Win’s Auto Repair & Body

After being a customer for 15 years, it’s safe to say that I absolutely love this guy and his shop. I met Jonathan through an acquaintance in 2000 when I had just purchased my Camaro. He took care of that car for 10 years and always delivered efficient service at a ridiculously low price. At first you keep going back, because you love the savings, but after a while you realize that Jonathan is such a great person, and it just feels right.
Over the years whenever someone I knew was in need of a mechanic, I would casually recommend Win’s Auto Repair. Most of those folks are still going to Jonathan for services, whether their vehicles are old or new, Jonathan’s work is extraordinary and his clientele’s loyalty is a testament to his value as a car industry professional.
I may not have a lawyer, and accountant, an investment banker, or a doctor, but I have a bad ass mechanic in Jonathan and I’ll never go anywhere else for as long as he’s around.

After working in the new car auto service repair business for over 40 years (and now retired) I look back on how many times I warned customers about taking their cars to «independent repair shops» as you wouldn’t know how qualified the tech (s) were.
It wasn’t like I didn’t have friends who dropped away from the franchised dealerships to pursue self ownership of their own business that weren’t good — it just would have been a conflict of interest to the dealer (and not to mention the legal aspect of making any recommendation and then perhaps something would go wrong and you’d find yourself in court for it).
Well, I had the pleasure of meeting the owner of this shop at a Starbucks a few times and began a relationship of «how are you doing?» sort of thing.
When Jonathan found out I was retired from the auto repair business he invited me to take a look at his operation and although it doesn’t look like much at first glance, the work that comes out of there is great and then who would care!
I observed over a few times visiting all the customers being happy and confident that the work would be taken care of properly and for a fair price.
As I said earlier «I’m retired now» and I can definitely recommend Jonathan’s shop for all your automotive service needs. He’s open 6 days a week and although his shop hours show till 6pm — he’s sometimes there late in to the evenings to be sure he provides the best service possible for his customers — that means he cares!

John is an honest and fair mechanic. I first came to him for collision damage to my front end and I have been using him ever since. My family takes their vehicles in for oil changes and maintenance repairs regularly. My brother took his car in for new brakes and it was done in a few hours. He even got a free oil change! John is always willing to bargain with you on price and is very understanding. I own a Jeep Patriot and changing the tail light requires a special tool that I don’t own or I would do it myself. John is always willing to replace my tail light and put air in my tires whenever I stop by for free. He’s a great guy and he takes pride in what he does.

The owner of this place is a really great guy. Considering how positive our initial experience was, we have returned on multiple occasions for brake inspections, tune-up’s, tire rotations, and even for advice on a sun roof repair. The owner has always gone out of his way to help us get the best service possible and it shows. He has a lot of integrity and you can tell he really cares about helping people. I would definitely recommend this place to a friend.

This place is the reason why you can’t trust Unilocal reviews. All I can say is that if you do end up bringing your car to this place make sure you take the before and after pictures of your car. He calls me up and says, «your motor blew up!» I said «what?!?» He says «yea, we tried to start it and it blew up».
Long story short, I took it to another mechanic and he said that these idiots didn’t turn off the fuel censor and kept cranking the motor, fuel went into the oil pan and they blew it up!“
I went back to this guy, and said look you blew my motor! He says, nope you brought it to me like that!!!
I started legal actions against the shop with all the witness testimony. I don’t want anyone else’s motor to get blown up by these incompetent idiots.

I had to use my husband’s vehicle and what I was hearing freaked me out. Metal to metal grinding on his rear brakes. Living in Eastlake CV and driving all the way up to El Cajon I had to get them done. I usually pass by Win’s and thank god they were open at 8:00am. They were so nice enough to drop me to work and by 11:30am my car was done. Jonathan (owner) was so pleasent to deal with and did not try to «sell» me stuff. I appreciated that and I think I found my new mechanic. I will be bringing in MY vehicle for a check up and $ 25 for oil changes!!! So cheap! Thank you!

I was just passing through town to visit a friend when I smoked a deer with my car. I had no idea which mechanic was not going to take advantage me and I was lucky enough to find Win’s Auto. I originally chose them because they can do both mechanical repairs and body work, a one-​stop-​shop for everything that needed fixing on my car. They got it done very quickly and they were the friendliest mechanics I have ever met in my life. They will not take advantage of you like some mechanics and I would recommend Win’s to anyone in the greater San Diego area.

So, my car was making a funny noise and a colleague told me what he thought it might be. I’m an absolute idiot about cars and wouldn’t know what a transmission or alternator was if they hit me in the face.
The minute I think of car problems, I go straight to an anxiety attack because I always feel like I’m going to get taken advantage of. The colleague directs me to Johnathan here at Winn.
When I pulled up Johnathan was as straight forward and honest as he could be. He basically put a «fix» on my problem and let me know that he could order my part. He didn’t try to add on 50 other things or to do anything other than honest work. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that.
If you need work done to your car, and you don’t mind driving to El Cajon (which you shouldn’t for this kind of service), you need to call Johnathan. He won’t steer you wrong. Get it, see what I did there? :)

Jonathan Win is hands down by far the best mechanic I have ever had the pleasure of taking my car to. Besides his wonderful attitude he is fair reasonable and very honest. Something hard to find in a auto mechanic. Being right off the 8 he is easy to find and is always available to help. I will never use anyone else again. I would give him 10 stars is possible

Got a flat and luckily pulled into this place and the guy was so pleasant and quick. Will be going back for any further needs!

When my normal mechanic (also in the same strip mall), wasn’t open on a Saturday, and my steering was acting up, I saw that Win’s was open and headed that way. Jonathan stopped his work took a look at my car and told me it was one of two things. It felt unsafe to drive so I left it there and he stayed late to repair it so I could have my car for the rest of the weekend. Price was very fair and Jonathan was so nice that he is now our new mechanic. I HIGHLY recommend this place. Please give him a try; I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.

By far the best and most honest mechanic I’ve been to in many years. I had a mysterious oil leak in my car that I had taken to three different auto repair shops that were unable to resolve the issue. Johnathan had it fixed, kept the old parts to show me the problem, and the total cost was more than fair. Since then, i have become a loyal customer, and highly recommend them. Very happy I stumbled upon this business, (by accident really). Just wish I would have found them sooner, would have saved me plenty of money and aggravation. A+++