J & S Foreign Auto Repair

Consistently reliable, honest, and friendly auto repair shop. I bring my MINI Cooper here for everything from oil changes to major repairs. They frequently tell me if there is a repair that isn’t threatening the life of the car, and I respect that.

This was my first time getting my car repaired and I was referred by my coworker to get my repairs done here. Mike helped me out a lot and was able to have my car out as promised ! Service was above and beyond expected and coming definitely coming back for any repairs

J&S does excellent work and I have been a loyal customer! Price is 50−60% of dealership and I have never had an issue. In fact, they often solve the issue the same day and they are very professional. Loyal customer for life!

Best hourly rate for a German built car in this area. Hands down, easiest shop to work with. Took my car to Meineke, guy just straight out told me he couldn’t even begin to tell me what the issue was, said he was not familiar with the make. Brought it here and had a multitude of issues corrected within 48 hours. Yes, multitude. Kinda ignored stuff for a while and it caught up to me… but they did what they said they would for the price they quoted in the time they said it would take.
Came back a second time for a different issue and once again, easy transaction.

I’m kinda torn. I bring my car here because it’s close to home. I’ve been here at least 4 times already and I keep getting check engine lights on. Not saying it’s their fault or anything, but I made a decision to try another shop if my check engine light goes on again. I’ll write an update in a few weeks.
Alright so I decided to bump them up to 4 stars from the original 2. I know it might be a big jump, but my car’s been running great since I last took it in. I went on a couple of far drives and had no problems. And no check engine lights. Yay! I WILL be taking my car here again.

They fix imported cars at decent prices, period. Quality service w/​o the bs from the dealers. Also, they are very nice guys to deal with. If you own a Volvo, forget the dealer come here instead!

2 horrible experiences here:
1. I had a leak in a radiator hose. I brought it to them and they quoted me $ 200 to change the leaky hose and also the bottom hose. They told me a might as well change them both. Since the hose that was leaky was on top, I was able to buy it for $ 10 and change it myself in 5 minutes.
2. I have been having an issue with my car not blowing hot air when I’m running the heat, going back about a year. They told me that they needed start with replacing the car’s thermostat. After this, the heat was still not blowing right. They told me it was that the heater core needed to be replaced for $ 1000. They did the work, but when I got the car back the radio stations were not coming in (my guess was the antenna wasn’t hook back up), but I didn’t tell them where the radio face was, so they probably didn’t test it after they reconnected it.
Well a week later, the heat is blowing cold air, so I bring the car back (they also needed to deal with the radio issue too). Al (one of the owners) tells me that there is nothing wrong with the heat, that it is blowing fine (it wasn’t when I left it). I ask if the coolant levels are low. He says no, and there are no leaks in the coolant system. He also tell me that my radio is hooked up properly but it is not working. So I ask him what they are going to do about the radio. He says there is nothing they can do since they don’t fix radios. I say, «then take it somewhere that works on radios and ask them what is wrong with it» He doesn’t want to do this either. I say, «well the radio worked when I gave it to you guys so you need to either fix the radio or replace it» He then says, «how do I know that the radio wasn’t broken when you brought it in?» Now I have paid these guys thousands of dollars over the past 4 – 5 years, and he’s accusing me of trying to scam him for a radio. He says he can replace the radio, but I will have to pay for it. I won’t agree to this so he tells me to call his partner mike the next day.
I go to the shop the next day, and Al says «oh, my mechanic told me the radio wasn’t working, but it turns out he had it on a bad station, sorry». Hahaha. I take the car for a ride, and the heat is «magically» blowing fine again so I take the car (the bottle of coolant in the trunk is a mysteriously a little lighter thought). Well, a week later the heat is blowing cold air again. So I bring it back. They tell me that the heat is blowing cold because the car is leaking coolant from the head gasket and it will be $ 1000 to replace it (this was verified by the dealer). So I wasted $ 1000 replacing the heater core. After this and the radio incident, I just wanted to be done with these jokers, so I picked up the car and haven’t been back since.

I take both of my cars for service at J & S and have consistently had excellent service at reasonable prices. I am such a fan that, when the time finally comes I buy a new car, I’ll make sure it’s one of the makes J & S services!