76 Gas Station

Horrible mechanics!!! If i could give them a –5 stars i would… anyway took my cadillac cuz it had the engine lite on when i arrived theey said it was gonna be $ 85 for checking wat was wrong i was lik no dats to much jst to check so i was lik its ok. i was getting in the car to leave the indian guy said ill do it for free so i was lik ok… the mechanic came over to check nd said the injector on cylinder 3 was bad or has a misfire then i asked if i got it fix how much it would be the mechanic said $ 50 for part nd $ 85 for labor nd i said ok so they took it in nd i was waiting there they took bout 2 hrs when i went ovr to pay he said its gonna be $ 199+ tax i was lik ohh the mechanic said $ 135 then he said oh no that da was wrong amount then i asked to show me the reciep for the part nd he said they couldnt do that i was like cuz the part wasnt $ 50 i bet not evn new then he said i can do $ 175 nd im lik ima pay yu 135+ tax nd dats it no more so take it or leave it so he charged me $ 140 at the end!!! The same day only after 3 hrs my lite was on again i went nd they said maybe the part was bad… they «changed it again» nxt day again at the end i took my car in lik 6 times 3 of those times they said they changed the part!!! They kept my car for 3 days when i picked it up it seem lik a raccon or some type of animal had gone in nd ripped the driver back seat pocket!!! I told then bd they ignored me… they said its fine now so i drove home nd in the way same thing again… i was so mad so my husband stop by after work (he was mad) told them wat was goin on why wrent they fixin my car they said bring it tomorrow… so monday i called to take it in then said we will contact yu when we get the part took em 3 more days (my car not driveble for long) took it in they said they gonna change the computer of the car now cuz it wasnt sending the signal that the part was fixed… so i arrive nd told the mechanic plz get it fixed im tired already he then SCREAMED at me sain i was no one to tell him wat to do then i was lik look yu havent fix my car its been 3 weeks. he was mad when it should be me the mad one!!! He evn told me to take the car that he wasnt gonna work on it bt the indian guy said leave it… i came back 2 hrs later they didint work on it so i jst told the indian guy i was leavin he said no wait JAVIER will check i said no!!! So now i cnt drive my car its jst parked there they didint wanna give me my money back either!!! By the way all these guys spend more time on tyrna get at you *(if yur a gur) then doin their job!!! So yea horrible experience for me!!!

I called them to get a price on a smog on my Suv. He ask my why type of vehicle it was when I got there the guy wasn’t even there I had to wait about 10 min he finally arrived and gave me a different price (about $ 15 more) I told him I spoke to him over the phone and he gave me a different price. After arguing with him for a while he said he will do it for the price we had agreed on. I was so angry I just drove off. Won’t ever go back there no even for gas. Bad customer service

I woke up to find I had a flat tire, it was drivable but very low, the 76 gas station was the closest place I could find, the attendant saw me pull up to the air pump and he called me over to go towards the service bay where they have the professional air hose, I told him that I had a flat, probably had a nail, he went for a spray bottle and started spraying all over the Tire, I asked him if he could fix it, and without missing a beat, he agreed, went to pick up his repair kit and proceeded to fix the tire, his mechanic arrived at that time and took over the task, very nice people, great service, I will keep coming back to this place! I highly recommend it, thanks to the Indian guy, I didn’t get his name, but he was very kind and helpful!

I discovered a lug nut embedded in my tire and needed to repair it immediately. This place was nearby. We encountered a very rude, Indian [just for detail purposes] attendant who was on duty and I requested a tire patch. He proceeded to remove the lug (which left a huge gaping hole) and then plugged it, despite my request. He claimed the hole was too large for a patch. I’m sure he was just being a lazy jerk. All the more reason to patch it then, right? I ended up having to pay the bloke $ 20 for the plug since it was already done, and then later took it to another shop to remove the plug and have them patch it. Seriously avoid this place if you have a tire emergency.

Don’t ever go there. If they can’t even check a battery correctly to see if it’s good or not then they have a real problem. They are sluggish, unfriendly, seem to be put out by you being there and don’t speak distinctly enough for me. I went in one time and they said that I needed other more expensive work done. They are shady and dishonest. I won’t even get gas there. The owner Sunny seems friendly enough but he operates a different gas station and was not there when I was there last. I CANNOT GIVE IT ONE STAR. IT RATES NO STARS!

Pumps just didn’t work.
I haven’t had that happen. It wasn’t closed or anything, it just wouldn’t start.
Waste of my time.

I came here to get gas @ 8:00am. The attendant, was half asleep? Sick? Coz I was just askin what time shop open/​how much they charge brake inspection? he kinda look like gettin irritated. I thought they r connected till I read da review (separate owner??)
I have mechanic friend but his busy n my brakes squeaks really bad.
The only thing I’m coming here I was recommended by a former co-​worker who lives around da area. She said this is da best place to get gas. I mean for some1 like me who drives an old car.(I don’t advise to put cheap gas) been driving da same car for da last 15 years!

I took my car for a tire balance. Paid extra for weights needed to balance what the mechanic said was a bent rim. When I got home I noticed the rim had no weights whatsoever. I took car back and asked why my tire had no weights? He then told me that my car didn’t need them. So basically he stole and lied to me, not a good thing coming from the owner of the gas station.
Please be careful in doing service to your car at this location.
I would not given this place a start but Unilocal requires at least one start to submit this post.

Meh is how I feel about this station. The owner is rude and the attendants can barely be understood in their broken Hindi dialect! I’m not racist either
Once my son needed a simple car repair and we stayed to fix it. They charged us 200 dollars for labor and it was up on the rack for thirty minutes! I asked why they charged us for more than the time the car was actually being repaired and the owner said they go by the amount of time the repair web site says it would take not the actual time it DOES take! Wow! That’s highway robbery… Or in this case… Union. 76 robbery!
Fill up but avoid the mechanic is my advice!

I took one of my Lexus to get a smog check on October 1, 2013 at GILL AUTO 76 SVC and I had decided to use this place because it is a STAR station and as required by the DMV to use a smog station with this STAR designation.
When I first got to there at the station, I was approached by RAVI SINGH /​E0632571 as per his paperworks and he was the person that had performed the smog check on my Lexus. The smog check process took about 25 – 30 minutes which was a little too long comparing to my experience with other smog check stations.
Toward to the end of the process, Mr. Singh had called to me to the check out counter and at which time, I had asked him for the result of the smog check my Lexus and he replied by saying that «it was not ready», then proceed to collect my payment as though he has fear that I was not going to pay for the service. Just for the record, Mr. Singh still has my car at the testing station with the key still inside and so, I have decided to pay regardless of him not showing of the result. After I made my the payment, the smog check result magically appeared from behind the rest of paperworks with a FAILED due to «Ignition Timing (21 BTDC)…Defective», and gave me a print out of the result. Mr. Singh then asked me if I would like for him to do the repair work in order to make correction. Hmmm… with zero personality and the way he had treated me at the check out counter… hmmm, PASSED!!!
Words of advice to Mr. Singh, please work on people skills as you are in the customer service business and to the customers out there, please stay away from GILL AUTO 76 SVC., as they have an unethical way of doing business.

I’m very unhappy with my experience here. I went for an oil change because I found a coupon in pennysaver. They took my car in and started working on it. After about 10 minutes the guy came over to tell me my transmission was dirty and I needed new brakes. I told him I would have my boyfriend take a look and he told me he could do it. Once again I refused, he looked irritated and started talking to the other mechanic in his language. Once he was done he told me it was $ 20 and asked if I would pay cash. I told him I would pay with my debit card and he said are you sure I like cash better. I said no and he went to fill out paperwork. From the looks of it he was planning to pocket my money. NEVER AGAIN!!!

5 stars for always having cheaper gas prices.
The only thing that bad about this location is that it’s a pretty scary neighborhood and the fact that its a pain to get out of the lot during commute hours, or in general due to the light and constant traffic.

This place has horrible service.
I had to drain my newly charged a/​c system because of a leak. I ask the mechanic how much it would be the vacuum the new freon out (the responsible and RIGHT thing to do) and he says $ 60 … ok wth… so i asked him how much it would be for a drain and recharge and he says $ 75, my next question to him is «so to charge alone would be $ 15 right?» and he goes on a rant…
this place is a rip off, no customer service and theyre out to price gouge. run far, run fast and never look back at this place.
good thing the gas station and service center are 2 different businesses with 2 different owners, or else i’d never get gas here again either.

These dudes are sorry! They got me for $ 200 for a tune-​up and I think i left there with the same parts cuz there was still grime on the old parts no new spark plug wires (even though i paid extra for it) and my truck was running as poorly as when i took it in. Never will i take another car there… theives!

I went there for the smog check and i was actually confused, because i thought i was at the place with the good reviews. This place has terrible reviews but for smog check it was good enough for the car i was selling. it’s a bit pricey than other places ($ 75) but the guy did his job right, although i feel that i had to be in there to make sure he did everything right. They were not super nice, but at least they were honest with me and my car passed.

DO NOT COME HERE — I can’t wait for this place to go out of business.
I would give negative star for this place if that was an option. Wish I’ve listened to the 1 star reviews but thought minimal could go wrong for a simple smog check and this place was right at the corner from my house, so I neglected and went in. They were rude, shady, robbed me $ 32, and managed to piss me off so badly with just that small amount of money (consider it charity Mr. Singh).
What pissed me off the most was by the end of the service, he gave me a signal to come to the counter (yes, signal, not even a word), told me to pay $ 31.75 which surprised me because he originally said $ 40. I asked the question which he ignored and asked for my credit card. I asked if the smog passed? He said it’s not done yet. I went ahead and paid while he went over the other desk and got a printout. Brought it back and said «the timing ignition is wrong» and handed me the paper. No explanation, no mentioning of what needs to be done, more like «I got your money, now get lost». Then I realized that he already knew it did not pass because he did not charge $ 8.25 for the certificate. I was so pissed that I was speechless.

It’s the same owner, Sonny from A5 at 595 S. White Rd, San Jose. He failed smog check for a missing mounting bolt (worth $ 26) and asked for $ 200 unnecessary fixing. My trusted mechanic friend confirmed Sonny’s incompetent work and desperate acts. Truth always catch up. Visit other places to avoid his scam.

After my experience today, I am pretty confident that this shop does unnecessary work, and it also does a very poor job.
As others have said, they advertise heavily in the local Pennysavers.
Went there for a «cheap» oil change on a Nissa Qwest van (1994), and the ripoffs began with an extra charge of $ 12 because I have a 6 cylinder engine. I can understand charging a little more for a tune up if you need to throw in a couple of extra spark plugs, but if you are using the same oil and filter, it seems strange. Anyway, $ 25 is still not bad, so I let them proceed.
I was then told that I needed to replace both front brake pads, a transmission gasket (labor intensive) and address a leaky oil pan. Well last summer, I had gotten a similar story from them on another car, and I was skeptical Luckily I have another station I use, which does not use coupons, but I have always felt that they only do what they must (California Auto Tech 2, Milpitas, which is also a 76 station, but a world of difference).
Well I told them that I would let my mechanic have a look, and did not let on that I smelled a rat.
Sure enough, Mr. Nguyen in Milpitas confirmed my suspicions. The brakes and transmission really do not need attention, and the only issue with the oil was that a proper new (cheap) plug was not provided when the change was done.
SO — please avoid Gill 76 Auto Service in San Jose. They do not appear to be operating with real integrity.

Rude and Shady!!!
Don’t even bother to come here.
My bf and I took his moms car here to get a transmission flush? They have coupons in the PENNYSAVERS, so we gave it a shot… we took her car out and turns out the coupon was only for labor. it didn’t say that anywhere on the coupon…
a week or so later (today) my bf took his car there for a STANDARD TUNE-​UP, we cut out the small coupon since the last time we brought the whole ad the man who worked there took the whole thing and didn’t give it back to us. Boyfriend called and they said yeah come in. we arrive and its clear they didn’t have anything to do and was bored. So they check the car and we hand one of the guys the coupon… he pretty much crumbled it up in front of us– which I thought was rude. The man also tried to convince my bf that he needed the more expensive spark plugs, my bf declined. and he seemed bothered by it.
We were standing there for 40 mins and it seemed like no one was working on the car. I told my bf… I think they don’t have some parts… time passed and a van came up asking about a light and lamp change, they took that car and they all worked on it while my bf’s car was waiting to be worked on. 40 mins had passed and they didn’t say a word to us even though we were standing there in the cold waiting for the tune-​up to be done… turned out they were waiting for the Pepboys guy to arrive and delivered the parts they needed.
We were there from about 245pm-​430 or 5ish…

another zero. Cuz I’m tired, I will keep it short. These people tried to tell me my breaks were metal on metal. I had a trusty mechanic pull my break pad out and there was definitely still some padding. these people definitely are not honest.
EXPOSED!
Stay away.