Varga Auto Repair & Transmission Center

Hello,
I went to Varga Auto Repair after reading reviews on «
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The way they billed me for the parts and labor is fishy and not trustworthy. They billed me $ 200 for a part which can be purchased at autozone for $ 98. And they did not show me the original bill for the part.
Autozone part has 3 years warranty and the part sold by varga transmission shop had 1 year warranty.
[2] They charged me $ 100 for labor and when i checked a youtube video on replacing that part, it takes less than 30 minutes to change that part. Seems that autoshop billed me for 90 mins labor charge instead of 30 minutes.
Overbilling to customers is what makes this autoshop not so honest. That was my experience.
Thanks.
j.

Today my fiancé and I had our car (2004 VW) serviced at Varga. We chose this shop because we needed an issue dealt with quickly, it was one of the first Google search results and it’s only 4 miles away from our house. When calling to schedule the appointment, Frank, the shop owner (I believe) was incredibly friendly, helpful, and was able to get us an appointment for the very next morning. The service required was to have an aftermarket pipe swapped out for the original component of the cars exhaust.
Upon arrival, the shop was in a safe looking neighborhood and was very clean inside. Friendly Frank greeted my fiancé at the desk and promptly got the car into the service bay, which was also clean relative to most other auto repair shops. The mechanic that did the install (younger guy) was pretty friendly as well. Once the work was completed, the mechanic brought the car around and Frank rang my fiancé out, even giving him a 10% military discount (much appreciated!).
Once the car was started, the Check Engine Light (CEL) came on. My fiancé pointed this out to the mechanic, who ran some diagnostic tests and said that one of the O2 sensors was faulty. Since the car only has 20k miles on it, and there was never a CEL before, the mechanic basically admitted that he could have disrupted the proper functioning of the sensor when he was swapping the parts out. He said to drive the car a bit to see if the light goes off.
My fiancé took the car to a local VW dealership (see review for Reydel VW) for a quick second opinion. They agreed that the work accomplished in the morning most likely was the cause of the O2 sensor failure. My fiancé wrote a message to Frank through their website and Frank responded very quickly. Even though it was after hours! Frank agreed to install a new O2 sensor for us at no charge. Talk about customer service.
I would recommend anyone with exhaust issues to use Varga on Joyce Kilmer and deal directly with Frank. I will be sure to update my review once the new sensor is installed and the CEL is gone! We’ll be cruising in our VW in no time!

Be aware their estimates are misleading
you will end up paying five times what you
may pay else-​where and get unnecessary
work done that you may not even need

Stay far away !!! I went there to get my transmission rebuilt after it was in a flood. They told me $ 75.00 to take it apart and give me an estimate on how much to rebuild it. They quoted my $ 400.00 for parts and labor. I told them to do it and when I went to pick it up they raised it to $ 647.00. They also told me that you could not buy gaskets for my trans and found out after that they make a gasket set for $ 12.00. I would stay far away from this garage. They did nothing but lie from the start and overcharge me !!!