Allman Family Auto

Work is always done in a timely manner. Very quick. I am never unsatisfied in any way. Mike (owner) is very straight forward and honest. When he is gone, his crew always took care of my vehicles in the best way possible. I have never been pressured and they never tried to upsell me with repairs that were unnecessary like you get at other places. Ive been taking my vehicles to them for years, even when they were at the old location. This is the only place I use for my repairs.

You can’t get any better than this place!
Everybody is a little nervous when you go to a new doctor, a new dentist, or even to a new church. You are afraid of either being lied to or taken for a ride. None of those things apply at Allman Family Auto. Mike lives a life of integrity at his business and with his family. You can trust Mike to give you an honest assessment of your vehicle and what it may cost to get it to where you want it to be. Bottom line, you can trust Allman Family Auto with your vehicles today and tomorrow. A very satisfied customer. Jason R.

I love this place. I found it here on Unilocal — it’s walking distance from my house and has 5 stars? Yes, please.
It, and especially Mike, have completely lived up to my expectations. He is friendly, honest, and goes far beyond the call of duty. When my car had trouble passing its smog test, for example, he figured out how to fix it and then also actually took it back for its retest because I had to be out of town. And didn’t charge me anything extra for that.
My car is old, and falling apart, and Mike is also very upfront about what repairs are necessary for safety and what can wait depending on how long I’m keeping the car.
I can’t imagine anyone not being really pleased by the service here. Thanks, Mike!

I continue to enjoy the service provided at Allman Family Auto and was the 9^th customer at the shop back in the El Cajon shop. Now that they have moved to the new location, with larger parking lot and more working bays more work can be accomplished. The prices fit the work being completed and the mechanics know their jobs. They have checked out my vehicles to make sure the correct work is being completed. I had a ’94 Saturn for 15 years with over 200 k miles and i needed to replace it due to larger family.

Awesome family-​owned mechanic. Mike is really straight-​forward and doesn’t try to sell you services you don’t need. I couldn’t have been happier!

This Shop was a Godsend. After going to 2 different mechanics that gave 2 different reasons why my car was misfiring, Allman Family Auto diagnosed it correctly. To my relief it was my spark plugs and wires only. The kicker is that I had asked the other shops about the wires & plugs and they told me they were fine.
Mike the owner, spent time explaining to me other issues with my car as well.
I can understand why he gets so many 5 star reviews. He fixes it the first time.

Just went to Allman Family Auto again for a routine oil change.. . Efficient service as always. A+++++++!!!

I trust these people and I’ve only been there once! They aren’t trying to just get your money, and they care about the life of your car. I recommend them!

took in a craigslist special, they gave me a list of stuff that was wrong with it. the owner got upset cuz they thought they had covered it up well. apparently not, mike is a good guy, he’ll give you his opinion is you ask him for it. thanks guys

Honesty is always important to me in an auto repair shop and these guys have it. They won’t try to pressure you into unecessary purchases and everytyhing I had done on two seperate cars here turned out well.

I came back from a long trip to Texas and my air conditioner had quit working. I took my car in without an appointment and got it back the next day. The AC motor? needed replaced; I believe. Anyway, to have that fixed and under $ 500 is a miracle. I can’t thank Mike enough. He is an honest and reputable businessman. Thanks, Mike.

Honest, family owned shop, owned by real people, who believe in America. Worth your patronage.

Mike and David have an excellent facility and an excellent approach to customer service.
They also fixed my BMW when my seasoned mobile mechanic could not. They spent quite a lot of time looking for the problem as well… but in the end they only charged me for two hours.
I will continue to bring more BMWs to them.
Thank you Allman family,

This is one place that I know will always do what’s best for me and all my cars/​trucks in San Diego. Mike and his team are great to work with, 5 service!

Needed a quick evaluation of used car. Mike was great! When I came during employees lunch, instead of making me wait, Mike did the evaluation himself. He caught one obvious big tranny problem and one more subtle with the AC, and saved me from buying a big problem. Mike was sensitive to my time, demonstrated a sharp and focused mind looking beyond the obvious and was able to communicate his evaluation in detailed, yet practical and useful way. YEAH for Allman Family Auto! p. s. I like that they aren’t open on weekends. All employees get to enjoy a life outside of work.

Went here because I needed a mechanic and recently moved to SD. Great customer service!
Mike is so nice and they took great car of my car!

My Volvo s40 was having trouble with the ignition I took the car to a couple mechanics and they were all taking a stab in the dark. Spent so much money at other shops trying to find out what was wrong with the car.
After finding Allman family auto on Unilocal because of the great reviews I took the car there.
Finally mystery solved these guys are awesome!!!

Feel very lucky to have Allman Family Auto as my family auto mechanic. I’ve been coming to this facility for about a year now and Mike Allman is the most consistent, straight forward/​honest person to deal with.
He breaks the repairs down to simple terms and is never pressuring me to have work completed. In fact he’s been very open to separate the needed now repairs from the ok to wait till later repairs. Then I can decide.
I just bought a new/​used vehicle and trusted Mile to handle my pre purchase inspection.
It’s not if but when you’ll need to take your car in, so save yourself a lot of stress and trust Mile and Allman Family Auto.

So thankful for Allman Family Auto. I had a huge disaster with our Expedition and literally all the gasoline from the tank was pouring out from the bottom of my truck. We had it towed to the shop and it was repaired within the hour. They quickly diagnosed the problem and repaired the vehicle and gas line. Another mechanic could have charged me much much more, and ordered all kinds of unnecessary parts, but not these guys. They are the most honest and reliable mechanics around. They’ve been our mechanics for our 2004 Expedition with 196k miles for the last 4 years, and thanks to them it’s still running strong. From general maintenance (break pads, rotors, oil changes) to major repairs. Thank you Allman Family Auto!

I had a motor rebuild on my 300. Mike beat the other estimates I had, and also gave me tips and maintaining my car. you will not be disappointed here.

After seeing another review on Unilocal,I gave allman auto a try. mike was very helpful in making me feel comfortable and not taken for a ride. once the work stared he noticed work the last shop did was not up to standard and would start causing trouble soon.
all in all everything was still done on quote and the way he explains the work being done is nice (especially for a us ladies).

I found the Allman auto to be very honest and fair.
For sure my new shop!

My husband and I had some car trouble this last weekend and we were completely freaking out about were to go to have our car checked. We have been in SD for about 5 yrs and have never found a mechanic that has been honest, but at Allman Family Auto that all changed. Our friend recommened this place and we have decided this is our new family mechanic!
We had some spark plug problem and we were immediately told the issue and other things we had to do to our car. Great prices, but more importantly they were honest and not pushy. I will be recommending this place to all my friends !! I have never felt comfortable about taking our car to get fixed but that that has definitely changed now.

You need to call these guys next time your have car trouble!
We were referred to Allman’s by a good friend after we had received an astronomical quote to cure our jeep’s «death wobble». We had been told by others that we needed to replace all the bushings in the front end… to the tune of $ 1600 plus an alignment. The fine folks at Allman’s discovered that the problem was actually being caused by two tires that were significantly out of round.
Here’s the real kicker… these guys don’t sell tires! They could have agreed with the other place and done a bunch of work that I didn’t need, but instead they told us the truth. We went and got new tires and the problem was solved, and for less than half the price we had been quoted by the other shop.
With the money we saved, we were able to have Allman’s replace a leaking radiator and fix our AC fan switch… Oh, and by the by. the other shop quoted us $ 450 to fix the AC switch and Allman’s took care of it for about $ 110.
In treating us fairly, these guys have earned my business… our family has three older cars, so I’m sure it will pay off for them! I recommend Allman Family Auto without reservation. You will appreciate the friendly people, quality workmanship, and fair price.

I think I might have already left a review for Allman family auto before, but I just saw them again yesterday and was just completely satisfied with my experience.
I was taking in my Jeep Cherokee that I purchased used from someone else to see if it was trip-​worthy as I am going to be moving/​driving across the country.
For $ 50 bucks they checked out my entire vehicle, gave me TONS of feedback and advice, took all the time in the world to answer all of my questions and really seemed to care about my concerns. With their «clearance» of my Jeep I can now take my trip without any worries.
They are the kind of guys who will not charge you for a service just because they could. I own a small business myself and this is my philosophy as well. It is not just the «money savings» that is the important part of what this entails, it is the deeper levels of character and business culture they are exhibiting that really matter. They have good character, not just good personality.
I will never recommend anyone else but this auto shop to my friends and family.

I have many stories to tell from many years of using Allman auto,
But I will just keep it simple. If you want a great mechanic, that really cares about you and you will never wonder if you got taken for extra repairs that you did not need.
Mike Allman is your man. I do not know how many people work for Mike, but no matter how busy his shop is. He always seems to have time for me and act like I am the only customer he has and he explains everything to me in a way that I can understand. And my car is always done faster then I expect.
I am 52 years old and I have never found a mechanic this good before.
Thank you Allman Auto.