Eskimo Radiator & Air Conditioning

I just had my 1999 F450 brought over there to fix A/​C before we went on a long tip. He Tony gave me a bunch of different options and prices depending on what they found. In the end they found a bad hose, replaced it, charged the system and it’s cold as can be. With 100+ temperature out side I could not be more happy.

I really wanted to like these guys but after two visits 2 hoses and one accumulator $ 500 then my ac compressor seized up. When i took it back he offered to change it for $ 700 but we wanted a second opinion so we took the vehicle to our mechanic who found zero oil in the compressor. When i asked Tony about the finding and the fact that none of the invoices indicated that anyone had checked the oil or added any oil he said that he gave me the oil so thats why it wasnt on the invoice. Im no expert but i know that oil doesn’t disappear from a sealed system. I also know that oil should be added when certain parts are changed. I think were due a refund for the compressor that we had installed at a different shop. I will be trying to contact the owner of eskimo to tell him my story. If you are the owner please contact Tony he has my number. You can make this right. Until then i can’t recommend your shop to any of my friends.

They seemed like upfront guys. I had my jeep taken there to have the air conditioning charged. I was told I had two hoses that needed to be replaced. That was $ 250. The next day it quit. Took it back… oops! You have two more hoses that are leaking. Ok, another $ 220. A few days later my entire compressor froze up. I took it to my regular engine guy who was doing an oil change and asked him to check it out. There was NO OIL in the compressor! I went back to Eskimo to ask them about it. They said the regular price was $ 750 but they could do it for $ 500 since I had already had work done there. I had the other guy do it. I had him show me the old part and there was no oil in it. Nothing! Bone dry! I won’t be back.

Was referred to Eskimo about 8 years ago by a friend. Business owner’s name is Tony…“one of the great business men in the area”. My family has seven vehicles between us all. Tony and his top-​notch employees have been the only AC /​Radiator repair people to touch any of them. Business has ALWAYS been run as if we were part or their family. Reasonable prices and F-​A-​S-​T reliable service Give them a heads up with your needs and Tony will go out of his way to accommodate you (Remember warm weather is a strain on any cooling system. Think ahead and make an appointment.) I’m retired NAVY and pick my automotive repair business very carefully. Honesty, fair prices, dependable and reliable to a fault, Eskimo has a standing of OUTSTANDING from this old salt.

I took my 2001 expedition to eskimo radiator thinking all I needed was an a/​c recharge. They had my vehicle for over 2 hours after which Tony told me I needed a compressor and condenser, total cost $ 1,038.00. Also I was charged 59.95 for the estimate. Two days later I went another shop and as it turned out the high pressure hose coming from the a/​c was old and leaking. The total cost of the repair $ 150.00. The next day I went back to eskimo and showed Tony his estimate and then I showed him the bill from the shop that repaired my a/​c. His only explanation was that the meter said I had a/​c fluid leaking from the compressor. He did refund me my 59.95 but needless to say I would never take a vehicle back to eskimo radiator & air conditioning.

These guys are the best! They replaced my radiator last year and did such a great job for a great price. So I took my poor old Bonneville to have the A/​C recharged. Instead of just recharging the Freon and sending me on my way, Tony told me the compressor was going and if he did that it would seize up soon, and so would my engine. He knows I am on a low income and cannot afford a compressor. A lot of other places would have just done it, hoping they would get me back soon for the costly compressor repair. Thank you Tony. I am a customer for life.

I had an A/​C go out on my car and had a friend repair it. Worked great. For about a month. I took it to Tony due to my wife’s past experience with them. I should have listened to her and taken it to them in the first place!
They were fast, expert and when I picked it up, the invoice was $ 45 less than the estimate. I will never take this kind of work to anyone else.

Eskimo AC/​Radiator really, really helped me out when I was in a rut. I bought a 1989 E30 BMW over this past summer that was nearly perfect but did not have running AC. Whereas the BMW dealership wanted nearly $ 800 for vacuum and recharging after having been retrofitted, Eskimo did everything for $ 140 with what I consider better service and much better time management. Literally one week before needing to head back on a 500 trip to school, a pipe crucial to the AC burst. I ordered a new pipe which did not arrive to my house until exactly one day before needing to leave. Eskimo took in my car at 4pm with no appointment and it was fixed by 4:45pm with ice cold blowing AC, despite their regular hours. They charge extremely fair prices and are by every definition, «at your service.» I absolutely recommend.

Needed a radiator for my mustang cobra shoppped around for a Fluidyne and ac condenser other shops were way over priced this shop gave me a great price did a great job can’t even tell work has been done to my car runs a lot cooler now tony is great to work with kept me informed! Thank you for doing such a great job and taking care of my car! WHY REMOVE TRUTHFUL REVIEWS Unilocal SUCKS!

where did my previous awesome review go.
Jim is the best, honest, knowledgeable. Prices are SUPER fair, I hate the word cheap, because guilty is top. He repairs what can be repaired and doesn’t try to take your first born for payment.
Seriously try him out.
He is swamped though with his amazing prices. So drop off your car,. Or don’t and pay out the wazoo somewhere else.

After run arounds, multiple delays, & excuses with the“auto repair/​towing” place on Vernon Way that was AAA recommended, Tony got my car in to the work bay and had his guys right on it. I knew it needed a new radiator. He found that both hoses were very dried out & cracked as well. It was just about $ 20 more than the over the phone estimate. If it weren’t for the other «repair» place getting the car to Eskimo Radiator & AC, they could have had my car done in just a couple hours. They had all the parts available for my 15 year old car. Thanks Tony & Eskimo!

I was recommended to Eskimo by AutoBahn BMW Junk Yard.
They fixed my AC on my car! It has now been one week and it still blows cold! The repair was kinda pricey in my opinion. But nonetheless it still works! The guy that was helping me seemed quite edgey which is which I only gave 4 stars and they took a heck of a long time to fix mine. Jim was trying to multi-​task and do 4 cars at the same time. Would I recommend this place? Yes!

I brought my truck in on a whim on a Saturday morning after having tried to fix it myself for a few hours on Thursday/​Friday, just to see if they could figure it out faster than I could. I showed up to their shop unannounced at about 8:30 in the morning on a Saturday and I was out of there by 10 with a perfectly working A/​C. It had blown my mind for a few days and they saw what the problem was and immediately fixed it back to perfect.
Tony, the new shop owner was extremely polite, told me exactly what the charges were for everything and explained to me exactly what was wrong and that servicing an A/​C in a car is just as important as getting oil changes or changing an air filter regularly.
Jim was the man who actually did the work on my car. While slightly terse in his responses he knew exactly what to do, and there was no delay in his work.
I pulled in and they got to work right away, did not charge me much money and performed excellent work. I will always make the drive from Coronado to Eskimo Radiator whenever I have a problem with my A/​C or coolant system in any of my vehicles.
Thank you again, very much.

Outstanding service!
I have a very rare London Taxi, and the A/​C failed. Eskimo found the parts and promptly repaired the problem. They won’t win any awards for housekeeping, but they do great work and are a friendly bunch.
Well done

Eskimo was recommended by my usual mechanic for some radiator work that I should have had done a long time ago, but ended up putting off until something exploded (in my typical fashion). These guys were honest, fast, and got the job done well. The price wasn’t too bad either. When I punch those numbers into my calculator, it makes a happy face.

I have been taking my car to Eskimo for years now and they are amazing! the owner, Lee, is a very honest man and has the best prices around. I was extremely surprised reading the review below because I have never had a problem, they are always busy, and everyone I have talked to while waiting there have been loyal customers and have no complaints. I trust them 100%!!

This place was highly recommended to me my 2 car-​savvy friends.
Needless to say, I would NEVER take my vehicle back here.
1^st attempt, they fixed the ac, and as soon as I got home the power steering pump exploded and lost all fluid because they had moved a bracket and not put it back properly. This caused the hose to come off of the pump Then they acted like it was not their fault — it must have been worn out anyhow. Yeah right! I can see that the PS pump is right above the AC compressor. On top of that, later I tried to use my washers to clean the windshield, and nothing happens. Open the hood, and they had disconnected the washer tank and motor to get to the AC and never hooked it back up!
They fixed the ps pump, then 2 weeks later, all the freon was gone and no more AC!!!
2^nd attempt — I take it back in and they fix the AC again (charging me more). Get the car back, AC works. On the highway I hear a funny scraping sound. Like the tire is scraping something. Later that day, I look under the car and the whole splash shield that covers the underside of the engine was dangling off the car! They did not re-​attach it at all! It totally ruined the splash guard because it had been scraping along on the pavement at 80mph. I had to rip what remained of it off of the car. These guys are beyond careless.
Avoid at all costs.