11-18 -19 My car over heated. Stan, who is a lair and a cheat, told me... read more 11-18 -19 My car over heated. Stan, who is a lair and a cheat, told me it was a thermostat. So I greed to have them fix it. Then Stan called claiming the water pump was bad and it is easier to replace the timing belt at this time so I agreed. While they changed the timing belt they mistimed the engine and destroyed it. They bought a replacement engine a “ salvaged” long block. No telling how many mile is on it! I asked that they put the parts I paid for on the salvaged engine. Almost ONE month later, 12-16-19 after repeated calls made by me I was able to pick up my car. I presented the rental car bill and Stan, who is a lair and a cheat said the owner will send me a check, but my car broke after 10 minutes of driving. They tried to claimed it was the exhaust not the engine but eventually cleared the problem. I asked Stan who is a lair and a cheat, if the new parts are on my car and he said no, but I’m going to warranty it for 3yrs 36k miles prorated. Next morning the engine light came on so I took it to the dealer it was there for 3 days while repairing the wiring and sensors that weren’t wired correctly and install missing bolts on the engine! To date my car has still overheated 2X I have exhaust fumes in the cab and most importantly I have not been reimbursed for the rental car and don’t have the parts I paid for.
This place is a business that you should avoid at all cost, if I am ab... read more This place is a business that you should avoid at all cost, if I am able to give them a minus star I would, however, I went for an oil change on Monday afternoon, after they finished I noticed a sound coming from the engine, I asked them what that noise is coming from under the hood they told me it was normal it will go away after you drive it. Took my vehicle home, then Tuesday morning, I took my daughter to school, the noise became even more noticeably louder. While on the highway to pick up my daughter from school, parts of the engine fell off on the highway, oil light came on, smoke from my engine started coming out of hood and inside my car through the air conditioning vents and lost complete power to the engine, rolled to a stop on the side of the highway. Called this business about what just occurred, and that my car was fine until I went to you for an oil change, and that this is clearly your fault. Their response was you can't prove it, get a lawyer, and hung up on me. Dealership adviced me that my engine is totaled, a new engine will cost 5700.00. A mechanic looked at the engine and told me that there was never enough oil in the engine and the crank shaft had broke due to that reason. All this for a small oil change. Avoid this business.
Came in for transmission service January 2017 and was told it would co... read more Came in for transmission service January 2017 and was told it would cost $600 to look at the transmission. I paid cash, got a hand written receipt, and I told Daniel (manager) to call me with an estimate. He calls me for with the initial estimate of $5000 less the $600 so $4400. I told him to wait for repair so I can talk to my wife, and that I’ll call him the next day. I called him the next day, and he said he’s completed repair of the car. I told him I did not agree to start, so he starts lowering the price to $3200. When I go pickup the car the next day, he tells me one of his porters got into an accident with my car (they said it was the other driver’s fault, which other driver said he was the porter’s fault). Long story short, I ask for owner’s contact info and he says it's private. I contacted him 17 times to get my car fixed (January to end of March). Car was left at the shop for over 1.5 months (tires went low). After which I took the car home and also inspected the transmission and found out the transmission dust cover was missing. I came back immediately and Daniel said he would not install the dust cover & claims it was missing before the repair which he also admitted that he would contact me if anything was out of the ordinary during the repair. After 3 months, Universal finally fixed my car due to the collision but with a very bad paint job/bondo work and missing/broken parts which I had to go back/forth to get fixed. Buyer beware of always negotiable transmission prices and no dust cover being re-installed. If they get into a collision with a customer vehicle, they never gave me their owner’s contact information and their shop insurance to make a claim after repeated requests, so I doubt they are insured. It’s also interesting that my $600 initial cash deposit is not included on my final receipt (only the $3200).
