Original Auto

Pure youngsters who dont do their job properly. We agreed on a price to change my exhaust but they didnt know how to put it in good so they had to charge me an extra $ 100 because they didnt know how to install it. These guys are armatures and dont have much experience.

Original auto is the best shop around. Chris is a great guy who does quality work. I would highly recommend this shop to any friends/​family. He did a great job on my exhaust in a good time frame. Great customer service and great work. Thanks again Chris!

I had them swap in a new transmission on my old miata and now take my TT supra for maintenance. They are very knowledgeable with just about every type of car/​bike. I have referred many people and have yet to hear anything other than positive feedback.

I have been a customer of Original for a few years. They are affordable and fast. Just left from a routine oil change, tire rotation, and air filter change. they had my car ready by the time I was finished with my meal next door. I drive all the way from west hills to Van Nuys because I trust these people. Thank you, see you for the next oil change!

I had Engine coolant reflush and change spark pluges and wire for VW Euro Van.
They did flush engine coolant but they did not put back hose clamp in position, It was Labor holiday, My car hose blowed up after I driving 3 hours on the 101 freeway, I found that 2 hose clamps were not in place, they did not put it back !!!, they also barely replaced VW spark pluges, they took out every hoses to reach the spark pluges, I was not feel good about it ‚
they just need a tool to pull out VW spark pluges. they just ruined my vacation and I had hard
time to fill up engine coolant and put hose clamp back to the position on holiday weekend. I will never go back this place again.

Stay away from this facility at all costs. I brought my sons car for an engine rebuild which lasted less than 100 miles. They assured me they were competent in engine rebuilds. The freshly machined block and head was destroyed from improper preparation and assembly. Tearing down the brand new cooked motor revealed that the block was not cleaned properly. The oil galleys and cooling passages were full of metal. The brand new oil pump pickup screen was caked with solid metal debris. In addition the valves were installed back in with what appears to be the wrong size valve spring compressor damaging the bearing journals the cams ride in. The damage was so severe the head and cams needed to be replaced.
All total this cost me in excess of $ 7K to have it done correctly by another shop as well as the car being down another 5 months.
Additionally the transmission appears to have been dropped as the bell housing was cracked which required welding to repair. Many of the bolts and fasteners were not OEM that were used in the rebuild. The new builder found many of the threads in the bolt holes cross threaded or completely gone. It appears an impact wrench was used for reassembly ignoring factory torque specs. On an aluminum block and trans this creates havoc.
The owner refused to share in any of the costs to have it rebuilt correctly.

Worst place ever. they installed a new muffler on my Jeep that was not installed correctly. it was rattling with in a week. The welding was cracked. I came back for the second time and supposably they re-​welded it and reinforced the the welding on the muffler. It wasnt until another week after that i had to come back again because the welding on the muffler had cracked again this time it wasnt fixable… at this point i began to feel that there quality and knowledge of welding was not good… it was after this That i decided to ask the owner for a refund. he agreed to it… but when i decided to shake his hand so that there wasnt any hard feelings he declined my hand shake… I was like wow… Anyhow the moral of the story is do not ever go there

Took in my s13 to put it kouki lights, they put in zenki lights, almost sure they put in worse quality air filters than the ones i had before, also had them install an exedy clutch, start. Driving and Theres a noticeable vibration around 3000rpm, went back, they said its nrmal and i have nothing to worry about. and they exchanged my engine mounts with hockey pucks without my permission, which i noticed 2 weeks after.

This place is a joke. The owner doesn’t care about your car. Him and his employees are always working on their own cars, and he only runs this business to fund his weekend warrior racing team. I took my car here to get a simple oil change, they over torqued my oil drain plug, and put in a dented economy oil filter and god only knows what brand of oil. They also replaced my high pressure power steering hose, and reused the old burnt power steering fluid. Oh, by the way it took them over 12 hours to do these two simple services, when the Honda dealer said 4 hours max for the PS hose. To add insult to injury, when I stopped by to see if it was ready they were dyno testing their own cars and my car had not been touched yet. I will never go here again or recommend it to my worst enemy.

I’ve been coming to Vlady and Vicente for almost a year now for anything I can’t do at home. Some jobs cost more then others but they know what they’re doing. The best part is they do modifications so they’re is never one way to do something! Prices are good but time consuming easily rolling over 4 hours of wait time. I’ve never left my car there I’ve always waited for it to be ready and talk to Vlady about my car and the work he’s doing. They are all young guys so everyone is easy to talk too. They take cash or debit or credit cards. I don’t have anything bad to say about these guys like the person reviewing they had there phone stolen. Only issue i did have was one of the other guys from the other side of the shop where they do hot rodding and hardcore mods he replaced the struts on on the front and was very careless he tore my cv joint boot because he let the control arm fall down for not being properly supported. I will never let that guy touch my car again. I only trust Vlady or Vicente. All in all they do a good job and if you’re curious you can ask questions and learn as much as you’d like about your car! The 4 stars are for the wait time and that other guy that tore my cv boot. Never an issue with Vlady or Vicente. I’m a regular so they all know me hahahaha!

I have yet to have much luck with these guys. Communication is poor and parts are cheap. I refer many of my customers to them and no longer will.

I got some work done today, Radiator and AC repair. Honest and Fair price.
I came in thinking I would have to purchase a new compressor. I asked Vicente to give me a quote. Before making any recommendations he assessed the car and told me all I needed was to charge the AC system. He also replaced the radiator. I paid a little over $ 350 for the work and parts.
I went to a previous shop two weeks prior where I was told I would have to buy a new compressor and work for my radiator would total $ 1,200.
He could have taken advantage and told me I needed a compressor. But he was honest. He also had someone drop me off so that I would not have to wait at the shop.
As a lady that doesn’t know much about cars, having an honest and fair mechanic is priceless.
I would have given them a 5 stars, but I think they can improve on proactive communication. They should also change their flyer because they placed a picture of a part to be the O in Original. But for the longest I thought the shops name was riginal.