MW Auto Repair

I love this place his prices are fair and they do great job!!! You can tell Ascshton values his costumes and his profession. Trust worthy auto repair all the way!!!

I actually found this place on Unilocal and I’m so glad I did! I use to live in the area but have moved to the South Bay and recently had my car towed in for repair. I’m not looking for all the bells and whistles in auto repair just a honest mechanic who does good work. That’s what I’ve gotten here.

I’ve been taking my car to Atshan for years, ever since he successfully diagnosed and repaired an electrical problem that many other shops failed to fix. Over the years, he has done everything from routine maintenance (oil changes) to more complex work (drivetrain), even body work.
Mr. Atshan is a rare commodity — an honest mechanic. He offers great work at competitive prices. He has saved me a lot of money.
Please be aware that he has a small shop and is very busy. Due to a constant flow of walk-​ins, I would suggest arriving when he opens (8am) or calling ahead and arriving within 15 minutes of speaking with him.

Mr atshan is really nice he fixed my transmission prob and changed my car oil for free

This guy is amazing. By far the most honest & helpful mechanic I’ve ever known. He’s literally saved me over $ 1000 in work that didn’t need done that Culver City Toyota was pushing as mandatory. He also changed my taillight for only $ 5 which is incredible, as well as fixing a tore for $ 20 that the dealership wanted to charge me $ 125 for. Well worth going out of your way for. Mechanics like these are few and far between.

The guy running the shop is nice, BUT I feel I should let people know what they are in for. When you walk into a shop that has five stars on Unilocal you would expect a humming hive of activity, right? Yet strangely, not much is going on.
I will paraphrase my customer experience:
One morning, I call them. My car has a problem when can I bring it in? Not now, in a few hours? Okay. I bring the car in at 11am.
I’m driving to San Fran and I need the car to be thoroughly checked out for anything wrong. (I know it has a few things wrong, but I wait to see if they are noticed.) Hours later with no contact from the shop, I call to ask how it’s going, and «I’ve been too busy to get to it.»
Another hour or so goes by without word from him. I call again, «I’ve been too busy to look at it.»
Now it is almost 5pm, still no word from the mechanic, so I call again, «I didn’t have time to look at it today, do you need the car tonight? You can come and pick it up and bring it in tomorrow.»
*sigh* No I don’t need the car tonight, but to not have the car for 8 hours I would have expected at least someone looking at it, and an estimate.
Eventually, he repairs the one thing I need. I ask him if he checked the car thoroughly like I had asked (and paid a $ 75 fee for) and he says «Everything seems fine». Which I know is not true. But between me constantly having to call for updates and him saying he’s too busy, I don’t want to deal with this guy anymore. Did he also «not have time» to check everything in the car? He apparently «didn’t have time» to find the leak in the master cylinder, the leaky engine gasket, the cracked axle boots, and the expired struts that I knew needed repair.
It’s like, hey guy, I want to give you work, here is all this work I have for you to do, but apparently he is «too busy» to take on any more work. Every time I communicated with this business, I was the one who had to constantly pester for updates, I was the one who had to call. Now, I’ve been reluctant to post this review because the guy running the shop seems like a nice guy. But I don’t think he knows how to run a business. He needs to hire an office manager, take appointments, provide timely estimates, and get professional. This all happened in early January, so hopefully he has fixed it, but in the meantime I have to go somewhere else.

Never seen a business owner so irresponsible.
I had transmission problems a month ago. For three days, I went everyday to check for availability and the guy promised the next day would be open. Up till this point its fine – I understand its busy. The next day I get a spot and leave the vehicle, where the guy tells me to wait a few days. I go back a few days later, he tells me he did not have the time and will not have the time to fix it. WOW… I left and got it fixed somewhere else.
Today. I called them for a dead battery jump start. There two blocks down… Same routine… I call them, they tell me and promises he will come in 10 minutes. This process goes on several times and when I call an hour later, I asked «tell me straight up if your coming or not» … He tells me he is busy and that he changed his mind…
Never got an apology and when I protested he just hangs up.
I never seen a business do this. He has to know that choices he makes affect people and that he cannot just run a business on a loose mouth.

My vehicle was passing the 90K mi. mark and there are certain things that need to be done when it hits that amount of mileage. So, I took my vehicle to Toyota in Culver City on an early Saturday morning because I drive a Toyota.
They were changing my oil and said that all that they needed to do was going to cost me $ 2K+. I said, let me speak with my husband and I will let you know but go ahead and complete the oil change. They said okay.
I immediately Unilocaled for the nearest Auto Mechanic with the highest Stars and found MW Auto Repair. I spoke with Atshan and I was asking hiim over the phone what he would charge me for everything that was on the list from Toyota. Let’s just say, he quoted me a fraction of what Toyota quoted me. I made an appointment with him for the following Saturday.
I told Toyota, that I had to think about it and would have to reschedule so, they changed my oil and I got the heck up outta there!
Atshan is a very nice and competent mechanic and I have confidence in him. I’ve been back to him twice since then and happy with the work so far. :)

I was having reoccurring issues with the tire pressure in my right rear tire and my co-​worker referred me to MW Auto Repair. I decided to stop by on my lunch break and the nice gentleman at the first of the office offered to patch up the tire, free of charge due to the referral! They’re super nice & helpful! I would go back with any future problems and would definitely recommend them to my friends and co-​workers!

An unassuming west-​side garage nestled in yet another car maintenance plaza… with this many five star ratings? Hm. I was incredulous.
My suspicion was for naught – Atshan was great. I’ve no doubt in my mind that he earned each and every one of those stars just as he’s earned mine.
I took my car to MW a handful of times recently for some basic but unusual service requests. Atshan went above and beyond to help me solve my problems, and seemed genuinely engaged in helping me out.
He was clear, honest, friendly, and conscious of my scheduling difficulties. He gave careful attention to the minimal repairs to my Honda Civic despite also having more expensive cars with pricier repairs and higher-​paying customers.
There’s not really parking around the garage, so just go ahead and pull right up or stop in front of the wall across from the garage. You can enter either from Sepulveda by the Subway, or by going through the gas station off of Venice.
Atshan knows how to do things right to get repeat business, and I’ll go out of my way to give it to him. You should too!

I called MW around 6:15pm on a Thursday night. My VW Passat was over heating and would not allow me to drive it. This is only after I tried to do repairs on it myself earlier in the day.
Atshan was very kind. He stayed late and fixed the issue by the following morning. I cannot recommend MR Auto Repair and Atshan enough. He is an outstanding mechanic and all around good person.

New to the area and had no idea where to look when my car started to sound funny. Went on Unilocal,saw MW had 5 stars and brought it in. Atshan checked out my car, gave me great advice and didn’t end up charging me as he didn’t have to open anything up. Felt the least I could do was leave him a review he deserved, well earned. Hopefully I don’t have to go back soon, but I know where to go now.

Atshan is the man of the day! Told me he’d fix my Passat rear brake pads in two hours & he did just that; even though he was interrupted by four customers & plethora of telephone calls. His shop is modest but his skills are flawless. He will certainly go above & beyond his call of service just to win you over. Atshan, you have did just that my friend! I will certainly see you again for my 60K service & other vehicle issues in the future! Job well done from another satisfied MW Auto customer!

We were about to leave for a road trip to Norcal when I suddenly heard loud squeaking sound at the back. And after checking saw my rear right brake was totally bad hitting metal-​to-​metal.
So I went to check Unilocal for the closest shop w/​good rating. And found MW Auto Repair. I went straight and met the owner Atshan, a really nice guy. I told him I needed a new brakes because we are catching a wedding the next day morning.
It was late and he was about to close. But after I told him that we don’t have any transportation and we cannot be late for our weeding appointment.
He finally said yes. And since it’s late, he had a hard time finding the brake parts. He found one across town and he personally drove to get it.
To make the story short, he was able to fix it and Atshan saved our day.
He went over and beyond his duty as a mechanic. He helped us with our unexpected problem. Others would have easily said, sorry it’s late I can’t do it.
And besides fixing our car, he was also honest and quoted me a very reasonably price for labor and did not even charge me more for the extra effort.
I was lucky to find an honest auto shop.
Thank you soooo much Atshan for your help. After moving from Norcal to Socal not too long ago, I was looking for an autoshop I can trust w/​my vehicles. And I just found me a long term mechanic named Atshan of MW auto Repair.
Guys if you’re looking for one, save time and check out Atshan.
Jon D

If I could give MW Auto 6 six stars i would!!! I cannot stress enough how much I appreciate Atshan and the whole team at MW. I have been coming here for 2 years now and the customer service and the attention to detail always blows me away! They are always incredibly honest, fair, and informative and will help you with all your needs. My entire family sends their cars to Atshan and now I’m trying to get my co-​workers to drop in! I hope this review will be the one that persuades you to stop by… these are good people here and I wish the them all the success in the world!

My 2004 Honda accord died on me one day and I rolled it into Complete Auto Repair on National Blvd. who charged me $ 100 to diagnose. They said I needed a new idle air control valve and new spark plugs which they said would run me $ 600. My roommate swears by Atshan so, I thought I’d bring it to him to get a price comparison and diagnosis. Atshan cleaned my control valve, new spark plugs and air filter for $ 135 bucks total. He’s always fast, honest and fair. Not to mention super nice. I absolutely will continue to bring my car to him.

I had an overheating emergency last Saturday. and Atshan was able to dx and remove the defective thermostat and get me back on the road in about an hour for $ 75. Saved the day for me. Thanks also for smart phone and Unilocal reviews to guide me there.

My 1989 Mercedes Benz 190e suddenly stopped starting, so I called around to a couple mechanics in my area. I decided to give MW Auto a shot. I told Atshan, the mechanic at MW, that I thought my car was having electrical problems in the starter, based on the symptoms that I’d witnessed.
Atshan took the car and called me the next day. He told me that the car needed a new alternator, not a starter like I had assumed. At first, I was apprehensive, because I didn’t feel that a bad alternator explained the problems I was having. But, after talking with Atshan in person, he assured me that the car was definitely having alternator problems, so I agreed to have him change it out.
He called me back the next day and told me that the car was ready. I picked it up a day later to find it freshly washed, detailed, and running like a charm. My particular repair came with a one year warranty, and he even gave me a discount. I’m not sure what the discount was even for, but I figured a nice Unilocal review was in order after that!
The next time I have car trouble, I will definitely come back to this place. Highly recommended!

Today was not my first time at MW. All my major and minor work I have done on my Mercedes I trust Ashtan. I’ve had my brakes done as well as tune up in the past and saved myself a lot of grief and money! I feel he is honest and responsible and that is rare in the automotive industry. Today he even gave me a lift down the street to a coffee shop to wait til my oil change and Service B was completed. Way less expensive than his neighbor shop and FAST Service! Thank you! Now if the powers that be at Unilocal would put his shop correctly on the map. I was very difficult to find his phone number because on the map it showed he was in Van Nuys! I figured he moved but he hadn’t luckily for me.

Been back a few times since my initial review, still the same incredible service. Honestly its odd that his turn around time is so quick, his prices are so low and the work has never been an issue. I know cars and Atshan has never tried to pull a fast one or anything close to that. Good stuff.