Future Auto Repair

Would highly recommend! I had problems changing my license plates out and they helped me out free of charge. Very friendly and persistent that I do not pay them. ⁵⁄₅ Will get all of my future business.

Future auto repair is riding on Chalard’s PREVIOUS REVIEWS !!!
This is not honest !!!
I do not trust them for doing this.
The reviews should start from scratch.
not use some one else review !!!
I have gone to Chalard for over 20 yrs and finding out he’s gone is terrible

Finding genuinely honest people are hard to come by, especially nowadays. But Chalard is the nicest and honest mechanic I’ve ever met! He will tell you if it’s time to junk your car or give you a reasonable price for the work that NEEDS to be done. He never tries to oversell you on what you may need in the future, just what you need at the moment. I always have a pleasant experience with Chalard and the people that work there.

My initial encounter with the new ownership was sketchy to say the least. We noticed the place had been cleaned up spotless and the «Chalard’s» signage was removed. I swing back around and the new guy who I am assuming was the new owner told me that Chalard was on vacation and «he might be back next week, maybe the week after; but he still works here.» Long story short, I was finally able to pry the truth out of him that Chalard had sold the business. He said we can still bring our cars there and that he would take care of us. Maybe it’s an honest repair shop, but all I know is he tried to mislead me from the start. The new business will be called «Future Auto Service.» He initially said «Future Auto Sales», but took it back. As I was driving a way, I noticed a car on the lot with a dealer ad license plate which said Future Auto. Probably runs two businesses.

I went to here for 20 yrs. I don’t like the new people they already lied to me about chalard. If anyone knows of another great mechanic please let me know.

This place is under new ownership. Which worried me at first then I dropped my car off (had no idea until I saw the shop was all cleaned up!) This place always had the best prices and was super HONEST. Was nervous things were gonna change. (I never trust mechanics…)
Thankfully this place is still great! Repair was done quickly. Customer service was on point. They showed me the damage. And they charged a SUPER reasonable rate. Can’t ask for more.
They seem to still be in the process of opening up the shop so I hope prices don’t rise when their fully open. This place is crazy close to my house and the dudes were really nice. Hope it stays awesome.

This is a great place, came highly recommended by a good friend. Always get vehicle repaired same day at a reasonable cost. Will continue to take my car here as this place is consistent.
FYI! This place has new ownership. Apparently Chalard’s mechanic is still there but I was told Chalard himself was on vacation? Had my car towed to Chalard’s after speaking to Peter which seemed really nice & helpful over phone. Car was turning off & stalling after I tried to release clutch while in gear. After a day of trying to diagnose it, Peter called me next morning & explained that the car was running fine & that he cleaned the throttle body for me, «not to worry», «No charge» which was most excellent, reassured me that the new Chalard’s would still try to put out good customer service with integrity. At the end he Gave me a card which read «Future Auto Service» Thank you.

My family and I have been coming to Charlard’s for manyyyyy years. All of us. There aren’t too auto mechanics out there that I trust… Charlard’s is one of the two place I do drop off my car at.
Charlard’s works on Japanese cars as well as European cars. He has been doing it for years and runs the shop himself with a few other techs. Mr. Charlard is always in. Don’t let his non-​emotional demeanor deter you, he is all business at work. The man is an awesome guy and will explain what is wrong with your car to you. He will also save you some money. I’ve been coming here for years, he use to scare me when I was little thinking he was mean. He’s not! Lol.
Mind you, he is always busy. So call first and plan on leaving your car for a few hours or a day or two. Legit auto mechanic!

This post is long overdue and I should have gotten to it sooner but here I am.
Several months ago my boyfriends 1998 BMW was having overheating problems, after reading numerous Unilocal reviews, I came across Charlards and figures to give it a shot. I called in and explained the situation, the gentlemen on the phone told us to drop the car off and that he would look over it.
A few hours later, we got a call back informing us to come pick up the car, that it was ready.
The gentlemen was a pleasant person, not a man of many words but seemed trustworthy. He told us we had a leak and that he sealed it. $ 30 dollars and he also said he switched off the check engine light.
Not even 30 minutes later, the car started to get hot and ready past the middle and check engine light turned back on in that time frame as well.
I know it wasn’t a lot of money spent and the problem still came back but being that the car was still acting up and get as if it wasn’t handled properly the first time around really bothered me. It was as if no time or thorough inspection had taken place and it was just «get this done then move on». He may have been pleasant but he sure didn’t know what he was so doing when it came to repairing the car.
We ended up going over to Mikes Auto Repair in North Hollywood and although the the fix was way more than $ 30 dollars, they fixed it and it hasn’t given us any overheating problems since. I recommend you go to them.

After some Unilocal research I was led to Chalard’s auto repair. Not a man of many words but his honesty speaks for itself. I went in for front and back brakes. The price was very reasonable. Another mechanic from a different establishment had suggested I needed other work on my car, Chalard’s said that was not true and only did the brakes. Wow, an honest mechanic. thank you Chalard’s. I will be back in the future, but hopefully not too soon ;-)

I had my brakes done where I lived prior. I had taken my car back 8 times for a noise. However they never could fix it. Other shops wanted me to pay for a new break job as they couldn’t figure it out.
I was referred to this shop by a friend who stated he had reasonable prices and knew his stuff. There was multiple services needed.
I wrote a list of all services required to be done and gave it to him. Upon completion The price was much lower than I expected. I figured he must had forgotten something. I checked to make sure. It was all done. (Yes) I Then figured he forgot to charge me for some of the work. (No that price is correct). How refreshing someone that really knows cars and doesn’t charge crazy high prices. My breaks are great! Not a sound. He was able to tell me what was wrong. This is the strongest 5 star review I have ever given. Great job! 6 months of that noise 8 repeat visits to the installer, 3 shops for advise, no one knew!
This shop is nothing fancy, and some won’t like it because of the appearances. At times he was hard to understand and I had to ask him to repeat things to me. However this
is a hard working honest person!

This place saved me money & my car!
So what happened was my car was stuck in reverse while I had it on drive. Tried switching it to all the other gears, but it was still stuck in reverse. So I shut off the car to ‘reset’ it thinking that’ll work. Nope! Now it didn’t want to start. My car was dead. I’m thinking, there goes my transmission. I would have to cough up a lot money to get this fixed!
We towed my car near Chalard’s shop last night, which was less than 10mins away & they were already closed. (That tow cost me $ 100!!!)
The next morning, my boyfriend went to the shop briefly told him about the situation and Mr. Chalard just told him to give him the keys, asked where my car was parked, and that he will call him when my car was ready. Mind you, Mr. Chalard was on the phone while my boyfriend was explaining to him where my car was parked and also said that he was busy that day and will try to fit my car in his schedule.
Anyway, my boyfriend got a call from the shop about a couple hours later and told him that my car would be ready in an hour and would only cost my $ 50 for the repair. Yes, only $ 50!
I was so happy when I heard the news. We picked up my car after I got off from work and it was running smooth.
I would highly recommend him to anyone! He is straight to the point! But if you’re the type that wants to talk about your day with him… then perhaps you should go somewhere else.
Mr. Chalard’s seriously saved me TIME & MONEY!

Charlard’s is the best mechanic shop I have been to period. Charlard is not much for customer service and being social, but like everyone else says on this page, he is HONEST and charges a very reasonable rate for his services.
He recently charged me about $ 160 for fixing a hard to find issue involving an axle of my car. If I would have brought my car to my past mechanic, I believe I would have been charged over $ 600 for the work.
Give him a call the day before you want to bring your car in. He’ll do a good job and you’ll see why there are so many others here that give him 5 stars.

Ok, with as many times that I’ve had to bring my car here either one of two things has got to happen.
1) Partner up with Chalard and call it Chalard and the Boob Man’s Auto Zone, complete with uneducated, depressed hoochies with daddy issues, prancing around in white wifebeaters and black bras serving up snacks or something that will surely attract clients– Doubt that he’ll go for it though.
2) Get rid of my car — That shit ain’t happening. First of all I love my big ass, ozone-​depleting, eco-​fucker-​upper too much to just say sayonara to, secondly, I’m broke as fuck so a new car is seriously out of the question, seriously someone start a Go Fund Me page.
Thursday my car was jerking harder than a 14 year old kid after finding his dad’s porn stash, took it to thee man and left it. I thought I’d have to leave it overnight since I took it in at 1400 (that’s 2:00 p.m. for all you non-​military time knowing mofos) he told me to give him a call later. Later came, but rather than calling I got a ride to the shop, popped in and said «Chalard, I need my house keys» to which he replied, «Ok, and the car is ready» Turns out it was an ignition coil that was fucking up my car’s vibe. This man is the best when it comes to fixing cars, him and his team can fix everything up to and including electrical issues, plus a lot of other shit that I wish I knew how to fix myself, but sadly like a little bitch I can’t.
P. S. Now my car is running smoother than a Sepulveda Blvd pimp and unlike said Sepulveda Blvd pimp he didn’t fuck my wallet. Hooray!

The owner does not talk much… but he is very nice and straight forward. I had my car checked in for an issue with the AC condenser and they wanted to charge me almost 900 dollars. I found this pace thanks to Unilocal and I really feel grateful because my car was fixed in 4 hours for less than half of the cost my dealer was going to charge me. Definitely bringing the car back here again whenever something goes wrong with it.

I’ve been coming here for over 10 years and chalards can’t be beat. He’s straight forward with no BS. You can totally trust this place.

I thought I need to replace my car battery so I ask AAA to tow my car to Chalard’s place. He doesn’t chit chat with you but he is the most HONEST mechanic I have ever seen!!!
He find out the reason why my battery was out all the time (some weird stuff happen with my fog light:/) and switched my terminal, now my car runs like a new one !!
SUPER AWESOME!

I went there with my friend and the guy was so nice he told us exactly what we needed to do to fix his car. This saved my friend a couple of hundred dollars and the repair took 5 minutes.
It’s rare to see a mechanic so cool and helpful.

I’ve been going to Chalard’s for couple of years now, and every time I just have to say this business is the most honest, fair, and reasonably priced auto repair place I’ve ever known. The last two times it was even ‘no charge’
He may be a man of few words but he knows his auto repair.
I took my car from another local place where I was told the repair would be 1200.00 plus for a catalytic converter, Chalard’s found it to be a $ 16.00 hose,
Kid you not. From that point on he has been the only place I will go for repair. Very highly recommend this business.

Imagine. Your car breaks down and stops running, ugh! Riddle me this, what to do next? Luckily for me, BF has AAA to save the day. Wonderful! What next, Batman? I mean, I don’t know about you but I sure don’t know of a trustworthy, fair mechanic.
Ouch.
Yeah, so that was me about 2 weeks ago: damsel in distress with no ride. I needed to make moves and I needed to make them fast. So, while en route to Burbank in the AAA tow truck, I decided to do a hail mary and threw dice down on Unilocal — up pops Chalard. What the heck, dude sounds like a Pokemon.
Anyway, AAA drops off my ride and I pray to the auto gods. Please be fair. Please be cheap. Please Unilocalees be right. Please, oh, please!
Like all the other Unilocalees said, Chalard is a man of few words. :very.few.words:. And when he speaks, he’s tough to understand. Cherry on top is he comes off as a bit of a grouch — so be patient my little darlings. Chalard’s got you.
Not only will your patience pay off, but the auto gods + Chalard will restore your ride back to tip-​top shape as well as your faith in mankind. There are still decent businessmen out there, hey now! Plus, you won’t walk away missing an arm or a leg, he’s fair. I even got $ 100 off the original quote plus he guaranteed his work for 12 months or 12K miles, whichever comes first.
Definitely recommend Chalard and all his Pokeman friends to take care of your ride, will be using his services for any auto maintenance required.