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Kens Auto Services
717 Chestnut St, Charleston, WV 25309, United States
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Kens Auto Services

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Jo
Review №1

Ive been going to this shop since I was a kid. These people are all GREAT. They genuinely care and try to help customers.

Su
Review №2

Good service, and friendly..Some of my family and friends know them and have had great service there. Thanks you guys for keeping us safe on the roads. God bless you all!

Ba
Review №3

Best experience I have ever had at a service station

Ho
Review №4

I have known this family for years and know they are nothing but completely honest and knowledgeable. We go to Ken’s for all of our cars. They completely want the best for each customer.

Ha
Review №5

I love kens auto. Its a great down to earth environment, kens a sweet heart. The mechanics are great at their job. Not one complaint from me about kens. Every time I need something for my car I go to kens cause I wouldnt want it done anywhere else. ❤

Ja
Review №6

Dropped vehicle off at noon only to call at 4:30 to find out it hadnt been touched. Ken blamed the inaction on a vehicle they were working on on Friday and basically told me he didnt care about my lost time/Uber costs etc. When I asked when it could be fixed, he told me that hes got to get cars out that have been there for 2-3 days and maybe I should go with someone who could fix it better. NEVER AGAIN.

we
Review №7

Great place to go, Honest down to earth people. I use to go to Fire Stone to get my car worked on, i got tired of Fire Stone of screwing me over. I found out about Kens auto and i wont take my care any where else. Fire stone wanted to charge me 600 plus labor to change brakes and rotors. Just go there, they wont do any work until they can quote you first.

Al
Review №8

It is important how friendly or respectful people having a business may appear, but if they failed to do the job properly, or overcharge… Then they are neither friendly nor respectful.Kens Auto told me that their charge was $60 an hour, and that if it was going to go over that that they would call me.Being on a very limited income I had ordered my part online (a mass air flow sensor) and brought it to them to install... along with the included instructions. This part sits on top of the engine on the far right corner - about the easiest access one can have. It was a five minute job!My family felt that in order to make certain the warranty would be good I needed a professional to install it. Ha!It required disconnecting the battery, removing 2 screws, popping the sensor loose, removing one part and sliding another in, putting the 2 bolts back in, fastening the connector and reconnecting the battery cable. The part came with very clear instructions.A five minute job!When I was called to be informed that my car was ready, I was also informed that the total was a few cents below $80. Upon hearing this amount, I questioned why I hadnt been called as agreed if work needed meant that the bill was going over $60, and was informed, with a chuckle, that They were calling me now.I then asked what other work they had done on my car, and was told that they simply took the mass airflow sensor off, put the other one on, and then ran their scanner/diagnostic tool to get rid of the check engine light. I decided to continue the discussion at the office in person.My car was driven to pick me up, and then driven back to the garage where I would be paying the bill.As I drove the car back, I noticed that the settings for the clock, radio, etc. were the same as they were when I dropped off the car... meaning that the battery had not been disconnected. When I asked, I was told that they hadnt disconnected the battery because it wasnt necessary...even though the instructions had that as the (#1) first step... as I pointed out.Upon arrival at the office I questioned what I thought was over billing...why I had not been informed if it was going to be more than $60. This is when it was denied that it had ever been mentioned that they were going to call me if the bill was going to be over $60. If I wanted my car, I simply had to pay.I definitely had learned that I would NEVER take my car there again!But...alas... my car was not running any better, and the check engine light came back on. I took it to Advanced Auto where they (free service) ran their scanner, and it was determined that the mass airflow sensor was not functioning correctly. After learning that it was a brand new sensor, the first thing the Advanced Auto gentleman asked me was if the mechanic had disconnected the battery before installation. I said no. He said that that was probably the problem, because the computer would not recognize that this was a new sensor unless the battery had first been disconnected. You know, like the instructions said to do. Furthermore, because it had not been disconnected, they could have blown the sensor.So, I took it back to Kens Auto.There I was informed that the Advanced Auto person wasnt a mechanic and knew nothing of what he was speaking. I proceeded to get out the instructions and read to him the part directing that the battery be disconnected. He said that he disagreed with the instructions, and that he didnt have time to mess with my car right now. I said you dont have time to disconnect the battery, let the car sit on the lot for an hour and reconnect the battery? He did not.I said that I needed to use my car, and would prefer that the battery work be done there on his lot as there was a chance that because they hadnt disconnected the battery that they had blown the sensor. Again, he said he didnt have time, and to bring the car back sometime next week.BAD, BAD EXPERIENCE !!!

ju
Review №9

Great people help you anyway they can

Br
Review №10

Great place to get work done in Charleston. Ken fixed my Jeep twice while I was there for school and was fair and fast both times.

Ca
Review №11

Great people. Great at their jobs.

Ja
Review №12

Great people with what I always need done it is done right and they dont charge and arm and a leg God bless everyone

as
Review №13

Did not call with updates when they found the issue, didnt pick up the phone when I called to check what was going on as I hadnt heard anything back. Then he did the repair without asking me and without giving me a quote first, both of which he assured me he would do. Then he charged triple the market price for labor and covered it up by just lumping all the labor together. I wont ever bring my car back to this place.

Ga
Review №14

Great, polite service thats efficiently performed. I will make this my go-to auto shop.

Ka
Review №15

Super nice guys.

je
Review №16

Absolutely the best auto repair shop I have ever done business with. Could not recommend any higher!

T
Review №17

Straight up guy. Use him.

Di
Review №18

Great people awesome service

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4.5 Rating
  • Address:717 Chestnut St, Charleston, WV 25309, United States
  • Phone:+1 304-768-9218
Categories
  • Auto repair shop
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
Offerings
  • Oil change:Yes
Amenities
  • Mechanic:Yes
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