Midas

I had a horrible experience at the Midas in West Seattle. But Luis at the Midas in Belltown has totally renewed my confidence in this company. While I will never return to the one in West Seattle. Luis went above and beyond to fix what the other service man in West Seattle broke. He not only investigated my issues when I voiced them but he took care and created what I was needing even though his shop was not the one that did the work. I truly appreciate all of his efforts and EXCELLENT customer service. Belltown Midas has my vote.
On a sidenote. I have been to that Midas before when I accidentally put tranny fluid in my oil (don’t ask, it’s a long story) & they were AWESOME then also.
Very impressed by this Midas location & all of their employees. GOLD STAR!

I recently came here because I do not trust Jiffy Lube and the fact that Midas was about 20.00 less was a real perk. If you are cool and polite to mechanics they are not gonna rip you at least that is always been my experience. I got my Oil-​change for 43.00 after tax and then asked if they could drop some seafoam into my Jeep. The Manager was super cool charged me only 6.00 for the bottle of seafoam which is usually like 10 at Oreilly and then 10 for labor. Not bad in my opinion. I def will be coming back for my next oil change.

Auto mechanics are crooks. All of them. I am so tired of being taken advantage of by mechanics. Yes, they are all losers in life. Nobody grew up and wanted to change oil for a living. Kids, if you don’t go to college, you end up being a mechanic. Dealing with mechanics is a part of life, but I am frustrated that the industry is full of retards. I have taken my car to three places in Seattle over the years and have been screwed over by all of them. I expect the next place where I take my place will do me the same. Here are the stories…
Example #3: Midas on 7^th Ave in downtown Seattle
I made an 8:00am appointment a day ahead of time to get an oil change and check-​up. The manager said it would take 1.5 hours to complete. I arranged to have the car there real early in the morning so they could start right away at 8:00am. I called at 10:00am to find out if the car was done. The manager said he has not even started to work on the car. He claimed that I misunderstood him the previous day when making the appointment. He claims he said he did not have an 8:00am appointment available. He said the car would be done by noon. I showed up at 12:30 and it still was not done. Total BS. Once again, a standard in the mechanic industry, not even a sorry. To make it worse, somehow my car got a nail in the tire while it was sitting in the parking lot! I decided to take my car back before they were finished F-​ing it up. 4 hours later and $ 100 bucks down the drain, my car was still not fixed. DO NOT TAKE YOUR CAR HERE.
Example #1: Big O Tires in SODO
Example #2: A.C. Automotive in SODO

This is a great shop. Especially convenient in the downtown area. They have a great staff and are honest and do a great job. You cant ask for better service than that.

This place is great! I’ve been in for an oil change, and again to diagnose/​fix something off my truck. When I dropped off the truck they said there was a $ 20 fee, but when I went to pick it up they said there was nothing wrong… and waived the fee! Amazing service, definitely will be back, you can trust these guys.

I was floored by the excellent service that I received here. I’ve taken my car here for an oil change before, and they checked my tread, fluids and brakes for free, which was great and it’s only 4 blocks away from where I work. So when my car started making a terrible clanking noise and stalling out, I went here for help. I knew that my 3^rd cyllinder was misfiring and the guy at O’Reilly’s told me that I just needed to change the spark plug. The guy at the desk, who I’d seen before and was always very friendly, offered to take a closer look as that’s not what it sounded like to him. He checked the compression of all 4 cyllinders for me, and sure enough, something was seriously wrong with my car, which would require a total engine rebuild at least. Already distraught, I asked him how much that was, and he told me, very honestly that it would cost more than the car was worth (not exactly a lexus that I drive…) instead of trying to charge me copious amounts of money to repair it. I, being completely at a loss for what to do and on the verge of tears, asked him what my next step should be. He gave me a number of options, and even let me keep the car there overnight, completely free of charge. I’ve never been a member of Unilocal,but I was so impressed by the service and empathy of this man, that here I am posting my first review. Thank you so much for your kindness, and expect a thank-​you card in the mail!

I came in here a while ago to get 2 new tires. When I walked in there was no one in the garage, but four or five people were in the break room just hanging out. I finally got their attention and the manager came out to help me. He told me that the tires I wanted were in the storage unit or something close by but off site and that I should come back in an hour and it would get done.
I came back in an hour and they had the tires, however they «were backed up in the garage» so it would take some more time, and he asked me to come back in 2 hours.
After 2 hours I walked back to see my car in the exact same spot, and still no one in the garage. I walked back towards the break area to find someone and asked if they had finished yet and the manager just said they couldn’t start on putting on my new tires until they got the other cars off the lifts. I asked if anything was actually being done to those cars since no one was working on them and he brushed me off but said he would work on it right now.
30 mins later it was their closing time, he just got the other car off the lift and said it should only take 10 mins max to fix mine. I had very important plans at 7 and no longer had time to get ready but needed the new tires so I waited. It ended up taking 45 mins total for my tires, and between putting them on he came back in to the office where i was waiting to complain about how he was going to miss the concert he had at 8.
I emailed the company with this complaint using a link on their website and checked the button asking if I would like to hear back from them, but I have heard no response.

Great place! I got a coupon in the mail for an oil change for $ 19.99 with a free tire rotation included, so I took my car in to get an oil change, replace a brake/​tail light that was out, and get two leaking tires repaired. I made an appointment for 4pm and Terrence (the store manager) told me the car would be ready by 5pm. I decided to just wait in the store because I had my 5 week old baby with me. Only one of my tires was able to be repaired and the other was too damaged, so they repaired the one and suggested I get a new tire for the other as soon as possible. The car ended up not being ready until 5:30pm, so Terrence waived the tire repair charge for the inconvenience. Needless to say, I got my tire repaired, and oil change, and brake light replaced all for only $ 36! Not to mention while I was sitting in the lobby for 1 ½ hours, I watched how professionally and amicably Terrence interacted with several other customers. I will definitely be taking my car here from now on.

Had the downtown midas repair a worn out wheel baring on my 95 Celica. They were quick to get the car in and repaired — but the cost was a bit more then I expected, and more then any other shop (I called around after).
All was fine until the baring they just replaced failed within the first two weeks. I called to get my car back in the shop for «warranty repair», and they somehow didn’t have, or didn’t want to make, any openings for three days. Course my car was not really drivable, and I had take th bus until they could get the car in there. The day I took my car in @ 8am in the morning, they didn’t get it finished until closing time. 4 days without a car, and they made no apologies for the inconveniance.

Wow! Eric L. and I had the exact same experience. $ 1600 in repairs was not exactly in my budget. Midas also charged $ 30 just to look at your brakes. What a ripoff! I was warned that a couple of my wheels were about to fall off so my B.S. alert started to go off pretty loudly
I brought my car in for a second opinion at the Les Schwab off Aurora for a FREE brake inspection. When the called me for the update they asked me if I noticed anything wrong with my brakes and I let them know they were just squeaking a bit. I was then told my brakes looked fine and no repairs or replacements were necessary…
hmmm, $ 1600 + $ 30 just for looking or $ 0 + free inspection
Midas can eat excrement.

This place should get negative stars. They are scammers!!!
I took my car to this place on short notice because I was taking a road trip to Montana. I had been hearing my brakes making noise and thought that it must be my squeaker bars telling me they needed to be replaced. Midas thought so to, they said I had about 5% left on my brakes. They even said that if they were not replaced soon they would ruin my calipers, which are very expensive to replace. They also said I needed new rotors, and a laundry list of other things. The final estimate came to over 700 $. I will be the first to tell you that my car has been around, the 178,000+ miles on my lovely Subaru is proof. It does not take a mathematician to tell you that the 700 $ they wanted is probably about half of what my car is worth. I told them thanks but I would need to think about it. I was contemplating buying a new car. In the meantime I rented a car for my trip to Montana. This cost me what a rental car costs for a week about 350 $. To get on with the story I never fixed the car. I finally brought it to another shop that I found on Unilocal six months later. They told me that I did not need new brakes or rotors I had more than 40% left!!! What the %#@*. The bill came to 215 $. I am really happy that there is still some places that don’t «invent» problems so they can get your money. The honest place is Superior Auto Service.
Avoid Midas like you steer clear of that dog poo on the sidewalk.