5

This place was fast, efficient, and prices very reasonable. Ask for Robert, he was very helpful. :)

5

About a year ago I had an extremely bad oil leak in my car, I had no idea where to go for a trustworthy mechanic to take a look. I took it upon myself to yelp like crazy for one in Chico. I am so happy I found Doctor of Motors because they are by far the best. Immediately walking into their shop I was greeted nicely and taken care of immediately. The same day they checked what was wrong (Quite a lot) with my car. They had my car back to me within two days. ONE YEAR later my car starts leaking again.. I panic as I look at the warranty from the work they had previously done. It had expired 5 days ago. I decided to take my best shot and bring in the car anyway even though the warranty had expired. The gentleman at the front desk quickly assured me that they are not going to stress about the warranty and will check out my car at NO COST. If the leak was from previous work they will fix it at NO COST. I was so happy, relieved, and surprised that an auto shop would be willing to do this. Turned out that the previous parts had gone bad and so they replaced them for free! To top off the fact that they made my day. The gentleman also informed me that they changed their warranty from one to now TWO years! Music to my ears. Overall: Service- amazing Quality of work- amazing Trustworthiness- Amazing Affordability- Average (you get what you pay for and more) I would recommend Doctor of Motors to ANY person looking for an auto shop in the Chico area

4

We had our daughters Saturn repaired. After diagnosis, they determined what was wrong with the transmission. They repaired it and we took it home. We had problems and they were good about retesting it and fixing it.

3

I'm just not sure about these guys. It seems like their prices aren't too high, but they just can't estimate time well at all. I took my car in to have it checked out, 90,000 mile maintenance. They made it seem like it wouldn't take long, so I waited. I kept checking in with them every half hour or so, and the guy seemed to be oblivious to the fact that I am sitting 30 feet away from him waiting! Several hours later they are finally done, and I've been sitting in a waiting room all day! Why didn't they just tell me that it would take that long? I could have gone and done something. And then on a separate occasion, I called on Friday to see about getting my brakes done. They say I can drop it off Tuesday night, and they'll have it done Wednesday. So I drop it off, and then come in Wednesday after work, so it's around 5:30 pm. They close at 6:00, but my car isn't done yet. When should I have expected it to be done? After you close? They told me to come back later. What kind of service is that? Also, the sign says they close at 5:30 which is incorrect. They were open until 6:00 both Tuesday and Wednesday.

3

They do good repairs, rarely have to take the car back to have it fixed again, but I wish they would be more up front about costs. Oh, they give me a solid estimate, and they're not trying to cheat me, but they always come back with more costs. For example, I needed to get my timing belt replaced. They quoted me $600+. All well and fine, but then, when it gets opened up, they suggest I replace the pulley wheels, oil pump and a few other things. Again, all legitimate items to replace, but it's an additional $500. Do they not know ahead of time to suggest these items be replaced? Have they never replaced a timing belt before? I know they have. They're not gouging me on price, but I feel like that option of replacing those items should have been suggested with the original estimate, not a phone call later. The thing is, they do this to me all the time. I have a love/hate relationship with these guys. They do pretty reliable, skillful work, but I feel like my dollars are more important to them than understanding they're trading their skills, which I want, for my money, which they want. Another case in point. I dropped my car off all day for them to work on. They knew I was coming days in advance. At 4:00 I called and they wanted my car for another day and I said no, we agreed you would get it done today. They got it done (good) but charged me $600 for a little over 1-1/2 hour's work (since I picked it up at 5:30.) Really? $600 worth of work really only takes 1-/12 hours? That's $400/hour. They did the work correctly and I haven't had any problems, but $400/hour? I want a little more customer service for $400/hour, like not having to call at 4pm and find out they haven't started working on my car yet and want to keep it. THEY should have written down the fact I needed the car the next day and made sure they got it done that day. Bottom line: reliable work, mostly fair prices are a tiny bit on the high side for only so-so customer service.

5

Took my toyota there when the water pump went out. Very reasonable price, had the parts in stock and finished the car same-day. Very nice staff and trusted. Will be going back for all my automotive repair needs.

1

Never go to this place you will regret it. I took my car in to fix 2 problems but they told me it had 4 problems and decided to fix them. But it turns out they didn't even fix the original 2 problems that I took it in for. They are worthless and just assume that it's one issue without being certain. I feel like they just want to scam you off of your money and avoid actually fixing your car. Never go to this place please avoid the dishonestly

1

I found them on Yelp and decided to walk in because they have 4-star reviews. That's the worst decision I have ever made! I wanted them to fix my headlights, which was customized by the previous owner but was not working shortly after I bought the car. They checked it for like 1 hour and told me that it was a potential fire hazard and quoted me for $870 something for fix it, not including the parts!!! And they refused to fix the wiring without replacing the whole headlamp to stock. They are ridiculous! I then had my friend looked at it and he said there's no way it would catch fire... I took it to another mechanic and they had it fixed for only $230 including the parts. I'm never gonna go back there again!

5

Took my Suby here for some pretty intense transmission work. They were super friendly and candid throughout the process and my car shifts beautifully. They also fixed my windshield wipers. Definitely recommended.

1

3 years ago they said they wouldn't advise me to continue driving my car even out of the shop with the clutch in such bad condition. I'd gone in for an oil change with free inspection. They gave me an estimate to replace the clutch close to $1k. Not being a Volvo shop, I got a 2nd opinion. They said the clutch was fine. At first I gave them the benefit of the doubt, but after finding that invoice recently, I'm not so charitable. Feel they may be perpetuating the auto repair stereotype, taking advantage of women.

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