Carlos’ Flat Fixed

The place is always teeming with cab drivers, line of cars consistently down the street. But where else can you get a flat fixed cheaply at 1 am? I’m a loyal customer.

I cant complain. Ive been dealing with a slow leak in my rear passenger tire for at least a month now and decided to stop by carlos’ to get my tire plugged. I only had to wait about 5 minutes in line before one of the guys jacked my car up and got to work.
They found three nails in my tire and I watched the guy take them out to make sure he didn’t plant them, I know, I don’t trust mechanics. He even retested each plug.
He said he’d charge me $ 20 for the total amount of work which seems fair seeing how its really supposed to be $ 15 per plug.
Although the guys were cool with me don’t expect perfect customer service and friendly smiles. Its a TIRE REPAIR shop guys! Not a flower shop.
I’d recommend these guys.

Went here based on reviews. One tire needed to be checked-​which they did in less than 10 minutes without me getting out of the car. Friendly service. $ 15 plus $ 5 for tip.

5:30 AM on ¹²⁄₂₆ a Saturday, open and very courteous. Tire fixed in 10 minutes, great that they are open 24÷7÷365. Thank you

Love the fact they are open 24 hours… Had to fix a flat at 3am. Got it done very quickly.

So fast and cheap it almost makes you want to get a flat so you can go back. Well, almost.

Not much to add versus the other reviews. Well, other than the guy who helped me was very friendly unlike one of the prior comments. In and out in under 10 minutes, $ 15 cash, and you can’t beat the 24 hour service, that is amazing

Not the friendliest guys but they’ll get the job done. It’s the only place I could find in the area.

These guys are a total rip off they quote one price keep your change claim they gave it to you call you a liar and they do it so brazenly and blatantly patch a tire was supposed to be $ 30 I gave them 40 ask for receipt nothing but attitude and a rip off I called the police and filed a report

Unbelievable! I was in and out in 4 MINUTES! I never even turned off my car! The only drawback was: cash only. $ 15 for a fixed flat in 4 minutes! Holy s#@t! The best.

Cheap life-​saver. While you wait.

Their quick and fast with patching tires. Just make sure you don’t tip them bc they charge 5 dollars extra per tire. I always tip people who work on my car but not them

No drama. That’s the highest praise I can give for any sort of auto maintenance service. Come in, they fix you up, you leave. Oh, and they’re open ²⁴⁄₇

I came here on a Tuesday evening in the rain with my own tires that needed to be replaced and they did the job quickly with no problem. These guys know their stuff. I will be back!

Many many things went wrong this time (note I gave them a 5 star review after my first visit). Here goes …
1. I show up with a flat, they fix it quickly, and then I ask how much and they guy says $ 20. While I did not recall correctly at the time, the price is $ 15, so the guy decided to give himself a $ 5 tip.
2. A day or two later, the tire is low again. I am busy for a few days and then take the car back in, they confirm that the patch is leaking and needs to be redone.
3. After repairing it they ask me for $ 15. I ask them why, since they just repaired it and the first repair was not done properly. They say too bad, maybe they would not charge me if a brought it right back. This makes no sense as it was a slow leak that did not trigger my tire pressure monitor for at least 24 hours. So now I am at $ 35 and two trips, and not very happy.
4. I give the guy a $ 20 and he give me $ 5 change. He gets angry at me because of how a took the $ 5 change back from him apparently i pulled it too hard or fast). Are you kidding me?
I was overcharged on two instances totaling $ 20, I had to make two trips, and they are giving me attitude. It does not get much worse than this.
Have not decided if i am going to try to pull my earlier review or not.

Excellent service. Flat plugged, patched, mounted in less than five minutes. No wait, no language barrier. They checked the pressure on the others as a courtesy. Cash only. $ 15+tip.

Wow, these guys really know their business. I had a slow leak in a tire and I was concerned that it would be difficult to find. It took 10 minutes flat (pun intended) from the time I pulled up to the time I paid the $ 15 it cost to plug the hole and was on my way.
Lighting fast pros who do what they do very, very well. I’m glad that Unilocal helped me find them.

I’ve been here a few times years ago and I’ve noticed that a lot of cabbies come here, so when I recently found myself in need of a tire I came here.
There aren’t that many tire shops in midtown or lower Manhattan, so if you find yourself with an issue you won’t have many options. The guys here are quick, knowledgeable and cheap (for Manhattan), but since it’s a small place you may want to call to see if they have your tire size. I got a pretty new tire for $ 50 while another place wanted $ 100. Carlo’s it is!

Great service, there was no wait when I got there at 10am on a Saturday. The guy showed me the nail in my tire, fixed it within 6 minutes. I am not exaggerating, from the time I pulled up to the curb until I left it was only 6 minutes! If I had gone to a place in the suburbs they probably would have insisted I needed a new tire, charged me for labor and wasted at least 2 hours of my time. Luckily I remember having gone to Carlos years ago and had great service back then. And they only charged me $ 15!!! So I gave him a $ 20

The reviews are all true!!!
We had a leaking tire and filled it with air four times in one day when we had to face the fact that we were in trouble.
Since we live in manhattan we feared the worst… Falling into the grip of a dishonest mechanic. Searching on line for tire repair we read the Unilocal reviews and could not believe all the good things we read about this place… But we thought it worth a try and drove down to 45^th street. Traffic was miserable, but after nearly an hour we arrived… We soon realized there was no «garage shop» to drive into and they were doing the work at the curb… But in seven minutes the tire was off… tested…the leak was found… plugged AND the tire was back on the car… All for $ 15 … And the two men running the shop were really nice… It doesn’t get any better.