Olympic Auto Repair & Muffler

Great service. Needed a rubber hanger to hold my exhaust up and they just installed it fast. Quality work is done here. I am glade to find this shop and now I will be bring in 1967 Camaro SS. Which saids a lot because I just don’t let any shop work on my pride and joy. Will be back and will recommend Olympic to all my friends and family.

Called for a quote. spoke with Gary who told me someone already called him about this all day. uhm I told him it was the first time I called and he hung up … what type of service is that? Rude, unknowledgeable on how to talk to customers. will never get my service!

I had an engine light so I took this to get checked up here as this was recomended. They said it was a catalytic converter, so they replaced it. They didn’t have a compatible one and so installed an incompatible one upside down so a part number is on the bottom which cost me $ 80 in a failed smogcheck fee (Vallejo Smog loves to make cars fail because they won’t use a mirror to read a part number off the item which they put upside down) and the mechanic had to give them an affidavit. Well now ever since then I have to worry that each smog check place might pull that same thing. Though «All For 1 Smog» will use a mirror properly just fine but I wouldn’t be using them till two years later since the mechanic insisted I stay with «Vallejo Smog» who made a fortune in retest fees.
After Olympic Auto replaced the catalytic converter, they reset the check engine light and it went off for a while and then came back on during the third smog test (Vallejo Smog had made $ 180 with their $ 45 retest fees so far). It had stayed off during the second smog test but came on during the third. Vallejo Smog customer service reps made fun of me while I was there too.
So back to Olympic Auto. Olympic Auto then acted like they were guaranting the work and it was some warranty thing they would fix it for no additional charge. So I left the car with them. After it was fixed, it turned out it was simply a loose hose, and nothing else, something much cheaper to fix than a catalytic converter. They also took the car to Vallejo Smog to make sure it would pass with them since Olympic Auto demanded I only use Vallejo Smog that year. I asked them how many times they visited Vallejo Smog and they said just once. I asked them how much it all cost me and they said nothing, just guaranteeing their work, so that was it. I then found smog test receipts and found they had been to Vallejo Smog three times with this car so they had trouble diagnosing the simple loose hose.
At the time I was broke and had a friend paying the bill for me. I had signed the paper for the initial charge around $ 333 for the catalytic converter, but they simply said the rest was free. I was wondering how much Vallejo Smog charged them for all those retest fees. I thought, wow that’s nice, they were so nice to guarantee their work they did this extra stuff for free. Well months later my friend said that her card was charged about $ 800. All that fortune Vallejo Smog gouged them plus the cost of everything else was added on. So first dishonesty about how many times they took it back to Vallejo Smog on their own and then dishonesty about the final bill.
I have no idea why they had trouble diagnosing a simple loose hose.
Anyway, much later I checked out their Unilocal reviews and one by «Steve C.» on 3÷28÷2013 said about how they did a catalytic converter change and he checked the old one and it didn’t need to be changed. So I researched a bit: Catalytic converters with the vehicle last 100,000 to 150,000 miles, typically the life of the car and ones bought afterward as replacement have a warranty of 80,000 miles. My car had much less than 80,000 miles. My catalytic converter should have had 50,000−100,000 more miles left on it. Also I would notice signs on their show advertising in big how they sell catalytic converters. I suspect, but have no way to prove, that they just sold a catalytic converter unnecessarily.

What kind of business that just hangs up on you. I wanted to get quote for repair and the guy answering the phone said he needs to look it up and hangs up. Very poor customer service.

Shawn is the man and a perfectionist. Pulled my passat in and told him what i wanted done. He offered suggestions and we both came to an agreement. After the work, he showed me what he has done and it was than i expected. Great price, great service. What more can u ask for?! Thanks Shawn and Gerry (not sure if this is the older man’s name). Will definitely come back and recommend to others.

This place is awesome. Finished my Audi exhaust repair in about 15 minutes. Another shop wanted to charge me double for the same work because he wasn’t sure why my cat was noisey. Said he had to cut out both to see which one was damaged. As soon as Shon got it in the air he could see that the previous owner scaped something. As soon as he got it off bingo, like he had xray vision, catalytic guts were busted. Not sure why the other place didn’t see this. If you’re in Vallejo don’t waste your time or $$$ going anyplace else.

After reading the reviews on Unilocal I decided to go here to have a muffler delete done to my Subaru. This was a great choice. They told me get here by 2PM so we can look at it, I made it just around 2. They looked and said they could do it right then and there. I only took them about 30 minutes to do the entire job from the time I got there to the time I was driving away. They did a great job, looks and sounds great. Great price too. They were very friendly and I could tell they knew what they were talking about. I would recommend them to anybody looking for exhaust work.

Gary, Shawn and their crew have now worked on several of our cars including a Volvo, 2007 F-​150 and our beloved 1947 Oldsmobile. I could not be more pleased with their work. They stand behind the work they do but more importantly their word. Gary gave me a fixed cost for a bunch of maintenance work to my truck (100K), new brakes, major tune up as well and he ran into several issues, fixed them and kept it to the price he quoted me. I am a small business owner and truly appreciate people doing what they say they will. I recommend Olympic Auto Repair to my friends.

Can’t say enough good things about the shop. They quoted me a very good price and got me in, when there was a bit of a hurry to get my catalytic converter replaced, so I could pass smog. There was a bit of a complication as it turned out the state of California considered my 2005 Chevy Classic to be a different model when it’s actually just a different edition of the Malibu… but when it turned out that the state of California would not accept for smog the model catalytic converter installed, they installed another one for free. Even though I blame the state for most of the misunderstanding, they stayed behind their guarantee. And you can’t ask any more than that of an auto shop, even a big fancy one. This one is NOT fancy and the waiting room is not luxurious by any means, (a row of chairs at the side of the garage and a soda pop machine) but they do good work and stand behind it, at a very fair price. I will definitely go there again. (Though i hope nothing else breaks any time soon!) :)

I’m very sceptical about any shop in vallejo. I came here because it had decent reviews on Unilocal.The guy who helped me was very professional and informative. All in all I think this a great muffler shop. I got a new muffler at a fair price and he had me back on the road in literally 15 min. The guys welds were perfect. I don’t know how their other work is (I think they do a list of other services) but I’d say your probably safe going here.

It was time to replace my timing belt, water pump, all my belts, a super-​hard-​to-​reach PCV valve, and on top of it I had an exhaust leak. Gary the owner quoted me a good price and Sean the technician did the work. My car was ready when they said it would be. These guys were really nice and the price was really fair. I will definitely go back to Olympic the next time I need some work done on my car. I am so happy to have finally found a local mechanic! Well done, fellas!

Get a second opinion before having them perform a costly repair. I brought my car here for a simple muffler repair and was told by the technician that I also needed to replace my catalytic converter. Since I had never replaced it, I agreed to the work and a $ 400 price tag. When the technician was done, I inspected the old converter and could see that the honeycombs inside were clear and that it was in good working order, thus didn’t need to be changed. I asked to see the manager, and was told the owner was there that day, so I talked with him about the situation. He would not refund any of my money, but instead gave me a partial credit for future work, which I never did use.

Excellent work. I have an 79 toyota celica that needed a catalytic converter and a muffler, Sean went above and beyond, tucking the pipe up into the chassis and mounting the muffler up high. The muffler sounds great, and the mounting job is amazing, the welds are strong, and to top it off he got it finished in like 2 hours! Funny thing was that I went out of town that day because I figured they’d get to it later, so when they called me and told me it was ready I asked the owner Gary if I could pick it up the next day, and he had no problem with it. Thanks Olympic!

Great full service auto shop. Just had a new «old» engine put in my son’s Golf for a reasonable price. It runs better than it ever has. Have had other work done here on other cars too and it’s always been impeccable and fair. I’m sooo relieved to have a great mechanic I can trust to do only what’s necessary at an equitable price. Bravo!

I had an exhaust leak. I put it off for a week or so… fearing the worst… 5 minutes and its fixed? Really? WOW! So impressed. Everyone was so nice and helpful, and I’m not broke! — or inhaling exhaust fumes anymore.

They have serviced my cars 3 times. Great customer service. Service is fast and friendly. Reasonable prices. Definitely will return.

I bought a car off craigslist that well to say the least Will not be doing that again and it failed smog. Took it to these guy and found out that there was no cat. They put on in very fast (20 min.) great price too. I already have appointment for more work. I believe I found a good trusted mechanic… Thank You

This is a great muffler shop. Gary and Sean are stand up guys… They are honest, straight forward, good at what they do and easy going on my pocket (very important)… Any muffler or reapirs need to my new cars or to my old schools they are always happy to help. This is by far the best muffler shop in Vallejo!!!

They fixed a crappy job done by another exhaust shop. It was done quick and price was good. Also, they are very friendly here. Will go back with any other work I need done. Thanks