Kar King Auto

DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY! In January 2015, I purchased a transmission, had it installed, and 10 months later the transmission has failed. I offered to pay for shipping the transmission at my expense, have it repaired at his expense, and shipped back but, he refused to do so. George asked me what was wrong and to check for leaks or moisture (which there was none). After explaining to him about his faulty product, and to him agreeing it was «a bad product» and «bad luck», George exclaimed to me that I was being a quote on quote «Dick» after I was explaining to him about his faulty product and hung up on me twice. George seems shady, and as a customer, I did not feel safe doing business with him. I do not recommend. He doesn’t support his own product at all.

Ok this will be last update. I’m dropping my review down 1 star. My engine from Kar King has had nothing but problems after the 15 000 mile mark. So I have just spent an additional $ 1500 to replace a leaking head gasket, cam and crank oil seals, intake manifold and intake gasket. In my opinion any «rebuilt» engine should not have to this many major projects done. All of this required the engine to taken out, which is very costly in labor.
I will never use this shop again for an engine replacement.

George is a very shady business owner. I shipped my car to him to have a rebuilt 1zz engine put in my MR-​2. Two days after I received it back I noticed it was leaking oil from the head gasket. He refused to do anything about it. Already reported him to the BBB and apparently I’m not the first to do so. I recommend going elsewhere.

We got my Nissan Xterra engine replaced at Kar King because they had the best Price/​Warranty combination. I am SO glad we did, because George has been the prince of honesty and good workmanship. 1. He kept to the deadlines he set, and stayed in touch on the car’s progress. 2. He listened to all our concerns, and stood behind his repairs. 3. Every time he dealt with us it was with a smile (that is huge). We will definitely go back to George and Kar King again, hopefully not with an ailing family car, but with fun project cars, and donuts! Thank you George! Ken and Chris

Will never consider coming here again. Bought remanufactured engine for $ 2k. Supposedly had a full overhaul but found main bearing failure at only 2,000 miles on engine. crank end play was also way over spec. They should take the time to measure and double check all clearances. They clearly didn’t with my engine.

Transmission went out in my Mitsubishi. Kar King put in a re-​built transmission. Within 6 months I am now on my 4^th transmission from Kar King each with a different problem from the one before. The last install that Kar King did, they damaged the seal on my center differential, causing a leak which they refused to fix. They stated that it was not their problem nor did they cause the leak. Costumer service and product quality was far below my expectations and industry standards.

I recently had to have my engine rebuilt on my 1997 Mitsubishi Montero. I was referred to Kar King from a friend of a friend. The entire experience from start to finish was exceptional.
I know there are many variables in pricing, so each case is different but for me, I was quoted $ 1000 less than other quotes and that included them coming to pick up my car with their tow truck. During the time they were working on my car they noticed a crack in the exhaust manifold. They called the dealer and got the part for me, and put it on for no extra cost, just cost of the part. And had it all done in about 2 weeks. I then need a smog and was in a bind for time (son’s graduation) so they actually took it over to the smog shop and dropped it off for me, so that I could pick it up when it was more convenient and it didn’t hold me up on getting my car complete.
I would very much so recommend this shop to everybody I know. I will always start with Kar King when i need anything done to my car. They are not kidding when they say their customer service is 2^nd to none, and you do feel ROYAL as a Kar King customer.
Other things that were great: George is awesome, very communicative, easy to get a hold of him via phone or email. I love the email aspect, You really feel like they have not lost the aspect of how to treat a customer right in this age when alot of places just don’t pay attention to customer service.
Now the important part, the engine. My car started right up, and runs amazing! Their warranty seems comparable to other shops in the same field.
All and all… AMAZING!!! A very positive stand out experience. In my 20 years of driving this is the best mechanic experience I have ever had. Check them out, definitely go to them, you will not be disappointed.

Figured i could save a little time having a rebuilt engine shipped in to replace my dying one. boy was i wrong…
Camshaft in motor was trashed when it arrived, heavy grooves, no lube on camshaft. I did call them up on this and was told to send a camshaft into them. I sent the box with the camsh and then upon hearing from them again the cam wasnt in the box when it arrived to them (not their fault nor mine) but they did send out a replacement.
found used head-​bolts as well and portions of the cylinder head still had carbon and junk caked onto them. I used to do mechanic work for a living for QUITE a while and know what im looking at…
EDIT: Update 2÷7÷14
The engine i received from this place is now trash. The headgasket is leaking coolant into the cylinders and ive only had 10−15k on this motor as i dont drive it much. Radiator and hoses are all new as well as the thermostat and radiator cap since engine installation. Engine was never overheated or ever had any coolant leaks.
Great Quality karking… paid for a rebuilt longblock and got a junkyard motor. thanks…
Avoid
Would not do business with them again. shady engine building practices and overpriced.

They delivered to my job a rebuilt transmission. Picked up the core 1 week later at my job. Transmission has been in 4 months without any issues. This is definitely a great way to go when a major engine part wears out. I highly recommend this company. They took my credit card over the phone and I had the tranny by 9:00 next morning. Thank you Kar King.

My Gf car broke down and we had AAA tow it to Kar King. We needed to have the engine rebuilt. Kar King quoted us for $ 1500 to rebuild an engine for a 02 Honda Civic LE. That was the best price around and they were nice the whole time. George is also helpful he made sure were taken car of. We just got it back today and it runs just fine only time will tell though. If I ever need some engine or transmission work Kar King will have my business. Thanks George.

My 03 Matrix’s transmission broke down and I had to tow it, and I had to leave town to Denver for a week.
When I called Kar King, they were able to do everything on the phone with me, and within a week the transmission + clutch was replaced. The price was about 10 — 20% cheaper than others.

My transmission went out on my 99 RX 300 while I was living in San Francisco. It was more cost-​efficient for me to tow my car to Southern California and have the transmission replaced in Ontario! I found the best price with George at Kar King (500 $ less than in SF) and I was blown away at how quickly he replaced it. I was expecting to have my car be out of commission for weeks, but it was just a few days!
Highly recommended!

My son blew the engine on his 99 Mitsubishi Eclipse and we were told by our local mechanic that a new engine was needed. I had them research it for me and 4 days later they came back with a $ 5700 quote!!! We only paid $ 4500 for the car so I was debating whether or not to junk the car or go ahead and find another solution. I started searching the Internet for replacement engines and eventually made it to Kar King’s website. At first, I was very skeptical because their price for a re-​manufactured engine was about half of what USED engines were on other websites.
I started doing a lot of research about 99 Eclipses and some of their inherent engine problems. I guess there is an issue with «crank walk» and a lot of people suggested doing very complicated engine swaps to address the issue. Well, after reading on Kar King’s website about their solution to «crank walk», it appeared that they really knew their stuff. I called up and spoke to George about my problem and, not only was he very knowledgeable and never once stumbled when asked questions but he quoted me a price that was so good that I couldn’t refuse.
I took a leap of faith and had the car towed 70 miles to Kar King and delivered without ever seeing the place in person! George finished the car a day earlier than he said he was going to and for the exact money that he quoted. My son and I drove the 70 miles to pick up his car and I truly expected to pick it up from some greasy stripmall, fly-​by-​night garage from some mechanic who didn’t speak English. You know how you sometimes get a pre-​conceived idea of what something looks like? The price was so low that I expected just a nasty place in a nasty neighborhood.
BOY WAS I WRONG!!! Kar King is a very clean garage in a commercial park right off the freeway. George was right there to greet me and everything was perfect!!! The engine ran like a top — and still is after about 400 miles!!! No leaks, no greasy fingerprints on the paint, no problems at all!!! I was given a product and service that was second to none! Way, way beyond my expectations!!!
I, seriously, will never go anywhere else for an engine or transmission replacement… hopefully, I’ll never have to but, I know George is there just in case. Seriously, he was less than half the price of what my local «chain» mechanic quoted me!!!
Thanks guys!!!

Free delivery. Good price. Kar King was able to drop off engine at house. Unfortunately, they are not able to pick up for a core exchange. Which is why I dropped them to 3 stars from the previous 5. So far the engine seems of good quality. I would hold off on doing business with them until you get all the information. Nowhere on their site did I see that they did not pick up the engine at your place. I was very disappointed. I would look around at other places that might have a better system of delivery and pick-​up. For me driving to Ontario is another expense that they do not put on top of the engine.