Barragan Transmissions

Took me a little while to finally write my review but here we go, I was recently referred here by my brother-​in-​law, once my honda passport (2000) failed on me. In all honesty I was ready to sell it rather than invest, however she was recently paid off and she took care of me during my military career. At first I was reluctant to come here because I like so many others check reviews but JUAN took the up most care of her. She needed a a full tare down. He quoted me an affordable price and pick up within five days. Later he found out that the damage was much worse than expected, after informing me I assumed the price would go up. Juan not only took care of ALL damages but still charged me at the original quoted price. Although it took up to seven days instead of five he not only constantly checked in but kept me very informed of what exactly was being done with my vehicle. In all I highly recommend, and I am very appreciative! She will be due for a check up in six weeks I will continue a second review.

I got referred here from a friend as some of the other reviews stated as well. In late winter 2008 but 1991 Honda Accord’s transmission went out; the odometer read 165,000 miles. I waited almost 2 years to get it fixed. It just sat in my garage. Then a friend let me know about this place. Josie and Anthony were so nice. They gave me a quote of $ 800.00 for rebuild the transmission. It took about a month. In the mist of all of it, Josie called me to let me know that the computer in the car was not working properly as well and she went ahead and ordered a new one and put it in for me! Needless to say my car just passed the 205,000.00 mile mark on the odometer! Still runs as good as new!!!

The other reviews really say it all. The poor business practices of Josie and Anthony are enraging. In an effort to keep it short, I’ll do my best to sum up my month long debacle with Barragan Transmissions.
A friend referred me to Barragan Transmissions after my transmission failed. I live in Southern California and my truck broke down near San Jose, CA, so there was some coordinating that needed to be done. When the work was done, I flew to San Jose and drove my truck home that night. The truck made it back home to So Cal and the next morning, the transmission failed again.
Their warranty states they will replace the transmission if I get it back to the shop. Unfortunately for me, that is what it all came down to. For nearly a month, they had me send it to shop after shop, every time claiming they were not responsible for the transmission failing, instead claiming the truck had other issues which was the reason for the failure.
Mechanic after mechanic told me the same thing; the reason the truck is not driving forward is because the transmission has failed. It still is baffling to me how many different ways Josie would spin that to benefit her position.
After disputing the charge with my credit card company, Josie ultimately won because of the verbiage in the warranty. I couldn’t justify the cost of having the truck towed up to San Jose and the cost of driving it back yet again when I wasn’t happy with the work done to the truck in the first place. In the end, I ate the entire cost of the transmission job, in addition to the added up cost of multiple tows to different mechanic shops.
If nothing else, stay away just to spare yourself the headache of having to deal with Josie. She’s a handful.
BTW, at the time my review is posted, there are only 2 positive reviews for Barragans. One of the positive reviews is written by a user who has written just that 1 review. Suspect. The other positive review is written by a user with 4 total reviews, 2 of which are positive. The 2 positive reviews are for auto shops. The first for Barragan. The second is for an auto shop where the review starts, «Thanh is one of the two service stations I trust (the other is myself).» Very suspect.

DO NOT GO HERE!!!
This place is a nightmare. They fixed my transmission but didnt fix the problem so the rebuilt transmission they put in burned out less then 100 miles. They said that it was too late to utilize their guarantee… well they are the experts why didnt they repair the problem in the first place? I asked a high school kid and he told me it was the radiator not working and cooling the water to cool the transmission. Finally they agreed to fix it. I left it there and they left it in the sun, under a tree?, with the yard dogs for a year!!! Every time I asked about my car they said you have a second car to drive right… that my car was disassembled and that they will get to it. 1 year later… I got my car back. The paint was rotten, there were rats nest under the hood, dog paw scratches and the reverse lights didn’t work. Since it was sitting for so long the gaskets and others seals were leaking and the gas was rotten… HELL!!! The owner wanted me to donate the car to them…(I had to go buy the new radiator for them using their business account… WOW!) like they were doing me a favor. I cant believe they are still in business. My car has not been functional since. it was suppose to go to my son who now doesn’t have a car for college.

A friend of ours referred us to this place and I will never have mycar serviced here again! They kept saying that they were going to come by our home to check out our issue and estimate it. They would set up times with us and never show then when they did they said nothing was wrong even though the car wouldn’t even start. So, reluctantly they gave us an estimate and took our car to the shop. Initially they estimated it at one price then when we called weeks later to find out when we should be getting it, they give us the run around and told us that there were other parts that were being ordered and gave us a completely HIGHER pricing, when were they going to call and let us know? After the fact? Then they told us we would be getting it one day and when that day came and went and didn’t get a call WE called them to be told it wasn’t going to be ready for another week! Then over a week went by and did not received a call! This went on for 3 more weeks! So we get a call telling us that it was ready and he needed the money THAT very day, after we had been NEEDING it and EXPECTING it for weeks! When we pick it up it was filthy, completely out of gas (even though the shop was about 4 miles away), and looked like they had used it for their work, grease marks on the inside! I will NOT be refering any work their way!