Yoon’s Auto Center

Living and working in Korea Town I needed a mechanic close by. One of my tenants suggested
Yoon’s Auto Repair on 6^th St. by Hobart Ave I went over and met with Duke. I immediately impressed at how well he spoke English. Turns out Duke is a Vietnam Veteran and served multiple tours in Vietnam. I informed him I was also a Veteran from Desert Storm. We had a good chat and congratulated each other. I never told him what I did in the Military. I was a level 30 Master Mechanic and worked on Track and Diesel equipment, so its very hard to BS me about what my car needs. It turns out Duke is the most honest Mechanic I ever met and I have met many! He went out of his way to explain what had happened and how simple and non expensive the repair would be. I already had knew this but wanted to see if he was honest or not. It would have been extremely easy to rip me off by saying it needed some unnecessary repair as many repair shops do. I then told him what I did and was certified to do. We laughed
about it and he proceeded to tell me a few stories of customers coming in for repairs that were ripped off. I have been going to Yoon’s ever since. I send everybody that needs something done and they come back and tell me how amazing Duke and all the Mechanic’s are. I can guaranty you will have a good experience and love the fact that you was not ripped off.
Gilbert Tang Mgr.
Serrano Towers

Well beyond the accepted norm of LA service. Before/​after photos and a complete walk-​through of completed work. I’ll be a customer for as long as I live in LA.

Duke is truly amazing! I don’t know a lot about cars but he does, i can tell! He just made my day today! :))) I get nervous when I go to places to fix my car, but he spent enough time to diagnose the problem and fixed it and told me I can come back to do inspection if symptoms happen again. Who really does that? I feel like i found a place where I can trust! Yay~ thanks for your help today, Duke!

The mechanic here is a true business man. Brought my car in for a noise that I kept hearing when putting on brakes. He checked my car out and didn’t charge for looking at it nor did he try to give me something that I didn’t need, which is very common when you take your car in for service. He told me to come back in 6 months and he will change the brakes for me. Yoon’s will definitely be my go to spot for service!

Awesome service! They guys at the shop were very kind, called me by my first name. I’m a young female and I usually have a hard time at auto shops, not knowing anything about cars. They were very helpful, explained everything, and even gave me the best prices they could. Told me 2 hours, was ready in 1.5 hours. Good quality and service! Definitely will be returning!

Seriously, the best service you can get for an auto center.
Everyone there knew how to speak English perfectly and was very helpful to fix my car ASAP. They said it would take an hour but I got it back in 30 minutes.
Would definitely go here again!

Extremely reasonable and fair! All around great people here. Thank you Duke and company, so glad to have a place like this in my neighborhood.

Worst service ever!
I had to leave one star review for the place. I recently changed my engene oil here about a month ago, and engene check light poped up last week. I didnt want to jump ahead to conclusion, so I went to ask him to figure out.
I got there about 12 half or 1 pm, and he told me to come back next day early in the morning. He said he is too busy to check mine.
Okay.
Next i got there 8 15 am, and he said there will be a charge for 85 bucks to find out what is happening to my car. I was bit surprised and he said this to me (I wore scrub to go to work afterward).
«You seemed to work in a healthcare setting, so i will explain in this way for you. Do you give a prescription for a patient who is coughing without a thorough assessment? It is a same thing. I have to check everything that it might cause your engene check light on. It is not just simple as you think. If you want to only read a code, you can pay $ 25 at Autozone and have them to look it up. I will waive $ 85 fee only if the estimate go beyond 85 bucks. No matter what, you need to pay minimum 85 dollars.»
Seriously? Why didnt he tell me on the first day i visited, so i dont waste my time, effort to drive and gas? I felt ignored.
I went to different mechanic next day, and new guy (even nice and kind) reset the code for free! Besides new mechanic guy told me that whoever changed my engene oil recently didnt hook up the airfilter line or something right, so it came off by mistake! What the heck! Now I am so suspicious he might did it purposely for me to going back there again and charge me $$$ 85!
I wonder how they got so many good reviews. Maybe he really had paranoid experience from little korean girl like me before! He got to be humble and appreciate for the things given!

Great service!
I just moved to LA from Chicago. My car brakes were making a faint whistle. I thought I may need a brake pad replacement. Turns out my brakes were fine and it was probably brake dust. I was so happy to find an honest mechanic, especially being not super familiar with the area. When my car does need maintenance, I will definitely come back here. Duke was very helpful and trustworthy!

I called to ask a question and as I was starting, the Korean man said, were closed thank you. I tried to finish my question and he hung up. Awesome.

I brought my car into the auto shop because the exclamation mark sensor appeared. Since I know nothing about cars I decided to get it checked out. Duke was more than happy to inspect and diagnose the problem. He told me that the light was the tire pressure monitor system and that the tires needed more air. Duke took it up himself to check every tire and fill it up with air to resolve the sensor issue. I offered to pay him for his services but he told me not to worry about it and sent me on my way. Since customer service is worsening nowadays his nice gesture was a nice surprise.
In the future, I will definitely bring my car into the shop if I have a real mechanical issue.

My car survived a 3,000 mile drive from the East Coast to LA but was in need of a little maintenance by the time I arrived.
To welcome me, I was greeted by a host of issues including rusted brake rotors, worn brake pads, a radiator on the fritz, an oil leak, a damaged muffler, an old battery, dying sparkplugs and sparkplug wires, and probably a few other things I’m forgetting.
After looking at some Unilocal reviews I decided to give Yoon’s a try. Duke and Jay are awesome guys and tolerated me and my questions through every repair.
I probably returned to the shop at least nine times and every time Duke assured me he’d fix the problem. He also was able to give me a break on some prices, which saved my wallet!
If you’re having car trouble, Yoon’s is the place to go!

A light went on telling me that I needed to get my tires checked out. I was lazy and lagging it for a long time and I finally decided to take it to a shop. Luckily, Yoon’s Auto Center is just around the corner from where I work so I decided to stop by there after I got off.
Right when I was pulling up, I noticed they were closing up. The owner came up to me and I was expecting him to turn me away since they were closing. However, he asked me how he could help and when I told him I needed to get my tires checked, he told me he will gladly take a look.
Turns out there was a nail in one of my tires and he took care of it right away. He also added more air into my other tires and provided great service with a smile :)
He was so polite and so nice! I was glad he took the time to help me out even though I came right while they were closing. It cost $ 10 too so the price could not be beat.
I definitely recommend coming here. They are very professional, very helpful, and the price seems fair!

Super friendly and efficient service! Not to mention, priced very fairly! I think I found my new mechanic :)

These guys are so awesome. Stopped by because of a flat tire and one of the mechanics immediately helps me out. Gets my flat fixed in less than 10 min and only charged 10 bucks! Made my day cuz I thought I was gonna be an hour late to work but instead I was still on time :)
Awesome customer service. Will definitely be coming back again in the future.

Well so far so good :)
I got a second opinion after going to Hana’s Car repair that quoted $ 900‑1200 worth of labor and parts to replace in my car!!! It was so much that i decided to get second opinion at Yoons car repair
At Yoons shop they said everything was ok. And said that they will check again when i come next time for oild change. But for now my car is good!
He had to adjust my belt in my car because i changed about 6 months ago at Midas Beverly Hills and the belt was loose -.-!!
So Yoon charged me $ 45 for checking my car and adjusting the belt.
So great! :) thank you!

Duke is awesome! He is friendly and honest! He hasn’t let me down. He fixed my car twice. And gave me a great deal! He is my new mechanics that lives close by. I needed a place to go to since my other mechanic was not there and not fixing my car. Ugh. But this is about Yoon’s place.
So let’s see I got my throttle injection cleaned. He made sure that it was done right and didn’t charge me a arm and a leg. Then I had to come back maybe a couple months cause well I need a minor tune up but since I couldn’t afford it the first time he made sure I could go with my car for a long time til I saved enough. There wasn’t much wrong with my car but other than it dead. Ha ha ha ha ok major. So he checked it out nothing was wrong with it but he just did the minor tune up and didn’t charge me a arm and leg. Gave me a great deal for the spark plugs. And had my car ready in 3 hours or more but had it done by closing times.
I love how he is honest and trustworthy. Hope that doesn’t change. Great location.

Totally amazing work! This Place is Awesome!
Excellent work, Service and pricing. Duke took care of everything I needed from start to finish. If you are in need of auto repair, I highly recommed!!!

Duke and his staff are super, super efficient and sweet. Oil change in less than 30 minutes and Duke made me promise not to wait so long to change my oil again (whoops). I dropped in because it’s down the street from my wedding dress maker but I would come here more regularly if I lived in the area. So nice to go to a place you can trust without a crazy wait.

Duke’s the best. Super-​friendly, radiates honesty and expertise. Flushed my AC unit and gave me a break on the price because it ended up being higher than what he quoted.
Great guy, great place.