Oil change service near Aventura, FL

I'm a female, so guess he figured I was stupid! Went for an oil change, he told me I needed a serpentine belt! Everything would be $100.00, I have bought them before, my truck is a 2001, so, yeah, I've bought them! This guy left and went to advanced auto parts and put it on in 5 minutes. When he was done, he went into his protective cubby, holding my keys the whole time, seemed odd. Then I saw my bill! $164! I know he paid $34.00 for the belt, he charged me $100.00 + tax for JUST the belt!!!! When my husband went to talk to him, he ran into his cubby and started screaming and cussing at him, said crap like, he was gonna f his mother. Etc.. When he came back, he was furious! I tried calling, he refused to give me his name, then proceeded to curse me out, I plan on contacting the BBB and small claims! Any repairs over $100.00, must have a written detailed estimate which I would have to sign! He is so unprofessional, he told me he can charge what ever he wants! Sorry dude, in this country we have laws to protect the consumer from rip off artists such as yourself! Please! No one go to him! It got so bad, I had to call the cops! Owners name is christian seigel. Buyers beware of him!!!!!!

First they forgot the two appointments I had made. One on a Sunday they forgot, then the Monday lunchtime for an oil change. After two apologies they did the oil change and filter on Tuesday. They kept stressing how I required, "a full car checkup for only $25". I declined. I drove home and checked the oil. A good portion of it was over the engine, as they had not screwed the oil filler cap down enough. 2 days later I went back and told them and also mentioned that the transmission was shifting erratically and they stressed how important a full car checkup would be at this point and how they could do a full service on the transmission, although I had had NO problems till this point. I went elsewhere and the vacuum hose leading to the shifter actuator on the side of the transmission had been removed and neatly coiled up on the side of the engine. I thought about going in swinging to the mental midget who runs the place, but realised it would not do anything. These jokers should not be allowed to be in business. Please avoid them at all costs.

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Ron and Mike at Dr Brakes in Coral Springs provide top notch mechanical and auto repair service.

I found Japanese Auto Care on Angie's List and went to them because of the great reviews, and of course because my sister and I both needed major repairs done on our vehicles. One is a Toyota Camry and the other is an old Ford Explorer. The Camry had (still has) an oil leak and the Explorer was (still is) stalling, overheating, leaking A/C, and shaking when the brakes are applied. So that's us in a nutshell. As for the folks at Japanese Auto, they are a father-son team with other mechanics in their employ. I will say that they seemed quite personable both on the phone and in person. Unfortunately, based on the odd and incorrect things they've said to us, they don't seem to know vehicles at all, or are playing dumb to con their customers...but I'm guessing it's the latter rather than the former. Here's an example: the son told me the tires on my Ford were old and needed to be replaced - except that I know that I have nearly BRAND NEW Michelins on there, so??? So when my sister noticed that her Camry CONTINUED to indicate an oil leak AFTER Japanese Auto charged her $1,344.47 for "fixing" it, she had two mechanics at another auto place confirm what she suspected. She went back to Japanese Auto because she thought the nature of the repair may have been complicated and that they had just made a mistake - well trusting them was her mistake. The son actually seemed confused by her request to rectify the issue, and after having her vehicle "checked" (whether they even took a sideways glance at it is questionable) for THE SECOND TIME, came back with the claim that the radiator suddenly needed to be replaced, so they charged her ANOTHER $335.77(?!) and said nothing of oil leak until she made repeated inquiries. Now how is it they missed the radiator problem THE FIRST TIME? The simple answer is that they are making things up. As for my Ford, when I realized that it is in the exact condition NOW as it was in BEFORE I went to Japanese Auto, I refused to take it back to them