Callahan’s Auto Service

Amazing shop. I called to have my car brought in for a check engine light. I told them I smelt fumes and they told me the next day. About an hour later I got a call back from them telling me they don’t feel safe with me driving it. They don’t have a loaner car, so instead Holly offered to drive me to work in the morning!
They gave me a fair quote and had my car fixed the next day. Jake took the time to explain to me what was going on with my car and even showed me where where my fuel pipe had rusted away.
Caring and hard working individuals, I’ll definitely be back!

No question this is the BEST auto service shop I’ve been to in my life.
Honest, friendly, fair priced — All the things you want you want from your mechanic.
I’ve been looking for a place like this for so long, I’m so glad I found them.
Family Run Business, expect nothing but the best.
Thanks guys for your work, you have a customer for life.

Not the prettiest shop or comfortable waiting area, but Jake and Holly (head mech and his wife) are salt-​of-​the-​earth trustworthy. Corey (son of J&H) is a branch off the family tree.
These people are honest and fair. If something doesn’t need to be fixed, they won’t fix it. When they did fix something it has been done right at a price that was reasonable.
I do a lot of my own work and what I can’t do I trust to Jake. I have been to Callahan’s a few times for various issues and given my track record with them I don’t let anyone else work on my vehicles. That says a lot.

Callahans’s auto is great auto shop. Holly, the owner’s wife, is extremely pleasant to talk. Holly worked very hard at finding me parts for an old Volvo I had when I needed the fuel pump replaced. The Volvo dealership wouldn’t work on the car saying that it was too old. Jake Callahan did the job with no problem. It’s hard these days to find an honest mechanic. Jake and Holly Callahan run a great shop and I was treated with respect. They are a pleasure to do business with.

The A/​C in my ’04 Accord EX-​L started to act flaky at the beginning of the summer in 2010. The car had about 136k miles on it when the problem started. I took it to 3 different shops (in Cambridge, Waltham, and Watertown) before a friend recommended Callahan’s in Woburn.
The first mechanic I took the car to in Cambridge suspected that it was the A/​C compressor, but he was not confident in his diagnosis and therefore did not want to do a replacement and find out later that the problem was with something else. (I have to respect his honesty and professionalism.) He estimated that the repair would cost $ 1200 and suggested that I take my car to an A/​C specialist.
I visited a few other «A/​C Specialists» who thought a simple recharge would do the trick. I even left my car with the Waltham shop several days only to find out that they not do any further diagnostics while I was gone. After a rather warm and humid summer in Boston, I was starting to consider just selling the car rather than drive in an oven.
A friend referred me to Callahan’s in Woburn. The owners, Jake and Holly Callahan, did a GREAT job in the following key areas.
1.) Treating me with respect and dignity… something I felt was lacking at the Waltham and Watertown mechanics.
2.) Letting me know exactly when they could schedule me in to give proper attention to the diagnosis of my car.
3.) After they took the time to diagnose the problem (bad clutch on the A/​C compressor), we talked about repair options and their respective costs.
4.) Scheduled me to come back and drop the car off for the repair once the replacement parts were delivered.
5.) Presented me with a fair price (below the original $ 1200 I was quoted in Cambridge)
Jake and Holly respected both my time and my wallet. I would go back to them in a HEARTBEAT! 5 Stars for Callahan’s Auto!