Glendale Auto Tech

So far, great. Been there 3 times. I was looking for a new mechanic because my previous was gouging me. Everytime I went in to my old mechanic for something minor it was never under $ 1,000. by the end.
Last time I went in to my old mechanic, on his own he changed brand new wiper blades I had put in 2 weeks before and did a brake job without authorization (old ones were fine.) I had enough.
I have to say Glendale so far is very fair and they are honest. They were recommended to me by my wife’s VW mechanic who is stellar.
Rudy is very professional and it’s nice to deal with a gentleman when I am spending my money instead of some angry guy who isn’t very helpful.

I got quoted $ 359.10 for a rack and pinion for my car.
Detroit Axles complete rack and pinion with a lifetime warranty $ 150.00 free shipping.
«We are a distributor in Metro Detroit that services all the dealerships and autoshops with their replacement parts for the past 20 years and have an 86,000 square foot facility in Detroit where we stock all of our parts. We manufacture all of our own Rack and Pinions and Axles in-​house with our state of the art facility, and have over 70 years experience doing so. We have over 30 skilled employees and technicians that are on-​call for customer support and trouble shooting if need be.»

Great customer service. Quality work, up front about things needed done to your car. Went here for a break job and oil change, very happy with results. Toyota said I had a leak and wouldn’t say where. Glendale auto tech said what leak??? And showed me. Yep go figure Toyota wanted to rip me off.

So I take my SUV to another mechanic I found on Unilocal.My check engine light came on Friday. Same problems from before. The vehicle would start fine, but after the fifth or sixth start, it would stall. Really rough idle. My fuel economy was horrible that week.
He does a scan and quickly identifies a misfire. He gives me a thorough rundown of possible problems and recommends a full tune-​up, changing the spark-​plugs, etc. Quotes me a price and promises me it would ready in about 2 to 3 hours. He had just opened, it was Saturday.
He gives me a call later and I head over to the shop. He instructs me to give it a test drive and I immediately feel the difference. He gives me a run down of the problem he found, inadequate spark-​plugs. NGK spark-​plugs were installed. He explained the engine size in my vehicle required better plugs, like Bosch Platinum+4 spark plugs. He showed me the plugs and they were really fouled. He gave me two bottles of fuel cleaners (one for water removal and the other, Techron). I paid him and I was on my way. I going to monitor the vehicle this week.
So does that mean that the guys at Autotech never checked the plugs the last time I was there on MLK day? Probably. They wasted my whole day.
I decided to post this to give people the heads up. Sorry Rudy and Lee, you guys need to do better.

Had my inspection done yesterday. Efficient, honest and quickly done. Read my book a little and always a pleasure greeting Rudy and Lee. No complaints.

A local mechanic from whom my family has bought a few cars recommended Glendale Auto Tech. They were a great find, a totally honest shop that does great work at a fair price. I’ve been bringing my cars to Glendale Auto Tech for 10 years and never hesitate to recommend the shop to others.