AAA Hybrid Battery Repair

After reading the reviews on Unilocal about AAA hybrid battery repair, I decided to give Chris a call. Chris was very pleasant and professional on the phone. I decided to have my Prius towed to his shop for an estimate. He called me right away and explained to me that the hybrid battery needed to be replaced. His price was 60% less than the dealer and he could have the car ready by the next day. Picked up the car and met Chris (super nice guy) don’t let the location throw you. Car is running great, thanks Chris!

This dude knows a bit about cars and even a bit more about hybrid and plugin technologies. THE place in SD area to go if you need an expert to take care of your car. His name is Chris and he would say that his tesla is better than my s-​class, but even then i would not go anywhere else. Oooo he is also a pilot. So start talking about plains and he may forget to charge you for this and for that huguhu

I grew up in Las Vegas, where back in the 80s and 90s there was only one requirement to become a mechanic: a lack of morals. Seriously, these guys were DIRTY and UNSCRUPULOUS, and it «scarred» me for life.
So these days, my #1, #2 and pretty much #3 through #50 criteria for a mechanic are: can I trust them. And while, in general, my experiences in California (since 1998) have been much better than the bad old days in Vegas, there still haven’t been that many mechanics I’ve met whom I knew I could trust unconditionally.
Chris is one, though.
A few months ago, my 2007 Altima Hybrid died completely while I was driving, and would not start again. A red light indicated that it was the hybrid battery — something which I had been expecting to happen at any time, since the car had almost 180k miles on it.
I towed it into AAA Hybrid Battery the next day. I was a little concerned when I saw the location, which was buried down an alley in a not-​so-​nice part of National City, but I had seen good reviews on other sites, and they had a great price (about 20% of what the dealer wanted!!!) so I decided to give Chris a shot.
Chris checked the car overnight, and then advised me that it was actually the computer, not the battery, and he said that although he could do the repair, I’d be better off having it done with the dealer since they had the best computers for this type of job.
Ultimately, he spent a lot of time discussing repair alternatives with me, and ways that I could minimize costs while having the dealer do the work. I did wind up taking it into the dealer and eventually got it repaired through them.
But I felt beholden to Chris, who had spent a lot of time checking my car and my battery in detail, but hadn’t charged me ANYTHING. So I decided to go back to him and have him do a different repair on my car. The repair was not super important and was expensive, so I’d been putting it off for a while. Chris charged me around $ 500 (roughly 40% of what other places had quoted me) and did a fantastic job. And that sealed it for me: he had shown himself to be both trustworthy and competent, the two most important traits a mechanic can have!
Bottom line is that while Hybrid repair is a somewhat specialized field, Chris is a great mechanic whom I would recommend for Hybrid or any other repair that he advertises!

Chris really knows and understands the complexity of hybrids. He has maintained both of my 2001 and 2004 Prius vehicles. Chris upgraded the batteries in my 2001 Prius from Gen1 to Gen2 batteries. I could not be happier.
The air conditioning compressor and blower motor needed to be replaced on my 2004 Prius. The dealer wanted $ 1200, Chris did the repairs for less than half on the dealer wanted to extort from me.
The inverter failed on my 2004 Prius at 182,000 miles. The dealer wanted $ 4000.00. Chris found me an used inverter and saved me well over $ 3000.00 !
Great customer service, attention to detail, you will be pleased with AAA Hybrid !!!
Thanks Chris.