Tampa Auto Repair Inc.

This auto repair shop is the best! I first became a customer when I was living in Reseda. I moved to South Bay in 2004 and continued to drive all the way up there because they are so great. Am now living in Mar Vista and still going.

Have been taking our cars there for repairs, since 2001. My wife, sister and I are all happy customers! They're honest and competent in their work, and also open on Saturdays. They've done both big and small repairs for us, and good results every time! Thx Alfred!

This week ((June 28, 2022 at 5:30pm) i brought in my car again because it was loosing power and was making loud noise). The mechanic said it looks like the catalytic convertor. Surprisingly it has never been changed since I purchased the car in 2018 and has now 130,000 Mike's. Today, 7 months and $12,000+ later, same problem still unresolved, currently the car is non-drivable and it is only 4 years old. I have lost my patience (very politely speaking) Update: June 29, 2022 - I went this morning and yelled at the mechanic for being ignorant after I did some reading about catalytic convertor. The mechanic admitted that he has never changed the convertor (even though the car had 130,000 miles and the engine was overheated at about 50,000 miles). When the engine got overheated at the about 50,000 miles, he took it apart and showed me hiw damaged/Burnet it was. He said he can clean it and it will cost less than rebuilding it. And so he cleaned it, but the catalytic convertor was not changed. A few months after the engine cleaning, the car broke down again while I was driving (the engine just died and I had the car towed). The mechanic said the engine has to be rebuilt and it would cost about $6,000 to do so. So he did. I paid and was happy that it worked...for a few weeks. One morning the engine didn't even start. So called AAA and the technician forced the engine to start. I drove to the mechanic shop right away. He couldn't find the problem but changed something because it was not fully charging (only 80%) and told me to NOT plug in my phone charger because it using the power (I thought it was stupid what he said but did it anyway since he is the expert). A few weeks later (June 28, 2022; look at the top of this post) the car started making the loud noise and had no power to go forward. And that's how I ended up with a broken car every few months, weeks...why? Because the mechanic NEVER bothered to change the original catalytic convertor even though the engine has been: overheated, cleaned, then rebuilt, and then finally car failed to drive forward due to poor power. It took this many problems, months, and $12,000+ for the mechanic to even consider that catalytic convertor must be CHANGED. And if you believe I am exaggerating, I have the receipts. Also, his assistant mechanic had the adocity to call me crazy when i yelled at them for being ignorant. They both (the main mechanic and his assistant) repeatedly lied that the catalytic convertor has nothing to do with the past engine problems). Maybe the mechanic should call the cops and tell them that a woman was not being nice, yelled at him and called him ignorant.

Been going Alfred and his team for 15 years and he is the most honest and professional mechanic I have worked with. I send everyone I know to him because I know they will be treated fairly and the work will be done right.

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