DO NOT USE! doesnt stand by his work! My Girlfriend got bamboozled by this guy.Ricardo Rick told her that she needed a new engine $2,800. She knows nothing about cars, but I know that replacing an engine is usually the last thing that you EVER do. Rick didnt even give her error codes. He just told her that she needs a new engine. I told her not to do it, but she is a strong willed feminist.So after she gets the new engine the car is driving fine, but soon after 3 or 4 months later, the car starts having the same problems (stop and go, limp mode driving rough idle, dies at stop signs) everything that it was doing before. In addition, She is also loosing massive amounts of oil. She has to carry an oil container because her oil light keeps coming on. So she stopped driving the car for several months. We have no Idea if he even replaced the engine we are just taking him on his word, he showed no proof that the engine was ever changed. Except a Bill. (we have several cars so she just drove a different vehicle)I finally get around to looking at the car and we take it back to him, and he complains that its been 6 months and he does something, changed the gasket and plugs, I believe and it drives ok again for 3 more months. So she takes the car back out to him and he says that the guy who repaced the engine, he fired him and he charges us to make some changes. He said that he changed the gasket and spark plugs. Again I dont know if he actually did this, were just taking him at his word. He is supposed to give us the old parts but of course he didnt.So 3 more months go by and the car starts doing the same thing, we take the car back to him, and he starts this spill about how he cant really do anything because its been 9 months. Then he accuses me of being aggressive. So I get out my code reader and read him the codes and he got angry with me for doing his job for him. We pressure him to take the car back (because he said that he didnt have any space). But he eventually took it back after some arguing, and again he gave us a bill for replacing the spark plugs. He was suposed to give us the old parts, but again he didnt.So AGAIN several months later the car starts doing the same thing. She says that she needs to take it back to him. I told her that she would be a FOOL to take it back to him because obviously he only wants the easy stuff.I know nothing about cars, but im not a fool. Working in the Real Estate business ive learned to fix real estate related stuff very handily. So I proceed to read the codes and google them, go to YouTube and TikTok and I learn how to fix em. EASY AS PIE. I replaced the Plugs, Camshaft Sensor, Camshaft Magnet. So for a first timer it took like 30 min.So after replacing the Cam parts & the Plugs, I take the car for a Long drive. I filled it with oil, and it started smoking badly, so I pull over and look at the engine, and I noticed that oil was coming from the Oil Cap, YES THE OIL CAP! So I figured that one of the issues, was that Oil was coming from under the Oil cap and contaminating the Spark Plugs, the engine bay, the sensors and the Camshaft magnet, and leaving a puddle of oil underneath her car. So I buy a genuine oil cap from the dealer and the oil is no longer coming from underneath the oil cap.So the car is driving great for another month, then the same problem happens again, same error codes. So after looking at the Spark plugs again I noticed that the spark Plugs are still covered in oil. Turns out the seals were bad and whenever the guy Supposably replaced the engine he never replaced the seals on the spark plugs or the top engine gasket, or the Oil Cap and oil has been seeping into the spark plug housing from the engine and contaminating the spark plugs and making them go bad after every couple of months.These issues could have been easily diagnosed by a competant mechanic but instead I had to go to YouTube to figure out these issues and fix stuff that he should have fixed.Photos are of parts that were supposed 2 be replaced but obviously were not Engine Sludge
Rick is very honest person very trustworthy i usually take my car there for everything he will honestly let me know whats going on woth it. He doesnt charge an arm or a leg please visit him i recommend this place to anyone. Allen is really good too. Ask for allen or rick.
Rick went way above and beyond to remedy the issue with my MB. He communicated every step of the way and finished the job insanely fast. Highly recommend him for any german car needs.
Was recommended to Rick sometime ago. Took my BMW to him to check my brakes. With his honest opinion, I got brake pads. I decided to take in my Mercedes-Benz to be serviced and I am 100% satisfied. Highly recommended!
Ive brought my Mercedes here a few times for some needed work and was repaired perfectly. These are honest, knowledgeable and professional mechanics. Definitely would recommend to bring your vehicles here for service.
Knowledgeable, Friendly and honest Mechanics. Highly recommend.
The cashier was awesome
Rick performed a transmission service on my 2005 BMW 325i, changed the filter and oil and reset the computer. Not many shops can do this because they do not have the tools or the computer diagnostics to reset the car computer. It was quick and professionally done. Thanks Rick!
Rick has been taking care of my car and I for about 7 Years now....Always great service always HONEST about the problems with the car....I have highly recommend him to all of my friends and family over the years and now decided to recommend him publicly online...KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!!!
The service was fast and very reasonable. Customer for life!
I took my Acura MDX to have it serviced.... which included oil change and breaks. According to the paper I got from them my break were fine. It happened that later on I got a bail in my tire and when they took the tire off I was shown that my breaks were supposed to be changed immediately. He doesnt take care of the business but he has a bunch of idiotic guys do the job for him and when the dont feel like working I guess they tell you whatever.....at this point I dont even know if they really changed the oil or not! Huge disappointment, I though this mechanic was honest but he is not!
Friends honest business! Wouldnt go anywhere else!!!
Great service, honest and fast!
He literally quoted me almost double from a previous quote from another repair shop. I was shocked and he charged me to get that quote. I could go to the dealer have my car washed and a rental car for the same amount. No thank you