Midas

When we moved to the area, we found a coupon for Midas and used it at this location. They did a great job on the oil change and were pretty helpful in giving us an idea of what kind of preventative maintenance we should look at over the next year or so.
We recently added a new (used) vehicle to the family and have had it at Midas four times now. While they’ve been able to diagnose various issues we’ve had, I’ve begun to feel like they’re looking at our Jeep like a cash cow. Every time it goes in, we’re looking at $ 300-​$ 800. This last time was the battery and we were quoted almost $ 400 for a new battery, terminal ends, and battery mount. I paid the $ 110 diagnostic fee, drove it right next door to Advance Auto Parts and they installed a new battery and changed my terminal ends out for me for less than $ 130.
I really like the guys here and they seemed pretty genuine when we first started coming around, but I have a serious issue with a $ 380 quote to essentially replace a battery. I’m hoping we don’t experience this kind of inflation the next time we end up in the shop.

Worlds worst franchised Midas has problems with giving quoted they gave me a quote on paper for one thing and later on wanted to charge me double — don’t take your car to this Midas EVER, your better off taking your vehicle to a dealer

Caution! Went in with a dead battery and they also told me that I needed an alternator. They quoted just under $ 900 for both. Battery was old so I knew it had to be replaced but I didn’t believe that the alternator was bad and that price is way too high. Told them to just replace the battery. Left Midas and immediately went to another place to have alternator checked, no problem at all with alternator. Just to be sure, I waited 2 days and took it in to a different place. They tested entire electrical system and found nothing wrong.
Thornton Midas is one of those places you hear about that performs unneeded repairs. Stsy. away!

I was in the plaza by this Midas and one mechanic yelled «get out of here, faggot» at me. I continued to go inside and talk to the employees in the office to find out his name. He goes by Gooby. When I left, he called me «faggot» again. I hope something is done about his actions. This is the second bad interaction with Midas this month. I’m reconsidering where to get my oil changed next time.

I have taken both of my vehicles to Midas now several times and never have any issues. Justin and Mike have great customer service skills and always take the time to explain to me any issues with the vehicle and how best to move forward. I don’t ever feel like they are trying to add services on that I don’t need, like some other places may when you take your car in for an oil change. They were also cheaper than taking my car to the dealership for a recent issue that I was having with it, and made recommendations that included things I could do to avoid the issue at no charge (instead of forcing me to proceed with another test that I would have to pay for that isn’t necessary). I’m getting ready to move out of the area but will likely continue to bring my vehicles back here due to the great customer service, pricing, and employees.

So i acquired a $ 19.99 coupon for an oil change and tire rotation and took advantage of it. Graham was very helpful and nice and had wonderful customer service.
The only reason why I am giving Midas a 2 star is because the guy who working on my car didn’t rotate my tires! He literally unscrewed the bolts and left them on in the original spot. Then when Graham asked him, he said yes he rotated them.
What a joke. I had better service at Brakes Plus and the workers did their job.

I’ve been a loyal repeat customer at this Midas since moving to the Denver area last year. I’d been generally very satisfied with each experience, up till now. After my visit last week, I’m in the market for a new place for my oil changes and ongoing maintenance.
Last week, I brought my 94 Honda Civic in for the usual high mileage oil change, but I also asked them to upgrade my high-​beam lamps. One of the bulbs had burned out, and I figured I might as well upgrade while I’m at it. All of that went fine — I left Midas pretty pleased with my new bulbs and feeling good about getting the oil change done on time.
Within about a mile of driving away, I noticed that my left turn signal was blinking rapidly when I turned it on. Figuring I just had bad luck and a bulb had burned out (it is a 20 year old car, after all), I found a place to stop… My front left turn signal unit was entirely gone. Just… gone. The wiring harness was hanging out, and there was nothing but a big gaping hole where my turn signal used to be.
Apparently, MY TURN SIGNAL FELL OUT somewhere in that short distance I had driven. I called back to the Midas shop, and was told that «one of my guys saw that the turn signal bracket had been broken and repaired multiple times.» Well, thanks for NEVER telling me that, not even after working on my headlights just an hour earlier!
I asked the manager to get me a quote and schedule an appointment to put in a new turn signal. After waiting a couple of hours, I called the shop and asked if there’d been any progress on finding the part and getting me a quote — he said «it’ll probably be more than a week, but I’ll check around and call you back.» I guess he meant it’ll be more than a week for him to call me back, because I never received any follow-​up call after that.
It is inexcusably poor customer service to NOT follow up when you’ve committed to call someone. At least call me to say you’re still checking and don’t have a definitive answer yet!
If this were my shop, and if my mechanics had just had their hands on someone’s headlight assembly that ends up breaking 1 mile later, I would make the effort to take care of the customer so I don’t lose them or see them posting a negative review about it on Unilocal.
I don’t and can’t know for sure if anyone at Midas is responsible for my turn signal falling off, but the timing is very suspicious. Certainly the lack of attentiveness by the staff after the fact leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
All I know for sure is:
1) Midas mechanics were the last ones who touched my car’s headlights.
2) Mere minutes after picking up my car, my turn signal light fell out on a highway.
3) Nobody at Midas ever warned me that the bracket had been broken or repaired, or that it looked weak, until AFTER it had already failed.
4) I am now going to shell out $ 350 for an entire new headlight assembly, an expense which could have been avoided if someone at Midas had warned me this might happen.
5) Midas could have retained a customer by taking good care of me after this incident, and by helping me get the repairs done quickly. They failed to do this.

This place was exactly as bad as the most recent review made it sound, The battery indicator light in my 05 Honda Accord came on and I brought my car to Midas for inspection. I did a little research on this indicator before taking it to Midas and found out that it means that the alternator is not charging the battery. Midas confirmed that the alternator was bad but they also tried to up-​sell me a new battery as well. I told the ‘technician’ that the battery had been replaced within the last six months and asked if the bad alternator could be the cause for a «bad» battery reading. He still insisted that I purchase a new battery which could cost up to $ 100. The total to install and replace the alternator was $ 380 ($ 480 w/​battery)! One star for the free battery inspection.
Since $ 480 was way out of my budget, I searched for and found a great technician on Unilocal at Andy’s Automotive (
) about 6 miles away. He only charged $ 55 for labor and I purchased a brand new alternator from Advance Auto Parts for $ 120 and the technician also confirmed that the battery works fine. Long story short, Midas = $ 480 (total), Andy’s Automotive = $ 175 (total)! Stay away from Midas, if you have any issues call Andy’s ((303) 427‑7673)!!
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Do not go to this place!!! They are the defenition of crooks. I brought my car in for break pads and they told me three other things were wrong with my car and that fixing them would come to a total of 2800!!! Turns out nothing was wrong and they were just trying to screw me. Be careful with any mechanics shop but don’t let these people underneath your car under any circumstances.

So as far as oil changes go, great. I had a coupon for 20 bucks from their website, so the price was right. As far as radiator flushes go, everything was lovely there as well. Got another coupon for 10 dollars off, so the total on that was 70 dollars. Very solid price. Between the 2 services it took about an hour and half, which was a little more than I was hoping for but if you just drop your car off and do something else, the amount of time it takes doesn’t matter much.
Where I have issues is the «and also you might want to…» portion that they seemed to give every customer. For me, «and also you might want to…» ended up being a report on the rust on the underbody of my car (it’s from michigan and 8 years old), a radiator cap, and a tire that somehow got a ‘huge gash’ in it from my house to the shop. Now, I’m not accusing them of doing anything to my tire, at all. I just hate the fact that whenever a shop comes into the picture one thing turns into other things. Call my cynical, suspicious, or a plain out dick, those are all probably true at times. The radiator cap was 8 dollars, sure, throw it on there, no problem. The tire? The cheapest he had was 85 dollars plus mounting. No thank you. Discount can get me something used for a bit cheaper.
I don’t want this to seem super negative, because for the services I wanted them to perform, they did the job. I just hate sitting in the lobby and hearing them say «you also should take a look at this because it needs to get replaced soon and its gonna cost about 200 – 300 dollars» to every customer that walks through the door.

I have been taking my truck to get regular oil changes at a place near my work, but lately the service was going so downhill, I started shopping for a new joint. I definately found my new mechanics. It took a King Soopers coupon to get me to Midas, but I’ll keep coming back because they were professional, courteous, on time and didn’t try to push any additional services. I’ll continue to post about my experiences, but for now, this place gets four stars.

I have been a long-​time Midas customer, and they have always taken great care of my car. I visited this site for the first time today, and was promptly and politely greeted. My car has 145k miles on it and has never had exhaust work done to it, so when I came in asking them to fix excessive exhaust noise, I was prepared to shell out hundreds of dollars. Instead, they determined it to be a bad gasket and fixed it without charge after putting in about 30 minutes of labor. They displayed great honesty and customer service — I will definitely be back!

Not sure what happened to Ryan, but for us, we love this place. Been coming here for years. Consistently reliable and honest. And if you ask, they’ll freely apply discounts. They’ve saved me many times, and even through their couple of owner changes, they’ve remained a reliable mechanic for me. And trust me, I have auto mechanic nightmare stories — check my other reviews on Meineke and AAMCO if you must.

Called a Midas for a quote on front brakes… $ 165. Found out this one was closer, so I took it there. Shawn called me back trying to sell me additional services. Not a big deal, I knew I didn’t need them. What I wasn’t expecting was that even without them his charges were over a hundred dollars more. When I told him about the other midas he said… «Well, I’m not going to compete against another midas. We’re the same company! We’re all supposed to have the same prices, so I don’t know what they’re doing over there.» I said fine, and to have the car ready in an hour for me to drive it to the other midas to do the work. When I show up he informs me that he called the other Midas in Arvada and they won’t honor their price now. I said we’ll see. two hours later I was done and out the door for $ 155. (Found a $ 10 off coupon to work.) I was pleased with the second Midas, and encourage you to go there for no up-​selling and cheap, honest work. I’ll never be back to this one.