All Automotive Repairs

We have been taking my wife’s Subaru and my Pilot and my daughter’s Jeep to Sorin and his team for almost five years. I work at Nike and my wife is at Kaiser.
We have had REALLY GOOD experiences here every time.
Sorin and team re-​built the Pilot’s transmission for $ 900 LESS than the best quote we got elsewhere — and two years later it is running perfectly — with 189,000 miles on it.
WE HAVE NEVER found an auto repair place like this!
THESE GUYS ARE HONEST and STRAIGHT-​FORWARD and well-​priced.
I remain incredibly pleased with how they quote and follow-​through and always treat my wife and daughter courteously with NO SURPRISES and nothing but kindness.

Needed a quick fix on our family Suburban. I was able to bring the car in after lunch, Sorin ordered the part, everything was fixed and I was back on the road by 4.
I really appreciated their can do attitude and professionalism. I would highly recommend and will be back again.

i don’t see why a shop can’t do a used car check and tell me the condition of the car before i buy it. i paid for the inspection and a couple of weeks later after i bought the car from a dealership close by i have to get the rear brakes done. it cost me over 300 dollars. my didn’t they see that? who knows… now 2 months after i have the car i have an appt to check out something going on in the suspension. i could’ve saved my money because i suspec they didn’t give much of an inspection more than my husband and i did. not happy at all. i have several thousand dollars on the line and in a few days i’ll be finding out if the car i bought is a total lemon from my local auto repair shop. i can’t believe i might have just thrown away my tax refund… go somewhere else if you can!

Really happy with this place. Got me in the same day, finished the repair in a few hours, and for cheaper than they quoted. Definitely nothing fancy but very nice people, good service and a good price!

This is the ONLY place that does not try to take advantage of me as a young-​looking woman. I have now taken my car to All Automative Repairs three times, every time a five-​star experience.
This week, I took the car to a local shop closer since I moved, they quoted me $ 380 and almost a 9 hour wait to fix a minor problem. I immediately called Soren who fixed the problem for $ 80 in 45 minutes. So worth the 35min drive.
Thank you Sorin and team!

I took my 1997 Ford Expedition to this shop as the truck was running very rough. We had replaced all the usual parts, plugs, coil packs etc. Once the truck was at the shop Sorin was able to quickly diagnose the problem as the ECM (computer) malfunctioning. Instead of offering me a new unit he was able to find a used one saving me hundreds of dollars. The truck runs very smooth and havn’t had a problem since. I’ll be going back to this shop again in the future!

I have now taken both my car and my fiancé’s BMW to be fixed. They are always fast, fair and honest. I feel like a big burden has been lifted off me because it so difficult to find a dependable auto repair shop.
I am not sure what Mike C. is talking about in his review because I haven’t found a more honest car repair shop. The place isn’t spotless, but the work gets done quickly and affordably.

This shop is a scam.
My wife dropped her car off for an oil change last week, and was told her car needed new rear brakes. They told her she had less than 20% of her pads left. Since they quoted $ 150 to do what is a 40 minute job and only $ 30 for the pads, we decided that I would do the work. Imagine my surprise when I took off the wheel and noticed more than 50% of the pads left. Ladies, this is the shop that your father warned you about.
edit: If only things ended there. The oil was changed on Friday. The car sat over the weekend. On Monday, there is a pool of oil under the car. I take the car back to the shop. Both the drain plug, AND filter were lose and dripping oil. How does an auto repair shop screw up an oil change? This is like a baker that cannot bake bread, or a bank teller that cannot count.
It gets worse… To fix the screw-​up, they have to pull the drain plug, draining the oil from the engine. They used a filthy can to catch the oil. The tech then tightens the drain plug and uses Brake Cleen to clean up the oil residue on the pan. The Brake Cleen dripping down into the drained oil. The tech then starts to pour the old oil and sludge from the can, and Brake Cleen back into the engine, and is confused when I tell him not to. This would have destroyed the engine.
Please take your car anywhere, other than this place.

I thought I would give this place a chance since I lived so close and it had a good review. Do not go here!!! My car was over heating, so I brought it in and they told me a screw was lose so they put antifreeze in it. And charged me $ 50.00. I didn’t really think much into it, but than was like weird why wouldn’t they use the antifreeze I had in my car? And I paid 10.00. That was the first Red flag that I didn’t see.
So than a week goes by and it’s doing the same thing. So I bring it back and the guy quoted me 240.00 to replace the Thermostat. Before I did anything I called around to make sure that sounded right. So it’s all done to pick up and the price was 390.00! He said that the whole thing was broke so it was more expensive. I am a female in the 20’s and I don’t like confrontation and was kind of stunned didn’t know what to do. So I just payed it and when I went to go get my car, one of the workers was sitting on my hood smoking a cig and talking on the phone. My car isn’t amazing, but it’s a pretty nice mazda 6 with good paint and this guy is sitting on it with his dirty pants. I was pretty upset. I left and now it’s been a month and my car is still over heating!
I would never go here again to let them rip me off some more. I will drive my car 3 hours away to go to the guy I use to.
I had to get a taxi to go get my car from work and even the taxi driver said that he heard he’s over priced and a rip off, but thought it was ok cause of the reviews.

I have been using All Automotive Repairs for many years. This is one of the few auto repair garages that I have never felt dubious about. The owner, Soren, has always gone out of his way to accommodate us. He has helped us plan our repairs around paychecks and helped us with temporary fixes when we had no or almost no money.
Recently, I was out running errands with my daughter. After stopping at the bank, my car would not restart. We had very little money to get us through the end of the month, so I was feeling very stressed.
It was already 5pm when I called Soren at All Automotive. He thought it might be the alternator (eep!), starter (eep! eep!), or battery (please be the battery!!). We were actually across the street from him when I called, and he suggested we have it towed over since I couldn’t push the car by myself. I called the towing company only to find out it costs $ 70 to get towed across the street! There was no way we could afford that plus car repairs.
Some nice folk had stopped and tried giving us a jump, and it helped a smidgeon (though nowhere near enough to start). By that time, my husband had cycled over to help. He called Soren back and told him it was likely the battery, but the jumps weren’t working. He let him know our financial situation and Soren came over with his battery charger. Soren got us started, diagnosed us with a bad battery (it was bulging), and gave us the name of a place that would give us a good deal for a new battery.
I don’t care what kind of car I have. As long as I live in the area, I will go to All Automotive and Soren when my car needs attention. You should, too.