Berkeley Radiator Works

I’ve known Felipe and crew for a long time. He’s kept my old vehicle running well for many years. Bright, cheerful, fair, honest and EFFICIENT.
Have recommended to friends who’ve all reported great results.
Yet to find a mechanical problem he can’t resolve. The guy’s a rare real!

I was here to get my A/​C repaired and I really appreciated the service and attention to detail. It was some time ago and my A/​C still works great with no problems. Another shop had lied to me and tried to sell me a whole new A/​C unit when the only problem was a bad o-​ring. Berkeley Radiator Works accurately diagnosed the o-​ring and properly fixed the repair. I did not feel as if I was treated poorly or dishonestly in any way and was very happy with the result.

I went into Berkeley Radiator Works to get a second opinion on my overheating radiator in my 1987 Honda Civic (28 years old with less than 50,000 miles) and always well maintained. I had a previous estimate that required disposing of my radiator and getting some after market replacement at a high cost. They told me it was not reparable.period. Felipe is very nice and immediately makes you feel comfortable. He needed to thoroughly examine the radiator before being sure, but felt that it would not need to be replaced. Some aftermarket radiators are even plastic from my investigation. He removed cleaned and restored my radiator finding a faulty thermostat in the process. All of this for less than half the cost of the previous estimate. Very pleased!

Radiator was spewing out water/​steam. Looked around and decided on Berkeley Radiator Works.
Felipe is friendly, informal and easy to talk to. Timely repair. Took the automobile to the shop in the morning and it was done in the afternoon. Fair price.
Shop looks messy, but who cares!
If you want to support local small businesses, this is one of them.

It’s been many months since Berkeley radiator converted the air conditioning on my 1990 vanagon again Westfalia to R134a refrigerant. This involves replacing the compressor (which was bad anyway) and a few other small items. They did a fantastic job, did it on time and were very friendly. The shop looks messy but I wouldn’t hold that against him.

Felipe rocks. He provides quality work at a fair price. Does all the repairs in a timely matter.

Felipe isn’t a business man in the new school — things are pretty informal. That said, he’s darned good at what he does, gets it done at a silly-​low price & in a timely fashion. Braze a new pipe onto a busted heater core? $ 30. Need some fittings for your oil cooler? Gratis.
Berkeley Radiator Works is rad.

Felipe is THE MAN!!!

My car loves Felipe!!!
My radiator cracked :(
went in @ 8:00am
Out by 6:00pm
Prices: VERY REASONABLE!!!
The price was less than other places quotes.
Service: as perfect as can be:)
I am a female, I hate taking my car to any mechanic without a male. I never felt as if they were taking advantage of me :)
My car: Running GREAT!!!
Thanks Felipe!!!

Felipe has come through for me again! This man is awesome. I bought a used Mercedes off of Craigslist for 2K. The seller had rigged it to hide the cooling issues and since I’m not very car savvy I didn’t notice it as it test drove fine. Then the next day it massively overheated.
I took it straight to Felipe. Not only did he fix the cooling issue, he showed me what other damage had been done (bad head gasket) and he coordinated all the repair work at a reasonable price.
It would be very easy for a mechanic to take advantage of me but Felipe is honest and straight forward. He went out of his way to make sure my car was fixed right and was running great.

Ridiculous experience with these guys. I’ll never go here again. I brought in my car to have my air conditioner fixed. They immediately subcontracted the work out to Roger at Berkeley Auto Repair — and his guys somehow dropped my car key (you know, the electronic kind?) and ran over it, rendering it useless. So they couldn’t work on my car — but Berkeley Radiator kept telling me they’d get it fixed and «have my car back to me today». I asked for a quote on the work three times, and he wouldn’t give it to me — just told me «a few hundred dollars». No quote!!!
Then they ordered the wrong part, and I had to walk a mile to go retrieve my car and bring it home so I’d have something to drive while we waited for the right part to come in. Berkeley Radiator, after 3 days, never called me back to let me know about the part — so when I called THEM, they told me «Oh yeah, the part’s here — let me call you right back». A week went by, and no phone call! I finally called them, and they said something about «I was going to call you, just found your phone number…» — but they still wouldn’t provide a quote when I asked for one. So I took the car somewhere else — and eventually got my key from Berkeley Auto Repair, who paid for a replacement.
Totally lame experience and a waste of time — watch these guys closely, or better yet, find another radiator place.

Took my car in to have the radiator replaced. Felipe is really nice and quoted me $ 500 for the repair. Then he called back and said it would be an additional $ 350 to have the AC condenser replaced because he couldn’t fit the radiator in without replacing the AC condenser.
Got my car back the next day and was amazed at the quick turnaround, seemed too good to be true, and it was. The air conditioner, which was working fine before the repair, no longer worked. I brought my car back and was charged another $ 150 dollars to replace a hose. A $ 500 repair turned into a $ 1000 repair.
I suggest taking your car somewhere more competent.