend all afternoon to get my car back up to par. After visiting ThePitStop I can actually say I am now convince to becoming a regular! He was very attentive to my concerns, fixed the problem same day as a walk in (not an easy job), and comfortable environment. Best thing was they did not try sell me on a bigger job or say it would be more than the quoted price.
Highly recommended!
Place rating: 4
Los Angeles, CA
The new owner (just took over business) called me to apologize for the bad service I had received from the last owner.
He was very nice and it was nice to have someone care enough to try to make things better.
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
This place is awesome! The owners Jimmy and Hei Wai are really turning this place around. The tech I believe his name was Joe explained to me in detail everything about was wrong with my car and told me what is urgent and what is not. Will recommend!