Placentia Radiator & Auto Repair

Louie is a gentleman and a true Car Mechanic Messiah. He has worked on my 1994 Bronco and has ALWAYS done clean and exacting work for a very fair price. I trust him more than any other mechanic I have ever worked with. I come all the way from Big Bear Lake to have him do my work when I am in town. I have no problem trusting Louie to do a good job. I have paid less at other places and soon found out that «Bottom line is… the sweet taste of low price will soon give way to poor quality». My sister went to him for her brakes and is completely satisfied! Thank you Louie!

This is the only place I take my truck for whatever it needs! I feel blessed to find a auto repair place that that is honest and I can trust. The owner and employees are wonderful, friendly, very helpful; and my experience has been that they have always done a great job on any work that I’ve needed done, I can get my truck in quickly, I know I’m going to get a fair price and that only the work that is needed will be done. I highly recommend their service to anyone!

My mom had a terrible experience here. She called about getting the breaks fixed in the car, and the man on the phone said it would be $ 110 to get the breaks fixed. When she got there, a woman told her it would actually end up costing $ 220 so she told her that wasn’t what the man said and it was too much to pay, which led to the lady telling her she was an idiot for thinking it would be that cheap. Then she told my mom she was going to charge her $ 40 just for inspecting the car, which is supposed to be free. After my mom refused to pay and decided to leave, the lady told her to never come back, as if she was ever planning on it. I can’t believe how rude that woman was. Safe to say they lost our business today!

I thought Louie and Lynn were honest people but I was horribly wrong. Louie agreed to replace the engine in my son’s car for ¾ of the money down. Lynn, stating that she was trying to help me since I was a single parent, signed a written contract to take $ 100/​month on the remaining balance. I had to have the car towed back about 2 months later because no oil had been placed back in the car. They kept the car for 2 weeks then called me and said the car was back in their shop but I couldn’t get my car back unless I paid them the remaining $ 1200 that day. When I asked about the contract which they had already accepted a payment on, I was told it didn’t matter because the City was making him move so they were holding thecar until the money was paid.
I borrowed the money to get my car out but it turns out they lied to me and never fixed it. It still doesn’t work. I didn’t have much trust in mechanics and repair shops before and thanks to them, I will never again.

Pep boys quoted me over $ 600 for a new radiator. Louie and Lynn quoted me $ 225. Since they’ve been in business since the 1950’s, I’m going with Placentia Radiator on this one.
I was referred here by my dad, who has been going there for decades. They are a simple shop and produce great results. They will talk to you (unlike at mindless order takers at pep boys) respectfully and charge a [more than] fair price.
Great service, great prices, trustworthy people in an otherwise untrustworthy industry.