Auto Mechanic Center

I’ve been here dozens of times. Great experience every time. I do ask price first, not because I’m comparing prices but because they prefer cash. Credit does cost them and I’d rather take 1 extra step to avoid prices increasing as much as possible.
Sook and Chung are always eager to show and explain things to me. My bf and his friends referred me here. I’m glad they did. Chung never does work that isn’t needed right now. I appreciate his honesty. I will be so sad when he decides to retire. Finding honest mechanics is pretty diffivult, close to impossible here in the bay area.

I have been using Auto Mechanic Center for over 15 years. I was referred by a friend and have never looked back. Mr. and Mrs. Lee are two of the most honest people I know. He has always charged a fair price for his work, and always goes the extra mile to make sure our cars are in working order. What I also appreciate is that he never does, or recommends unnecessary work. He always shows you the piece (s) that he has replaced and takes the time to show you what happened.
It is really comforting to know that every time I drop my car off there — it is in good hands! Thank you Auto Mechanic Center!

Great service, BUT… they have raised their prices. If you have saved all of your receipts from the past 2 – 5 years, you will notice this.
Get a quote first.

I do not know what happened to Coco but like other postings — we have been coming to Mr. Lee for decades: me, my son, my sister, 3 nieces, friends, their children, etc.
He will not charge you for work not done; he is honest and will not do unnecessary work on your car; and his rates are the best you can find anywhere.
Like others have said, he will tell you approximately how long you can go with a particular issue. He has kept my cars running for years beyond when I thought they were dying!
And Mrs. Lee is a dear!
I would NEVER take my car to anyone else!

I went to this place and found that the owner and his wife really care about what they are doing and charge you reasonable prices. They only perform service on what is needed. I would recommend this place to anybody who is looking for an honest mechanic.

I’ve come to the Lees for almost twenty years. They are as honest as it gets, and Mr. Lee is a very able mechanic. They have a very loyal customer base. I am signing up for Unilocal just so I can give this positive review to some very good people.

My brakes were making a scratching noise, and I wanted to have them looked at by a mechanic. Car trouble is so stressful since I don’t know much about cars, and as a woman I’m always afraid of being taken advantage of at mechanics. (Bad past experiences.)
My friend recommended Auto Mechanic Center to me saying they were the nicest people and had good rates. I had a great experience taking my car here! The mechanic and his wife were incredibly friendly and not pushy in the slightest. They explained to me what was up with my car and told me I could probably go a few more months before having the brakes replaced. And to top it off, they didn’t charge me because they didn’t end up doing any work.
I’ll definitely be bringing my car back here in the future!

I’ve been taking my cars to Chung Lee for over 20 years. I’ll give it to you straight: Chung is a wizard at maintaining and fixing cars. But maybe more important, he and his wife are the most honest people you could ever hope to meet — the idea that some other mechanics overcharge or do unnecessary work is abhorrent to them! Take your car to Chung Lee: he’ll keep your car running great, won’t charge you a lot of money, and — added bonus! — you’ll take home peace of mind.

Fair, Honest, Reliable, Friendly Service.

PLEASE be aware if you come here!
I was selling my car, and the seller wanted to do an inspection here. The seller only gave me the address but no name so I wasn’t able to research about the shop before hand.
When I got there, I shut down the car. I wanted to make sure their computer checking system is BMW certified. The wife apparently took offended to that. They assured me Yes.
As I don’t know anything about the shop, I wanted to watch on the side. I was told I can’t.
Toward the end, he said things check out fine with a minor chip and something about immobilization check failure but it doesn’t impact driving.
After the mechanic test drove and parked the car, then the car won’t start. The car started fine twice while I was there. The mechanic said oh it’s low on battery. My Battery is less than 3 yr old. It was put in on 7÷17÷2009 as I had Unilocal about it.
After awhile, he got my car to start. He went on saying the battery is completely drain. I asked him, could your computer drain it? He said he doesn’t know. My battery definitely was not drain before arriving at the shop.
Then I noticed there were several warning signals were on that I haven’t seen before and were not there before. I again asked him what’s going on, again he said he doesn’t know. He said he will have to hock up to computer and find out. After much checking, he try to again said because due to my battery. The battery is less than 3 years old, and it was perfectly fine before he did all those ‘inspections’.
I don’t know how battery get to do with ABS, break warning light etc.
At this point I am very concern, and want to get their mechanic license just in case. His wife got upset about that, and said ‘don’t know who raise you… etc’ I so wish i had thought of recording it. I don’t know how they can verbally abuse people who come into their shop, and think can get away with it!
They also seem to want to close shop quickly, as she was shutting down computer and he driving my car out without addressing any of the issues they have caused.
I took it to a trustworthy mechanic — Metric Tech in San Mateo. Joe was able to identified the issue being my battery was totally drained. A battery less than 3 years old working perfectly fine before coming here. You decide for yourself.

I have taken my cars to Chung Lee at Auto Mechanic Center for more than 20 years. I
am convinced that Chung can diagnose and fix ANY car problem!
A few years ago he diagnosed an air conditioning problem with my car as I drove up before I could even park the car.

We have been visiting the auto mechanic center for over 10 yrs, first at its previous location and now in Santa Clara. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have been wonderful and honest, they always give 5 star service and we are so glad to have found them. We have recommended them to several friends who are all happy that we introduced them to this place.

My brother in law introduced me to Chung and Sue Lee years ago and I’ve been taking my cars to them ever since. They consistently do great work at a fair price and are (as the other reviewers suggested) honest, kind, and trustworthy to a fault. If your car doesn’t really need new brakepads quite yet, they’ll tell you so. If they find something you should be concerned about, they’ll tell you about it without going for the hardsell.
I’d highly recommend them to anyone!

Mr. & Mrs. Lee are amazing!
I’ve been going to them for the last nine years and will continue to do so.
They provide excellent service, if they replace a part they’ll show you the part that they replaced as well as why it was replaced.
In addition, they are both extremely kind people and they never try to sell you anything.

My dad has been taking his car here for YEARS (probably decades). Perspective — He drives a 1988 Corolla (which has been driven pretty rough by me through high school) which has been maintained by Mr. Lee. TO THIS DAY, we carpool and drive it to work and it runs like a champion.
Mr. Lee a very nice man and is very reasonable in his pricing, and will tell you what needs to be fixed without trying to charge you for extra unless he really thought you needed it. Turnaround time is very fast, usually gets things done in one or less day.
Mrs. Lee is also a very chipper woman who loves to talk to her customers; very sweet lady.
I’d recommend you take your car here if you drive an asian foreign (Toyota, Honda, etc). Not sure about Euro cars though.
The place is sort of hard to spot though, drive very slowly and you should spot the Auto Mechanic Center.

Chung Lee is the most honest mechanic I’ve ever been to. My brakes were squeaking, so I took my Infiniti to him this morning. He immediately inspected the front and rear brakes, and said only the front brakes need to be replaced. He gave me a quote of $ 200 – 250. His wife called me 2 hours later and told me my car was ready, and it would cost $ 220. Honest, quick service at a great price. Wow! I’ll never take my car anywhere else.

The Lees at Auto Mechanic Center provide what we all hope for in an auto repair shop: honest, quality work at a very fair (sometimes it seems too fair) price. More than once they’ve declined to do work I expected to need to have done because it’d be just as safe for me and the car to postpone it, or because the cost-​benefit wasn’t right for my situation and vehicle.
The dealer wanted $ 800+ for my recent 30K service (I explored while Auto Mechanic Center was moving to its new location @ 2769 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara), the Lees had me out the door for under $ 250.
I completely trust them with my car and they have my business as long as I live in Silicon Valley.