Midas

Great service! Fast and friendly. Did the oil change and fixed my tire as I had asked. Excellent job! George is outstanding!

I’ve been going to Georgie for years! He has always took great care of my cars! Very honest and reliable mechanic!

Accidentally went to this wrong Midas (wanted to go to the other one that has good reviews). Took the car in for a regular oil change & they tried to charge me $ 830 to replace two front struts on my car. They wanted to charge $ 500 for parts and $ 330 for labor. For struts they wanted to charge $ 500 for presumably aftermarket parts whereas genuine Toyota struts would have cost about $ 250, and aftermarkets online for similar quality would have been $ 140. My local mechanic who I trust said he can replace the struts & sway bar for labor in two hours for $ 150 so total cost for me is: $ 140 + $ 150 = ~$ 290.00
I get that a business has to make money somehow — and a reasonable price in parts & labor is to be expected. But this Midas didn’t charge me 50% more, but almost THREE times more than what is to be expected.
I am not incompetent, and I know fully well when I’m being price gouged. This place is unethical. After reading the comments from others here how they swindled a woman, and how an employee stole from someone’s car, I can not recommend this place at all.
A little honesty, decency, and humility would be nice, but as they say, it’s hard to find an honest mechanic.

These scumbags ripped my mom out of thousands of dollars of unneeded repairs and refused to replace breakpads under warranty.
My mom brought her car in multiple times over the years to have her car serviced and they recommended her replace her brake rotor, calipers and pads three times over 6 years! (The car has 50k miles) My mom obviously doesn’t know enough about cars to challenge their findings but I think this speaks greatly to how unethical and unprofessional these guys are.
The only reason I brought her car back was because the breakpads were wearing thin in the front and since she had a «lifetime warranty» on them, I figured they’d replace them for free and only charge for labor. When they took a look, they attempted to scam me into replacing the rear brakes again. I then requested that they just replace the front pads per the warranty, but they refused and told me there was nothing wrong with them. After making a fuss about how the rear break calipers, rotors and pads were relatively new, which they sold my mom 2 years ago, they offered a small concession which included free labor on replacing the front break pads. This was after they just refused doing so under the grounds that there was nothing wrong with the front pads!
I will never go back to this place again and recommend no one else to if you don’t want to be scammed and treated like a fool. They are unethical and cheats that prey on little old ladies.

I’ve been going to this midas for years always had great service!
I had a free oil change coupon for a free oil change from the guys across the street (pepboys) and I said to my wife just a oil change how can anyone screw up a oil change? Well they did they broke my dipstick/​tube so I took my truck in yesterday for midas to replace my dipstick/​tube (this is usually a dealership job), but they said they would do it plus I needed them to check my brakes which I knew had problems from hauling crushed rock around for 3 months
So I left my truck there, because I needed brakes, drums etc, comes out the dipstick tube was so damaged they had to cut it out, dropped the oil pan
In the end they again they did a great job my truck was ready at 4pm, this was first time I didn’t take my truck in for yearly preventive maintenance checkup this why it was costly but cheaper then everyone else
For the previous reviewers if you need major work done yes it’s gonna cost $$ especially if your driving a junk car, you don’t like midas prices there’s 6 other auto repair shops within walking distance go get a second opinion
For the break job and muffler system Yes these jobs are gonna cost $ and No they are not gonna take 45 minutes that’s insane
Like myself it would of been cheaper if I took my truck in to be serviced yearly like we’re suppose to in the end it cost me
Midas you Rock!!!

Kyle and Jon both have excellent customer service skill! I was in and out so fast with no appointment wish I could get that everywhere.

I was driving long distance and ran into some car trouble in Albany (overheating engine). I thought it might just be a coolant issue, but didn’t have time to mess around if it was something else because I needed to drive 3 more hours. It was also 5:00 and most places I found closed at 6:00 (including Midas). After being turned away from Meineke, I stopped at Midas. They had other customers, but understood the urgency of my situation and took my car into the garage right away. It turned out I was just low on coolant, so they topped off my coolant, free of charge, and sent me on my way. I was out of there before 6:00 closing time. Now, they may not have done any sophisticated diagnostics or complicated mechanics, but I very much appreciated their willingness to help me out in a time of desperation and their speed of service despite having other customers. For that, they get a high rating from me.

I just had a 4-​wheel alignment done, and it was «market price» of around $ 90. Service took about 3 hours, which was on a Saturday.
However, I’m almost positive they stole something out of the center console of my car. It wasn’t of large monetary value, but from a professionalism point of view, that is pretty poor.
I won’t be going back.

Nice customer service. Will work with you and help prioritize what needs to get done.

When I first came here to get my AC fixed after my car’s AC system crapped out on me, they helped me recharge it. It cost right around $ 150, which, I’ve been told by others, is reasonable. Not more than a month later, it crapped out again. Somehow, now there’s a leak in the system, and they charged me another $ 300 because now, interestingly after they had originally fixed it, the seals need to be replaced.
Not only that, but after getting my oil changed another time, they gave me an estimate of around $ 185 to get my air filter and brakes replaced. That seemed reasonable to me, but when I came back again less than a month later, they gave me an estimate of around $ 400 — telling me that everything HAD to be replaced. interestingly enough, I had just gotten off the phone with my dad who told me that it would be cheap to replace in the city. Needless to say, I didn’t get that taken care of there.
the workers were talking about each other behind each other’s backs, and there generally seemed to be an attitude of negativity. Not the best customer service, and after that last experience, I feel taken advantage of and ripped off.
I won’t be returning.

I went here last year for some car issues and the service was really poor. I ended up waiting around for 3 hrs instead of the 45 minutes they told me it would take. I told them I was upset with the service and their lack of communication regarding the time line & the issues, and I asked for a discount on the labor. The woman at the front desk then became very condescending, pulled in the manager, and stated in an abrasive tone, «this customer thinks she should get a discount because we took too long for her.» Got an attitude instead of a discount, and I haven’t returned since.

Disclaimer: To be fair, the series of events I’m about to describe related to my experience with Midas occurred a few years ago, and the staff/​management could very well have changed since then. So let’s just pretend that my review is dated for 2005, m’kay?
Go make some popcorn, kids, ’cause this is a good one.
Back in 2005 I was a sweet, young thing just out of college with an old POS car. Not the worst POS car you’ve ever encountered; the mileage was low but it was 15 years old and had a lot of issues just due to it’s age. At this particular juncture, I had one of those embarrassingly loud screaming exhaust issues, so I dropped my POS off at Midas in the morning to be looked at and got a ride to work.
One of their staff (let’s call him «Schmuck #1») called me later that morning to tell me that my entire exhaust system, including the headers, had to be replaced. The entire thing?, I asked. The entire thing, he said. Shmuck #1 explained in grueling detail what was wrong with each individual part, and why each thing needed to be replaced. He emphasized that each item was absolutely necessary to replace. I asked how much this would cost. $ 2000, he said. $ 2000?!?, I said. Yes, $ 2000. I told Schmuck #1 not to do any work on it and that I’d call him back.
After I stopped hyperventilating, I consulted with my then-​boyfriend, now-​husband. The car wasn’t really worth much more than $ 2000, and I was saving up for a new car anyway. So, I decided that I wouldn’t fix it. This saddened me greatly, because despite it’s POS status, I had grown quite attached to it and hadn’t been prepared to part ways with it just yet.
I called Midas back and explained my decision. Schmuck #1 said he understood, and that he had to talk to someone else but he’d call me back. I wasn’t sure what that meant, but I was still at work and wouldn’t be ready to pick the POS up for several hours anyway, so that was fine.
I got a call back a short time later from Schmuck #2. Schmuck #2 explained that they wanted to help me out, because they understood the estimate was high. He explained that even though all of the previously discussed parts needed to be replaced, they could jerry-​rig one of the more expensive portions, and although I’d need to get more work done in the near future, I could get by without replacing this one piece right now. I asked Schmuck #2 how much the repairs would cost if I went this route. $ 1200. $ 1200?! I hesitated for a very brief moment and told him I wasn’t interested. I told him it was still too much and I would just have to get a new car.
I then received yet another phone call from Midas, this time from Schmuck #3. Schmuck #3 again rattled off the list of issues with my car. He said that although the other parts really needed to be replaced for the exhaust system to function properly, I could get away with just replacing ONE part today. But would that eliminate the loud noise?, I asked. He told me that it would, but again emphasized that the other repairs weren’t really optional, just optional today.
At this point, needless to say, I was pretty damn skeptical. I asked how much this would cost. $ 150, Schmuck #3 told me. One hundred and fifty dollars? Correct. I was infuriated. But because #3 assured me the noise would be gone, thus eliminating the chance of getting a noise violation ticket, I told him to just do the work.
I paid my $ 150 without a word and was relieved to find when I started the car that the noise issue was completely resolved. I drove out of that parking lot and never looked back.
Coincidentally, my yearly inspection was due the following month. Sure enough, I passed with flying colors. No mention of any exhaust issues, and no further complications arose during the coming year, which is when I finally upgrade the POS to a new set of wheels.
In summary, I would not recommend having a car serviced at Midas to my worst enemy. However, if you like to be lied to and you have a bunch of extra money burning a hole in your pocket that you would like to donate to a charming team of mechanics, Midas might be just what you’re looking for.