Cesars Foreign & Domestic Car Repair

Cesar and his team provide high quality service at great prices. I have an Audi and these guys take great care of it even though its a complicated import. Scheduling is easy and they are great at keeping customers up to speed on their repair in terms of pricing and timing. Always willing to give a ride around Hartford if you leave your car there. Even though I don’t live in the city — its worth the drive. Trust Cesar’s.

This place has real parts @ a great price/
Also the crew cares about you and the car

Dan’s Automotive in East Hartford sent me to Cesar’s for an alignment problem (car pulling to the left). From the moment I arrived, everyone was courteous and attentive, despite the fact that they were busy. The place is clean and well organized. I was offered I ride, but I chose to wait. Although Town Fair Tire supposedly aligned my wheels (twice!), and according to them I needed a costly replacement of parts, Cesar’s diagnostic showed the alignment was still way off. They adjusted it and resolved the problem. Their pricing is fair.

I bring my 2007 BMW 530i in for oil change, transmission fluid change and radiator services. They broke my housing oil cap cover without letting me know. They used a wrong oil filer, and used a wrong washer for the oil bolt. As the result, the oil was leaking after the oil change. Also, they broke the indicator of my coolant reservoir. They did not let me know anything, until I have my oil change at another location.
Stay away. They said they are expert in foreign car services, but they are not. They dont know how to fix BMW.

Cesar has been repairing my cars for over 20 years. I have found him to be so good and so honest that I have literally followed him from one business to another. More than once he has saved me money by recommending action that was not to his profit. I have found his pricing to be extremely reasonable. I have referred many friends to him over the years and have never heard anything but good updates afterwards. I hope I never have to go anywhere else.

Good customer service is so hard to come by these days. I did not realize that places like Cesar’s still existed. My first experience with Cesars was when I needed my headlight replaced. Carmela was welcoming and friendly as she took my information and assured me that my car would be ready by noon. I ended up picking it up later in the day. Imagine my surprise when I went to pay and she let me know that this first one was on the house! The next time I brought my car in was for an oil change. They were already closed but I explained that I had really allowed my oil to get quite low so I may have to take it elsewhere. Once again I was impressed when she asked one of the mechanics to check my levels to determine if it really could wait till the next day. She did not want me to ruin my engine. Bright and early the next day I dropped it off. This time the owner himself (Cesar I’m assuming) did my intake and was just as friendly and accommodating as Carmela was. I generally bring my car to chain establishments for general maintenance like this but Cesar’s has won a new customer!

Honestly, I’m not sure what to think of Cesar’s. As a female, it is very hard to find a trustworthy mechanic. Long story short, I had a very strong oil smell coming through the vents in my car. A coworker recommended Cesar’s so I took his advice and went to an estimate first. The woman who works the front was very nice, Cesar seemed to be in a bit of a rush but that was understandable since it was close to the end of the day. After about 20 minutes of waiting, I was told I needed to replace the front and rear oil valves and that something else had to be torqued. Total cost was about $ 430.00…I don’t know anything about cars so I didn’t know if the price was decent. I decided to go to another shop to get a second opinion. The other mechanic told me something different. He said it wasn’t worthwhile to replace the valves as I had other leaks coming from the engine due to the age of my car (11 years old). He said I could replace them if I wanted to but unless I could fix every single leak the oil smell might eventually come back. He recommended tightening the bolts which he said were very loose and cleaning the oil off the engine. Total cost …$ 45.00. You can take a wild guess who I went with and guess what almost 2 months later NO OIL SMELL. Bottom line: although they were nice at Cesar’s, I wonder if they were looking out for me or themselves.

I’m a fellow shop owner Rick’s Auto Repair LLC. Ceasar has the latest and best shop equipment. I have sent some of my customers to him when I have to much work.

Cesar is the best! My family has been using him for years and I drive up from New Haven with my car whenever I need anything or have a question because I trust him so much. Everyone who works there is nice and Cesar is a great guy who is honest. This place gets my highest reccomendation for sure.

Cesars is awesome… had my rotors replaced and about 10 months later had a problem with them. He took my car right in and called to say the work was free and under warranty. He could have made something up and charged me but instead did the right thing. Very few good mechanics out there but I highly recommend him