Acme Auto Electric

Got electrical problems? This is the go-​to place to get them solved hands down. Price for electrical work is fair, however, everything else is charged on the high end (oil change for example). Their workmanship is quality, straightforward and they’ve been helpful in solving my car problems. Work can take a little long but it’s done right so be patient.

Super fast and friendly service! I wanted them to check on a wiring issue and he fixed it in like 5 minutes so he only charged me $ 12. How nice!

Well the reviews I read gave me confidence to check this place out and I wasn’t disappointed. I know nothing about cars and am always nervous about being taken for a ride (hehe) but they were great. Definitely no nonsense, but not for lack of personality, there just so damn busy!
Thanks guys!

It’s hot right now and everybody wants their air conditioner fixed. I called and he gave me an estimate of $ 100 – 150 to fix it as long as nobody else has worked on it. I made an appointment and he told me he would evaluate and do the repair within an hour, while I waited. I showed up and it was clearly a place whose services were in demand. The counter in the service department was covered with service tickets. The senior family member came in to ask what to say to someone on the line. The guy at the counter, who was going as fast as he could, looked up and said «No, just tell him no we can’t do it.» They were clearly swamped with a huge amount of business and just had to turn someone away.
This is not a place that wants to hold your hand. It’s an old school feeling shop. They want to figure out your problem and solve it. With people coming at them from all directions, they don’t have time for a lot of chit chat.
When the heat is on everybody wants a repair, NOW. They did everything they said they would do in a timely fashion. I got out of there for $ 131 including tax. Now that the AC works, my car feels brand new.

Great experience! I was referred to Acme by a friend. My vehicle’s locks were not working correctly. I took it in the morning last Thursday. They checked it out, found the problem. The parts had to be ordered & would take about a week, which I was ok with. I could have paid extra & got the parts sooner but I decided to wait. They called me, I brought it in this morning 830 it was ready by 1030. Labor was what was estimated & one of the parts they didn’t have to use so they took that amount off of my bill.
Overall great customer service from first time I called until locks fixed & I picked it up.

Called in for an estimate, or at least to make an appointment. Man on the phone was super incredibly rude, judgemental, etc. I was having an issue with my running lights— I was pretty sure we’d blown a fuse, but concerned maybe my headlight switch was the problem. He said he’d take a look at it and do nothing for $ 60, and that replacing the ignition switch would be between $ 250 and $ 600. That’s quite a range!
I took it down to AXIS, instead, and he was amazing and helpful and both diagnosed and fixed it (turned out it was a fuse) for about $ 40.
How ya gonna beat that?
Just think, if the guy hadn’t been so IMPOSSIBLY RUDE AND FLIPPANT on the phone, I may have let these guys suck my money! Glad it went to someone who deserved it.

On three different occasions over the years I’ve brought cars to Acme Auto Electric, and every time I’ve had a great experience with these guys. I recommend them based on the fact that they are HONEST (waaaaaaay to rare a quality in most auto repair facilities), and they’ve been very helpful in giving me information about how to deal with some of the various mechanical issues my vehicles have had so that I could do a little on my own. Their work is GOOD — I ran into a cop in their parts store who was waiting on his vehicle, and his quote to to me was, «I bring my car here because then I only have to get it fixed once.»
I see there is a negative review here on Unilocal,and all I can say is that I’ve never experienced such problems with these guys. They are old school decent fellows who aren’t out to rip off the customer at any turn. I recommend this place for people who aren’t car-​savvy, because they won’t try to take advantage of you. Everyone I’ve encountered there has been very decent and helpful.
Personally, I couldn’t recommend the place highly enough.

These guys do not give you the run around or try to empty your bank account. I got a thorough estimate of my charges. Erik is phenomenal when it comes to doing what he says he will do for you. Sure, it may not be all «warm and fuzzy», as one reviewer put it, for some. However, their business practices speak for themselves. They are straight shooters at this shop. If you want to pay for obsequious service with a side of highway robbery, go elsewhere, its your wallet!

I took my old 67′ classic Pontiac to Eric and the guys at Acme Auto Electric as a recommendation from a friend who had great results. There’s a concept, go with what others experience’s have been like. Well, to say the least, the guys figured out what was going on with my electrical problem and fixed or stopped the problem. They only did the work I’d asked them to do, and told me exactly what else needed to be done before I’d paid any more dough! I was impressed they resolved the problem, only because many others had tried and failed. Thanks Acme Auto Electric!

Solved longstanding problem.
After spending too much money at a different place for a temperature gauge that kept reading high without success, Eric at Acme Auto fixed it! I thought I would be doomed to hear the constant warning «ding» for the rest of the car’s life. By reading the other reviews, I was prepared to leave the car at Acme for a couple days to let the guys take their time. Eric got a temperature sensor from the factory (I have a 1995 Ford Windstar), but discovered it also needed a resistor. The folks there are very friendly and courteous and respectful of their customers. Their hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and they go to lunch from 12 to 1. They enjoy their jobs. Go there.

As someone else mentioned, it is an old school place with all that implies. There is nothing warm or fuzzy about the experience. We got a car’s a/​c and heating system repaired there at a rate of $ 95 per hour for labor. If the repairs were done correctly and hold up over time, it will have cost us less than going back to the dealer.

This may be the best place in Seattle to get your A/​C or electrical system fixed. They are old time, and yes sometimes crotchity old guys. They know their business. I have had them repair car air conditioning units the dealer would not touch and rebuilt the alternator off my boat. The boat alternator was a high output made in Australia unit. Nobody had parts but them. Good service, fair price, very straight forward. This is not McDonalds, when it’s 12:00 they go to lunch. Nothing gets done until 1:00 when they come back from lunch. A satisified customer.

Great experience for me. Went in with the brush block from my tractor starter, which had fried a brush lead. The starter is a Hitachi from very few applications, and parts for it are scarce. They were very busy when I walked in, and it took a loooong time to speak to one of the two guys working the counter. While I was waiting, I noticed a sign above the counter that posted the hourly rate for labor ($ 95) and the minimum labor charge ($ 59). I showed my smoked parts to the counter guy, and he looked up the starter number, determining that no parts were listed for it, that they could just try to match the brushes up with items in stock. However he said they couldn’t get to it that day. I told him I could leave it and come back. He considered this for a minute, then called a guy in from the back, giving him instructions on what to do with my part. It seems they were suddenly going to fix it on the spot.
There was a fresh copy of the Seattle Times in the waiting area, right beside a well-​worm but comfortable lazy-​boy recliner. So I sat down and proceded to read the paper. I didn’t get very far. The repair was done in under 10 minutes and the brush block came back looking brand new. They had media-​blasted it, soldered in new brushes and painted it with a rust-​preventative spray.
Then the bill – $ 25.00. I was dumbfounded. The work was quick, efficient and inexpensive. And beyond my expectations in terns of timeliness. I had been fully prepared to drop it off and come back at a later date to get it (roundtrip drive from Renton– 45 min each way) Not only did they give me a great service at an incredible price, but they saved me a LOT of time too, by giving me a quick trunaround.
I highly recommend this business for automotive electrical service

I took my car here for several reasons: I had just had a bad experience at another auto repair shop, it came highly rated by my co-​workers, and it was within walking distance to my home and job.
I dropped my car off on a Wednesday with possible battery problems and a newly broken radio (from the first car place) hoping they could help me. I heard nothing for the rest of Wednesday, nothing on Thursday, and nothing Friday morning. As a sidenote: I have a heavy work schedule of 10 hour days which begins before and ends after most auto shops have business hours. So calling or stopping by wasn’t an option. I thought they should have called me in that span of time to at least give me an update.
I called them on my half hour lunch break Friday (day 3 of my car being there) and (politely) asked for an update. The person who answered the phone was short with me and told me everyone was at lunch til 1 pm (after MY lunch break was over) I should call back later. That and he didn’t think they found anything wrong with my car anyway. I was pretty unimpressed with his customer service and the fact they seemed to be so inconvenienced by calling me. I didn’t think wanting communication in a 3 day period was a high-​maintenance request. I informed the rude man, THEY would need to call ME at work after their lunch.
My repairman called me promptly after 1 pm, and was very friendly. He said nothing was wrong with the car despite the fact it hadn’t started for me on 4 separate mornings. He said I could get the car anytime before they closed. Since that was an hour earlier than I get off work, I said I would have to get it the next day. He said they were closed on weekends, and would it be ok if I picked it up on Monday? Irate at this point, I said it would have to be ok since I didn’t have a choice. I also asked them to change the oil since the car would be there anyway. I finished up by telling my repairman I was concerned with the customer service I received at lunch. He said he would TRY to find out who answered the phone and «talk to him.» Sure.. .
Monday rolled around (day 6 of my car being at their shop) and I was able to pick it up during my lunch. My phone was dead (I have a lot of trouble with batteries, I guess) so I no longer had their phone number. I looked in the yellow pages and couldn’t find them. I can see their sign from my work parking lot, so I stepped outside to get the number. Not on their sign. So I just walked over unannounced.
My car was in their parking lot, hood up, as if they had been working on it. My repair guy came right over and said nothing was wrong with the car, except did I know the check engine light was on? Background: It’s a ’96 VW and that light has been on for the last 11 years. I’ve been told it’s just an irreparable Volkswagon thing by many other repair shops, so I wasn’t appalled. Except then the guy asked if I knew the radio was broken – the radio I had asked him to fix when I dropped off the car! I guess he didn’t look at that.. . He also said the car alarm ad randomly started going off.
My original problem wasn’t fixed. The radio that car place number one broke (for $ 40) also wasn’t fixed, and now my car alarm was also broken?! I was unhappy, but just wanted my car back. When I went to pay the $ 98 bill, the guy acted as if they had done me a favor by not continuing to try to fix my car. He said it would have run up my bill even more. I was sort of thinking that almost one hundred dollars for 2 unfixed problems and an additional problem was already extraneous.
Even though I know my own car is a piece of crap and maybe the problem too complicated for anyone but the dealer, I couldn’t recommend this place to anyone. Their communication is non-​existent, customer service atrocious, hours inconvenient, price high, and motivation to FIX the problem lacking. I did give 2 stars rather than 1, b/​c at least no one was evidently huffing the exhaust fumes.