Absolute Auto Tech

Absolutely the BEST SERVICE. I was up at Cal Poly for a few days of meetings when my back rear brake started making an awful sound. They immediately looked at my tire and put it up in a rack and found a small rock on the brakes. I was in and out in 30 mins. Amazingly fast and friendly service.

Awesome service! Very friendly atmosphere. Called this morning to make an appointment for a smog this afternoon. They got me in and out in 30 min! Best part… it was only $ 54 out the door. I will def. be a repeat customer.

Very courteous however after $ 1k in repairs issue was not resolved. Included a wheel alignment that still has issues.

If I could give no star to Absolute Auto Tech, I would.
Needed a new AC system. Paid close to $ 1700 for it. It completely broke within 9 months. I was then told that used parts had been installed so there was no warranty. Were they kidding me? I had been led to believe the system being installed was new. And they refused to stand behind their work.
I filed a complaint with the Bureau of Automotive Repair and they «found» for me, but sent me to small claims because they have no teeth to make the vendor pay restitution. So frustrating!

Absolute Auto has always provided us with honest estimates and detailed information about our repairs required — not just «it’s going to be $ 500, do you want to do it or not?», like other shops, or lowballing an estimate, then trying to nickel and dime you into paying more along the way.
Instead they give detail like, «This problem is happening because of this part, and it’s this percentage worn. If you’d like to come in and see the worn part, I can show you in person, so you can see what it’s doing. If you don’t want to do anything about it right now, it’ll probably last you X miles more without problem, and you can fix it then, but if it fails, it will cause damage to these other parts, and cost X dollars more to fix.» and letting us make the choices for our vehicles and our budget. We really value that from Absolute Auto.
They always answer the phone if they’re open, and get back to us with updates on a repair if there are stages or new information we might want to know or make a decision about.
We’ve been bringing both our vehicles here since we moved to the area just over a year ago (one domestic, one import) for routine maintenance and oil change/​smog service, as well as any repairs required.
Highly recommended by our family.
(I just noticed that they don’t have many Unilocal reviews, and one sour review from 2 years ago, but you should check an auto-​specific review site for more reviews of Absolute Auto that give you a better picture:
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