Midas

I had been coming here for about 5 months and had various work done on my car.
The last two jobs they had hired a new mechanic (James). He did a brake job for me because my brakes were mushy — he replaced calipers and hoses up front for $ 400.00 dollars. As I was leaving their shop my engine died.
I got it re-​started and got the car home. At the time thought nothing of it but in retrospect I am suspicious. I replaced the air filter and the car ran for another week. Then died and wouldn’t restart. I couldn’t smell gas in the carburetor bowl so suspected a fuel pump.
Had the car towed in. James said he thought it was the distributor. Huh?! I said fuel pump — back and forth we went. Finally I said fine put in a distributor — we’ll see. After waiting all day I finally got the car and got all of 10 feet out of their drive and the engine died. He restarted it with some quick start spray. I said okay it is fuel not the distributor — obviously.
Asked again for them to replace the distributor and fix the fuel pump. That was Friday. Called Saturday afternoon — car not done. Missed work Monday went down there that afternoon and found that what I asked had not been done. By now I am a bit upset. I insisted they put back my original distributor and put in a new fuel pump — retime it and reset the idles. It was only by strongly insisting (bordering on a yelling match) they agreed.
Car not done Tuesday — rented a car to get to work. Went in Thursday to get car — Dave, the cashier, was very gruff and rude. Ignored me when I said car wouldn’t run. Finally, got an older worker who succeeded in getting it running — just barely. It was flooded — idled badly — ran very rough.
Tried but did not get a receipt and Dave then tried to double charge me! I was about to call the police when he gave up and threw my keys at me.
Obviously the idles were incorrect. Limped it home and looked for an honest garage. I wanted the timing checked and sure enough not only had James not timed it properly — but set it so that the engine would be damaged! 6 degrees ATDC — this is verified by the mechanic who set it properly. I reset curb and fast idles and low and behold car runs. It was the fuel pump.
Greatly disappointed — they had me believing they were honest and capable (and if you are, the world will beat down your door). But it is obvious to me now they are hardly that.
Total cost for lousy brake job, a fuel pump and rental for a week and re-​timing about $ 800.00!
And they scratched the fenders of a custom paint job to boot.

The service here is over the top and honestly, to say the least, quite excellent!
The staff here are extremely friendly and very knowledgeable, all at the same time! They where able to trouble shoot what I though was going to be a major issue, with their inspection process, and help me peacefully find a solution to my vehicle’s maintenace needs. I will most definitely continue having my vehicles serviced here!
Thank you, Midas of Edmond!!!

dropped my car here on friday morning because they are close to my job i had no choice but to use them. had several issues, ac going hot at stop lights and car running hot when ac was on. i was told radiator needed to be replaced because it had a leak and my compressor in my ac was out and the whole system needed to be replaced. i was quoted 800‑1200 for the ac system. i opted out and just had the radiator replaced. my bill for an oil change tire rotation, new radiator and fluid was $ 450. went to a certified mechanic the next day and found out they stole the freon out of my car! called them up and they said they never hooked it up to the machine put my paper work says almost a pound of freon was taken out. I could also tell because my ac that only got hot at stop lights was hot permanently. my bf had to go up there and threaten legal action for them to refund $ 70, which is the cost of putting new freon in. The certified honda mechanic also saw that my compressor fan was out, not the compressor and i had it replaced and new freon put in for $ 250. Shame on you Midas.

Okay; here’s our experience 3 years ago:
I am the type who calls around to a lot of shops before I decide who to go with. A couple good friends referred us to the Midas guys here in Edmond, and we are as enthusiastic about them as our friends were. Good people, super-​friendly, but not too slick; just down-​to-​earth, and their prices are good and the service is fast.
Okay; here’s our experience today:
It’s now June 2014, and we just took our car in for brake service. For front pads/​rotors, we were quoted $ 245.73. Once my wife got there, she was treated brusquely. And the man said that rotors were $ 220.98 and pads were $ 159.70. So now they wanted $ 380 instead of $ 245. Oh, and they also gave me a very detailed description about how the back brakes were «metal-​to-​metal» and needed to be replaced: another $ 350+.
Midas guy was friendly, but when I think about what he actually said/​did, I can’t vouch for this shop’s honesty. I wish he hadn’t talked me into the $ 35 brake inspection when the brakes had just been inspected, and I already knew what was wrong with them. He said the $ 35 would be refunded if we had the car serviced with Midas – but I didn’t know they would abruptly raise the price of their service $ 135.
So we’re going to Precision Tune Auto Care just down the street, or maybe Kwik Kar.
Update: The other shop inspected our rear brakes and said they are fine. 30% pad left. No metal-​to-​metal.
Midas did e-​mail me, but says they’re right/I’m wrong. Maybe so, but they got their last $ 35 out of me.

I’ve now been bringing several cars here for a few years and I’m still completely satisfied with the service and pricing I receive each time. Great people, and they’ll help you understand what you’ve got and what you need.

Took my car in for oil change, minor stuff, about a year ago… had a laundry list of other stuff they thought I needed. I gave them the benefit of the doubt, thinking maybe all that stuff WAS wrong and I just didn’t know it, because they have letters posted inside voted one of the best in Edmond.
So last week, I take it back for an oil change and mention this noise, maybe brakes. They call and start the conversation off «I’ve never seen parts cost this much before»…not good. They quote me $ 885 for three new brakes and turning the rotor on the fourth. This time I don’t do it and decide to get a second quote cause that’s crazy, I’m thinking. Take it to another local shop… they find NOTHING wrong with the brakes and say the sound is due to something that slid down near the rotors. $ 45 and I’m out of there.
My question is WHO voted Midas best?