El Camino Automotive & Tire Center

I was referred to this place by a friend after my husband had an emergency with his car. I spoke with RJ and he made me feel calm and optimistic about our situation. From the minute I got there with my baby everything was very smooth and professional. The price was awesome and the work was done quickly and efficiently. I would highly recommend this shop to anyone in need of repair. I’ll be coming back for sure with any and all of my automotive needs. Thank you El Camino Auto for your service and welcoming attitude

I drive an adapted van from my wheelchair and the guys here have always been accommodating to my special needs. Excellent service!

I have been taking my 05 Nissan Murano here for 2 years. RJ & Ray go out of their way to help every single time. What I really like is that they monitor your car and check everything out when you take it in for routine maintenance. I love that they do not try to get me to repair something that is not yet broken, but will help me prioritize what needs to be done and when. I have recently moved to the Las Vegas area, but still schedule my repairs if I can with El Camino. RJ & Ray have been monitoring my suspension system and let me know that it was time… so we did the repairs when I was in town and it was a major service. A few days after returning to LV my car started leaking. I called Ray to ask his advice on what to do. He called me back & within 15 minutes he had researched and found a local mechanic for me to take my car to. He called ahead of time and explained my situation to Zach at Urban Auto Workz (see my other review for a mechanic in the LV area!). Long story short, El Camino arranged for my repairs (which was a simple axle leak) and covered the cost since I had just had my car in with them. This, to me is unheard of in the auto repair business where every mechanic seems to be out for themselves and sometimes takes advantage of customers who do not know any better. Bravo Ray & RJ at El Camino Automotive for helping a damsel in distress! If I could give you 10 stars I would!!!

Extremely impressed with El Camino Automotive & Tire Center! Awesome customer service! If you want quality work, at a great price go see these guys. They did a great job on my fiancés work van. They are very honest, professional, friendly, and extremely helpful! They did a great job in a very timely manner. Shout out to Ray and RJ! Thank you againWe live about 40 minutes away, but we’ll be coming to see these guys whenever we need work done, and you should too! Highly recommend to friends, neighbors, and family. Spread the word!

Please if you give this place a bad review you must be crazy or worse. I have been coming here for years and would go no place else. RJ and Ray go way out of their way to help everybody. If they cant fix your ride they send you to someone who can and I know nobody who doesnt love these guys Prices are good and service is better I wont even buy a used car unless they agree to work on it

My friend’s car broke down in front of a ford dealership. She had them look at it for convince. They gave her a $ 850 estimate. She was told by a neighbor to have elcamino auto look at the car. We had it towed to el camino. We didn’t give them the estimate from ford. They gave her a bill for $ 405. And were so nice! I highly recommend this car shop. Infact we went to get a rental car amd when they asked us where her current car was another employee chimed in amd said «oh I heard that is a great and honest place» well they were right. So if you need a car repair go to elcamino auto!

The best place togo RJ the owner is so understanding. Trust him 100 percent and thats golden. If you have car problems Elcamino Auto and Tires is the place togo.

RJ is the best! El Camino Auto cares about your safety and have great pricing! They will let you know what must be done, what will need to be done if not urgent and when plus if your vehicles needs a service which they do not provide, they refer you to who does and offer to check everything is up to par after that. If you want an honest, trustworthy, capable and affordable auto service then this in my opinion is the place…

I just want to give a shout out to RJ and his crew at El Camino. They have consistently helped me every way possible in getting me the cheapest price and getting the job done with my car! I can’t thank them enough!
Good looking out fellas!

Thank you RJ for always making «my emergency» less of one! You and your staff are always helpful, friendly and have taken care of my and my friends automotive needs. I will always recommend you!

These guys are awesome. Honda dealer in San Juan said I needed $ 1500 of work done. These guys looked at it and showed me it was unnecessary.
I will definitely come here when my car needs real service.

Cannot say enough about this place!!! Great customer service! Great deals and took care of every need!!! I refer everyone I know there and will definitely return!

Our family vehicles have been serviced by El Camino /​RJ for at least 15 years — when he was working out of the Shell station south San Clemente. We have/​had Honda’s, Toyota’s, GM/​Suburban and a Ford Truck.
There is no better feeling than to have a reliable, honest auto mechanic. As important as having a reliable physician! We all hope professionals will be trustworthy, fair and ethical. RJ and his staff have been that and more.
For example, recently my college-​age daughter and her 13 year old Toyota were soon to be departing; driving off to a new semester and a road trip. Being the cautious parent I asked Phil to give the vehicle a check up. The inspection over, I was told all was in order, to come pick it up — no service/​repairs needed, no charge! (and no phony, trumped up repairs like you would get elsewhere).
We TRUST and HIGHLY recommend El Camino Auto, RJ, Phil and all his staff.

I was driving back to San Diego after graduating from Los Angeles in the beginning of the month and I swerved to avoid a car and ran over the side orange reflectors. I exited and found that I had a flat tire. I wasn’t sure what to do and it was almost 5, so most of the auto repair stores were about to close. I called a good handful and wouldn’t be able to get there in time to fix my car because I also had to get a tow truck to transport my car. I finally called El Camino Automotive and Tire Center and they were very nice on the phone and were able to accommodate to help replace my tire. When I arrived I let the guy know that I had called earlier and he looked at my tire and told me that he can do it no problem. He even said that if I didn’t have a spare he had a tire around that’s the size for my car. I informed him that my spare was probably flat and he said that he can easily put air in it for me as well. When he was done I asked him how much was it going to be, and it was on the house since it was only a tire change. Really nice great people. They really helped me out since this was my first flat tire that I had to deal with ever. Recommend these guys definitely.

Honest and reasonably priced automotive service. Highly recommend these guys.

Unfortunately I went in here with 1 problems and left with 6. They said one thing at one location and then switched it at the other. Gave me a price one day and switched it the next (on the same repair) So disappointing to have spent money to have my car damaged further. I can’t believe they have been able to stay in business this long. I guess they pick and choose who to take advantage of and who to help. Update: I was told it would be $ 890 to fix my cars 3 things wrong with it to find out it was just a $ 5 dollar hose a friend of a friend in his homes garage fixed who wouldn’t accept $ 20 for, because it was that simple to fix. I guess the other three repairs were just their idea of fun?! So sad :(

These guys really helped me out last weekend. I’m a plumbing contractor in SC. My van started misfiring between calls and I rolled it in to El Camino. I went in without an appointment, and was able to get excellent service and turn around to be back in business without skipping a beat. Within an hour I was back on the road to take my next call. Highly recommended!

On vacation from Phoenix and our cars fan blower quit. The guys at El Camino Auto trouble shot the problem and offered it as no charge as the blower motor worked on the bench and when it was reinstalled in the car. I opted to have them replace the blower motor knowing that it might fail again soon. There price was fair and they provided transportation from and back to their shop at no additional cost. I found them from the local phone book. They started the repair at the time they told me to arrive kept me updated via phone during the repair and finished it by the time promised. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS SHOP TO ALL.

My car overheated one day in a store parking lot. I had a nice guy pull up and tell me about this place. Took it in and they noticed something was unplugged that made the fan not turn on and cool it down. My coolant cap needed to be replaced and he suggested I run next door to buy a new one, instead of them doing it and charging me for it.
It’s been so long since that first time there, I don’t remember all the details. I do know they have looked at my car many times and told me small things wrong that I could do myself and do not charge me. RJ the owner has always been friendly, honest and has me going back when something needs to be looked at or fixed on my car.
I felt guilty going to EZ Lube to do a fast oil change. They tried to get me to do another service and I told them I go to RJ for that. I know they get really busy and that is the only reason I went somewhere else that one day for an oil change. I even heard EZ Lube tell a lady to go see him for her cars issues. So others are recommending them too.
They opened up another location off of Ave Pico and the original is on El Camino Real. Being so busy every time I have gone in, is a good thing for them. Opening up another location is a very smart thing to do so they do not lose business with people walking away if the wait is too long.
He has always been fair with the work they have done & the staff has always been super friendly with me. They never try to do work that does not need to be done. In fact, they tell me the car is fine when I think something is wrong and it isn’t. That shows it is an honest company.
They told me last time I went in, that they didn’t know what was wrong with it, so it’s been in my garage until I can take it to the dealer to pay to diagnose it and maybe fix if it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. I removed a few stars and updated my review, as I have to go to the dealer from now on. They did keep my car running and the cost wasn’t sky high.

Its been two years since this incident, but it keeps fresh in my mind, so maybe I’m just a grudge holder, but I felt it should be known.
My car battery died. So sad. The tow truck driver suggested El Camino, said they were honest. Took me there, they said I needed a new battery. I said, okay, how much? they said, the battery will be $ 80 plus labor. I was astounded, and said, «Well, that better be a Volkswagen made battery to cost that much» the guy said, «yup!» and I agreed. I came in, picked up my car, paid the $ 120 and went home. Noticed on the way home my radio wouldn’t work (this will figure in later). I figured I would pop the lid and see what a VW battery looks like and I was surprised to find it looked identical to a die hard battery with the same label on it and all!
I called the O’Reilley (two doors down from El Camino) and asked what that would run. They said about $ 40, but they had sold their only one in stock today (figured I knew just what that last one looked like).
I proceeded to call El Camino and explain the situation. Their response… well, we thought the battery was going to cost $ 60 so that’s what we quoted you for. I responded, but you charged me $ 80! Their response, «well, we have to make a profit.» After my utter disguist that charging me $ 40 for a 30 minute job wasn’t enough for them they offered to refund me the $ 20 they saved over their estimate (how kind).
Since I had to come in anyway I asked them if perhaps they had broken my radio. They said no, we did not, it was reset when we changed the battery. I looked up how to reset it and the resetting didn’t work, it didn’t have power. I asked them to look at it again (assuming once they had already been repremanded by me once, they would not think to pull similiar bs again). They said there was a short somewhere in the wiring and that they would have to charge me to look at it and it may cost hundreds to fix. Needless to say, I went 9 months without a radio because I don’t need it THAT bad.
My life took a few twists and turns and I ended up deciding I could fix it myself, all powerful woman that I am, and after some cosultation with the internet I tried the easiest thing first, the fuse box. Voila! Radio good as new… no short, just a few, cost me $ 20 to buy a whole fuse set…
These guys are theives to begin with, and either they’re idiots or jerks… not sure, but I won’t take my baby there anymore.
Again, this was over 2 years ago now, so they may be under new managment, but if theres someone behind the front desk named BJ or DJ or something, don’t trust him farther than you can throw him.