Union 3 Auto Shop

I had my transmission changed at this shop 3 years ago and they did a great job. Peter is easy to deal with and will probably give you a good discount. I Left my car there to change the whole transmission Friday night and it was done on Monday. Drove off to work without any problem and it is still running good up to now. This shop will be recommended to my families and friends.

As always Carlos and Pedro did an awesome job rebuilding my transmission at an incredible price. As always, I am completely satisfied with their work.

Carlos is a liar he took days to finally fix my car right. Then when I finally got it back I notice the transmission was acting funny so I took it to get flushed and noticed it had motor oil in it. Seems to me that there trying to bring customers back by messing with there cars. Unreliable mechanic here so I would be careful going here.

Carlos is an awesome mechanic and honest hard to find these days
You’ll be more than happy when you get your car back

I have been going to Union 3 for 10 years now. They took amazing care of my first car (’98 civic), helped guide me through necessary work and checks up, exploring my new car (’03 accord), and everything inbetween. Carlos is a positive human being, the guys know what they are doing. Hell, after moving to San Diego I still would go back to them for work.
Seriously, go over there. Amazing mechanics who aren’t hunting your wallet.

This is the shop to go to guys; I have brought my 90 camry to them for the following repairs, new CV axles, struts, bushings basically a new front end, water pump timing belt drive belt, etc .
Carlos or Pete always take care of you; it is a professional shop with great service and care and quality; i even brought a lot of my dads classic trucks there for wiring and engine work, a 64 f100,69galaxie, I had brought my 72 maverick to them for an engine pull; their sister shop cruz auto built the 200ci inline six for me. Thanks Carlos & Nelson!

I took my Toyota Yaris to Carlos for a service and to change my brake light. Since my car is still under warranty, Carlos assured me that he would only used factory parts. He looked up my car make and year to make sure that he was fulfilling Toyota’s service requirements. Super friendly, quick service all for a great price! What else could I ask for? I will definitely be back. Thanks Carlos!

Union 3 is the best. Carlos is the man! Been taking my cars to him for the past 3 years for service and repairs and he is always knowledgeable, extremely fair on pricing and always has done good work. He is very very busy, because he is so good, so you have to call him sometimes to get updates or to check if your car is ready but I would rather him be working on my car than spending his time on the phone!

I had taken my 64 Corvair to Union 3 several times, in the past few years. In the first part of March, 2012, I brought her in to get the clutch checked, the weatherstripping replaced, interior lights fixed, and the reverse light fixed. Well, about a month passed and no call from Carlos. I had to call him and he updated me on the fixes needed. No more follow up calls and I had to call him again, end of April. Finally, on May 24, 2012, I stopped by there and he said it was finished. I told him I could get it that Saturday, 05/​26/​2012. On that day, I had to call over there three times and each time some one said they would call me back in about 20 minutes. I never got a return call. I finally called at about 3 PM and I was told the car was at the car wash. I finally went to the shop and was given the total, which was about $ 300 more than the original estimate Carlos had. Next, they said it was washed and there was bird poop on the convertible roof, the clutch and brake pedal pads were off and one of the speaker cages had been knocked off and not replaced. On the outside, one of the four spinners on the rims, was missing. Finally, Carlos had not done the weatherstripping, as he said he could not find the part. He just referred me to a company who produces the part, which I went online and bought it in about 5 minutes. Carlos did not call me and tell me he could not install the weatherstripping, which was one of the main fixes I wanted done. I normally receive very good service from Union 3, but this time I was very disappointed. I will certainly not be coming back to Union 3, as they have succeeded in losing my business.

Awesome service!!! With hundreds of mechanics in my hood Carlos puts the rest to shame!!! Fast friendly knowledgable great prices!!! Don’t ever bother going anywhere else !!

Took in our ’03 escalade for alignment /​balancing (the dealership quoted me $ 250) while I only paid $ 82 at this place. Service was also completed in 45 minutes. The owner was also pretty nice and great to talk to.
As of the date of this review:
(4) Wheel Alignment — $ 50
(4) Wheel Balancing — $ 32