I had my car towed to Austin‘s automotive as it was shuddering and feeling like it was about to stall. I called the next day as my car was delivered after-hours, and they did not have time to look at it. I called the following day and they sent me an estimate in the afternoon. To begin with, they charged $159 for the diagnostic evaluation. Going rate for diagnostic evaluations in my area at other auto shops is $99. In addition, they were not going to apply the cost of the evaluation to the work that needed to be done. The norm is that diagnostic fees are applied against the total cost of the service performed. They determined that my car needed ignition coils and spark plugs. I have a 2010 Nissan Altima four-cylinder. They wanted $922 to do that repair. In addition, they cited that my oil needed to be changed and my engine flushed. I had literally had that service performed, only 2000 miles ago. My oil was neither dirty nor needing to be changed. However, they wanted to charge me close to $200 for that service. My air filter did indeed need to be changed and they wanted $39 for that service. In Total, they were asking for over $1400 for service to my vehicle. Now I may be a woman with little knowledge of cars , but I know when I am being ripped off. I had my car taken over to Three Points Automotive and they charged me a total of only $627 Parts and labor, including the air filter. Beware of these scammers!! That is unless you like paying for services you don’t need and being charged ridiculously high prices.
Hi Victoria. Thank you for the feedback and we do apologize. We have reached out a few times trying to find a way to make this right for you as we should have done better. This experience is not up to our standards and we will do better. We appreciate the transparency and we hope we get the chance to make it up to you. Thank you.
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