Barry’s Muffler & Brake Center

I read the reviews on here and decided to take my car to Barry’s to get work done on a turbo leak which was making a bit of noise. I asked that the leak be found and fixed. I was told the car would be ready that week, dropped off on Wednesday and rented a car until Friday hoping it would be done. Well, communication was poor and I had to keep calling back for status. Before I knew it, he had called me and sold me an X-​pipe exhaust on top of the repair to make the car sound better. He told me there were a bunch of exhaust leaks in the piping and all were fixed. At this point, he told me that the turbo had to be removed and gaskets made which were taking up time. I picked the car up after a week and it was still making the same noise and I was out $ 625, but at least I had the new exhaust on it which was supposed to be AFTER the repair.
At this point he told me there was a seal between the hot side and cold side of the turbo which was leaking and needed to be taken back apart and resealed. I didn’t have time to leave the car at that time, so I rescheduled for when I would be out of town the following week. I dropped the car off on Monday as we agreed and was going to pick it up Wednesday. Wednesday morning I called to see what time it would be ready, and work was not started yet. I told them to stop work and don’t touch the car. Well, I get back in town and go to pick it up around 3 and the car is apart and they are working on it. The mechanic then showed me that they didn’t need to reseal the turbo, there was actually just a bolt missing on the flange. I’m not sure how they missed this the first time. Anyhow, I was out another $ 300 and my car had a considerable number of scratches on the passenger mirror and driver quarter panel, as well as the driver door edge.
I paid and left to get my car back and not get into trouble because I was so upset with them at the time. I wrote a letter and asked for a partial refund as they basically charged me 2x for the same repair which they missed the first time, which was not my fault. They never responded and it has been at least a month since I mailed the letter, hence the Unilocal review to share my experience.
I will not go back there. They need to do it right the first time and take better care of customers cars, as well as keep you updated on status and keep their promise on when the car will be done. I was very patient with them and left disappointed and overcharged.

Service: Excellent
Quality: Very good as far as I can tell (what do I know about mufflers); but they guaranteed the work.
Price: very reasonable
Recommended by my favorite mechanic, Rafael.
Will definitely take other car, and antique truck there as needed.

Had some work done on my car… They opted to weld my exhaust and took my supplied clamps. The whole process took a very long time as well. My car didn’t get into a bay for a long time. The welds are all rusting because they didn’t paint all of them. Some of the work I paid for I’m not even sure was done. It was overall a complete rip off and waste of money. Don’t get me wrong the people were very nice and I don’t think they would try to do this on purpose. Now Im stuck with rusty exhaust and a empty wallet and all the work they did is being completely redone… :(

Barry was fantastic with my exhaust install. Highly recommended and very skilled guy. Also reasonable. Great job.

After searching and searching all over Savannah for years, I have finally found someone that I know I can honestly depend on and trust when it comes to my car! Elizabeth, the receptionist, was so helpful and kind! There is nothing more stressful than having to work on your car, so Elizabeth’s courtesy and warm personality really helped ease my anxiety of getting it fixed. Not only was Elizabeth awesome, but as soon as I got there with my car, Barry pulled it right into the shop and began looking at it and troubleshooting without any delay! Furthermore, after a previous mechanic stated my muffler needed to be replaced and would cost me almost a grand (that’s right a grand!) to fix, Barry informed me that it wasn’t even close to being that much and the muffler wasn’t even the problem! Barry could have easily did what the last mechanic did and charge me way way too much, but he was honest. Lastly, he had my car completely finished (replaced exhaust fabrication and welding, replaced cat converter, replaced flex pipe, AND replaced my entire oil pan bc the bottom of it had rusted out) in 24 HOURS! The previous mechanic said it would take him several days or up to two weeks. Savannah has never been an easy town to find a great and trust-​worthy and time/​cost efficient mechanic, but all my stress and worries can rest easy now because I found Barry’s!

They have done muffler work for me in the past. They were fairly priced, quick, and did quality work. I will be going back to them for all of my muffler and break needs. What more can you ask for?

Even though I’ve only been to Barry’s once, I would definitely go again for work on my car. It’s a long story but the Midas on White Bluff totally botched a catalytic converter replacement. 4 times I had it back to them to fix it but they never could. I came to the conclusion that the «technician» I got stuck with was incompetent. Not to sound like a jerk or be judgmental, but the guy at Midas had ALL gold teeth. Very unprofessional looking in my humble opinion. I took the car to Savannah Tire on Abercorn where I explained the series of events to the service writer (he was a big guy), who I found to be very rude, told me that they could not fix it there because it involved welding but he did give call Barry’s and give them a heads up and told me to go there.
Not only was everyone at Barry’s very nice but they fixed my car up good ! Sounds just like it did before the cat gave out. By the way, I think it was Shane (?) told me that the weld job that Mr. Goldteefs at Midas did a horrible job, to the point that he said
(paraphrasing) that the guy shouldn’t be welding at all, he was that bad.
Jim from the Midas on Ogeechee Rd had read the comment I put up on Midas’ comment board and he did offer to fix it but at that time I had already taken the car to Barry’s. Thanks Jim, I appreciated the offer and that you cared.
So Barry’s gets a big 5 star from me. Good solid work that has lasted well over a month and I expect it to continue to last for a good long while. Oh, and the price for the welding was more than reasonable considering all the aggravation I had gone through at Midas.

This actually seems to be Shane’s Muffler now? Anyway, I recently went there with an exhaust issue to be fixed (had gotten punctures in the manifold and the catalytic converter), and I was quite astonished to have it returned to me a mere 24 hours later even though they had to order a part from a neighboring city, sounding a million times better!