Auto repair service near Swatara, PA

I find the first person who commented on this site to be quite a strange analysis considering I have looked at many of the sites to inquire whether or not to take my car to this establishment. NO other person who did a customer satisfaction rating said anything but great things about this company. To call them crooks is a ridiculous and unmerited statement, to say the least. They have been so kind and honest with every repair that I have had there. Just ask the customers in the waiting room. They treat everyone like family. If you had so much confidence in your BMW mechanic than why did you not take it there? For anyone who wants an honest garage with HONEST mechanics skip over the first comment and read all of the others, then decide for yourself who you would agree with. I say all of the five stars out rate the one star. Give them a try.

I financed a 2007 Dodge Caliber for a total with finance fees, tags and taxes of $12,729.70 on 06/14/2015. Since the date of purchase the vehicle has been in the shop 4 different times within 30 days for repairs. I have kept a list of service records to show. The second time my car had to come back into their shop, I was taken to Hertz rental car by one of their employees who at the time stated to me that the Caliber should have never been sold in the condition it was in and he told them that. Since I figured Ticket to Ride (The Finance Store aka Ticket To Ride) was putting me in a rental car so that I could still commute to work I assumed they were trying to rectify the situation only to find out upon returning the rental car that they were also making me financially responsible for that. During the time I had the rental car I was pulled over by Lancaster City and Manheim Township Police who stated the rental car was reported stolen, fortunate enough it turned out to be a mistake on the part of Hertz rental car and due to the bad experience Hertz decided to not charge me for the rental car. Since this incident my car has gone back to the shop 3 additional times. I have been able to drive the car maybe 15 days out of the time I have had the car and paid $1600 as a down payment and $195 bi weekly in a car payment. After communicating my concerns about the vehicle I asked the company to rectify the situation by putting me in a dependable, mechanically sound vehicle or nullify the sale altogether. They declined to put me in another vehicle but agreed that I could return the car with no financial obligation/or credit reporting and get my deposit back but it would have to be done in 24 to 48 hours of our conversation. Our conversation took place Thursday August 6, 2015 and I returned the vehicle Friday August 7, 2015. Since then they have refused to refund my $1600 deposit the loan still shows on my credit as an open loan. I am at a loss of what to do since I was clearly taken advantage of.

I took my car here for a yearly inspection. The waiting room is very small and full of paint fumes. After an hour they said there was a problem with my rear parking break actuator. They said it would cost $80 to fix. I was very suspicious of this because I do all my own maintenance on my cars. We walked out to the shop and I asked them what the problem was. They could not explain or show me the problem. I said I wasn't going to pay them $80 for this repair and take it off the lift. I took my car to another shop and it passed with no problems. Be very suspicious of this business and always get a second opinion.

All Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care centers abide by Cottman's complete service philosophy, which calls for your vehicle to be repaired properly the first time, so that you don't have to lose either time or money. Cottman's Service Philosophy is the reason why millions of customers have trusted us to repair their vehicle's transmissions over the past five decades. You see, at Cottman, we know you have more important things to worry about than your car. Cottman will never compromise its standards just to make a vehicle "superficially drivable." We will never perform a low quality service that would result in increased costs, inconvenience, and possible hazardous driving conditions for our customers.