Ocean Beach Auto Repair

Fair price to reattach my accent bumper after the rain loosened it from the car. Thank you.

I had forgotten about the disappointing and scary experience I had here until recently someone associated with this business set up a profile under the name «Deborah F.» to send me a threatening message. The profile has no friends and has never left a review. And it was created when the message was sent.
The subject line was «Les.» The body of the message warned me to: «stay clear. We need our top mechanics to keep away from confrontational people.»
This is disappointing that they would feel the need to retaliate against me for what was a very destructive and unprofessional incident on their part. Notably, OB Auto Repair has never questioned my account of their threatening and unprofessional behavior because it is completely accurate.

Les is a cool dude. He’s honest, has integrity, and is a top notch business owner. I was so impressed after he spent well over a half hour helping me figure out if my 2008 scion tc needed new brakes. I grew up around cars, so I’ll act like I don’t know what’s up when I see a new mechanic– just to try to judge if I’m getting ripped off or not. Les is so truthful and helpful– I’m never going to go anywhere else. GO HERE if you need an opinion on your car and any work done– you won’t be disappointed.

Very friendly and excellent service

Seriously respect and appreciate the experience I had here. I, in some ways, find it my fortune to have come off the freeway and overheated adjacent to them. Required? A new radiator– but thank God not a head gasket. These brothers were exceptionally helpful, super informative, quoted and came in at a totally fair price. Never as a woman have I had an exchange with my mechanic like the one I had with Les. He explained the repair in my language– illuminating me to the similarities between car engines and the human body. I walked away with understanding– a mind-​expansive experience, with this mechanic! Les is my kinda character– honest, authentic, colorful, kind and hope inducing.
Highly recommend!

These guys are the BEST ! Honest down to earth ! A true O.B.time warp kind of place. I would trust these guys with my 68 Camaro or my newer vehicle.
Les & Stephen are hard working good olé guys !!
We been going there for over 20 years !!!

dont go anywhere else!!! seriously

First, I will warn you that Les is a strange man. He is older with a huge grey beard and a big belly, and he wears his shirt unbuttoned down to his belly. He comes across as a gruff, somewhat dirty old man, but do not be put off by this. Trust me.
What he lacks in flash and showiness, he makes up with honesty and skill. The guy is a great mechanic and probably the most honest one you could go to. He is the only mechanic I have ever met who routinely comes in LESS than the original estimate. And I’m talking sometimes hundreds of dollars less. He is just a guy who is trying to make a living doing something he’s good at.
tl;dr: if you want a great mechanic who will not rip you off, this is the place to go.

My car hesitated to start and was driving funny yesterday so I took it in to this location for some diagnostics. Les ran diagnostic free of charge and then said it would take more energy to pull it apart and figure out if there was anything wrong, but that everything seemed fine. He reassured me that my car was fine an everything was good. Honest work, and for FREE! Will definitely be back when needed in the future!

Called up for some electrical issues with my Jetta, even though they don’t work on these cars anymore, the gentlemen I spoke with was nice enough to stay on the line with me for 10 minutes and discuss my issue and give me his free advice. Felt very trustworthy. I’d say give them a try.

GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE! Had to change my headlight. Bought the headlight at Autozone and Stephen change it in 30 s for $ 10. Doesn t get any better! Very fast service! Really nice people. Thanks a lot.

My 4Runner was overheating and I basically rolled it into the parking lot by chance. I needed a new radiator. They gave me a quote and I crossed my fingers having no knowledge of their business good or bad, but I was stuck between a rock and a hard place. I explained how badly I needed my car the next day and they said it would be done. They next day I showed up to get my car after work. The price was exactly what they said it would be and the problem was fixed. My 4Runner is running great. Les and Stephen (hope I got the name right) were very friendly and professional and like I told them I will be back. I highly recommend OB Auto Repair.

I came to Les because my Check Engine light came on and many friends recommended the shop. Les was, as all the other reviews say, very honest and affordable. I will definitely be back for any other repairs my car may need.

I just came here to get my brakes checked out and Les is one of the most honest and accommodating people I have ever met. I called him at 2 o’clock on a Saturday and he stayed late to fix my car the same day. He was very helpful and took his time to explain everything to me so I knew exactly what I was paying for it exactly what I don’t need to pay for in the future. I’m fairly new to San Diego so it’s nice to know there’s an honest mechanic I can take my car to in good faith. I recommend this to everyone and this is our family’s new place for cars!

My fiancés car needed some work done so we took it to the closet shop to our place. We saw that most of the reviews on Unilocal were positive which was a good sign because finding a good mechanic is so difficult. Anyway, we had a great experience here! Les is definitely an interesting character and he worked on her car quickly and got the job done cheaply. I would recommend this place to anyone.

I’ve had both my car and my wife’s car into Ocean Beach Auto Repair on several occasions. I’ve never been disappointed with the quality of service or cost.
Here’s the best thing though, I’ve brought both cars in before with concern of something being wrong, only to discover that nothing was amiss. There are a lot of places out there that would take advantage in a situation like that.
As long as I live in the OB /​San Diego area, I will continue to trust and take my vehicles to OB Auto Repair.

Les was honest with me, and charged me exactly what he quoted me.
I took my car to him to have the transmission fluid changed, and brake pads checked and replaced if necessary. I asked him to change the oil while he was at it, and brought him the correct oil and filter to make it easy.
He dropped me off at my place, and offered to drop the car off later, but I told him I’d just go pick it up. He used Honda transmission fluid in my Honda, which scores points in my book. I gave him the O.K. to change the brakes if they had less than about 10,000 miles left on them (I had driven the vehicle for 55,000 miles without a brake change). He was honest enough to inform me that my rear brake pads were still at about 50%, and so he did not change them just to make a buck. He offered me back my OEM brake pads, and I could see that they were just about to be worn through. THAT is honesty.
He topped off the fluids, checked the tire pressure, changed the oil and filter for a mere $ 20 (not nearly worth 2 hours of me jacking up the car and having to deal with the mess myself), and had my vehicle back to me within 30 minutes of the time he estimated.
The reviewer who complained about his opinions must be a stale character — everyone has his or her own opinions. The fact that Les likes to chat with his customers shows you that you’re dealing with a real person.
Definitely recommended.

The guy who helped me out, the Father Christmas lookalike, is super honest and turned my smog around in no time. He saw my truck, figured I was blue collar and gave me a decent deal. I’ll definitely be going back.
Now for the downside — or upside depending upon your perspective. Santa Claus is a real oldskool whistlin’ Dixie character. I had to endure his somewhat racist ramblings and anti-​liberal diatribe for a decent ten minutes. It would be offensive if it weren’t so entertaining. I do think he was a little disappointed when I told him I wasn’t intersted in politics. He did suck up my crowd pleasing, «sure they’re all a bunch of crooks the lot of them.» We certainly saw eye-​to-​eye there.
Zed’s dead, Baby. Zed’s dead!

I have since been back for a few minor problems. I had my brakepads changed, and needed to check out what was going on with my check engine light.
Les is always very honest. He changed my brakepads for a reasonable price, and always gives me options for saving money.

Les is awesome. He fixed my car in just over 24 hours and for $ 260 less than I was quoted elsewhere. I came here no the recommendation of no less than 3 friends in OB and I was glad I did.
This is a very OB spot. Les wears a mechanics shirt unbuttoned from the belly button up that shows off his beer belly and curly white chest hair. He was a nice guy and I trusted him, which doesn’t ever happen when dealing with people fixing my car.
Hopefully I won’t need this place again soon but if something goes wrong with my car, I will definitely bring it here again.