David’s Auto Repair Service

I’ve had a few repairs done at David’s in the past three or so years, but that’s over now. All of them were done there only because of breakdowns near their location. Each time until now, the employees have been fairly pleasant, but it was definitely overpriced each time. This time, the pleasantness was gone, yet the over-​priced was still fully present. I found the owner, David, to be over-​the-​top smug and condescending, Will not be going back anytime soon. Be sure to check out other shops and read other reviews of this shop before considering going here.

Worst shop ever! My truck is 100x worse after taking it there! I was so mad I started crying. Left oil all over my floor boards and my Lincoln Navigator shakes and literally barely runs now. The owner DAVID is such an egotistical moron. He is condescending to women and the worst communicator ever. They WERE going to charge me $ 700 to install spark plugs. Whatever they did to «check out» my truck made it 100x worse. The engine lite is NOW on after being at David’s automotive. I had a bad feeling when I went up there and the way he was speaking to me. I should have ran. Trust your gut. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY! Run!!!

Beware of this place. Although the employees are very helpful and understand customer service, the owner is abrasive and careless. We were out of town when our car suddenly began sputtering. His shop was one of the only ones open, so we took our car there. The manager understood our predicament and sincerely wanted to help us. When the owner got involved however, he was more concerned about taking advantage of us. He told us our engine was shot and to replace it, he quoted $ 7500 to $ 10,000. When we went to the shop to get more information from him, he seemed insulted that we would question him. He offered to buy our car for $ 1,000 (he also sells cars). We decided to have our car towed all the way back to Tacoma and take it to our mechanic. Our mechanic diagnosed and fixed the problem for $ 600. He also spent a great deal of time (at no charge!) running tests and making sure that there were no other problems, just in case David’s Auto Repair had found something that he had missed. Ultimately, we saved roughly $ 8,000 by not trusting David’s. I advise you save yourself some money and do the same.

I wish I could give this creep no stars!
I was lured in by a special, an oil change for $ 25 ish. Claimed they would check out my car while I waited.
They saw me coming. As a working mom, I have to have my car during the work week. My regular mechanic only does monday to Friday. I will admit it had been a while since my car has been serviced, but I take care of my car and I have very low miles.
Anyway they got me in for the oil change then wanted to do my timing belt. Flush all my fluids and change me $ 50 to balance a tire that Americas tire would do for free. That’s what got me! Huge red flag this guy — the owner — wasn’t on the level.
Took my car back to me regular guy, he charged me $ 50 less than Dave’s quoted on the timing belt. Plus refused to flush anything. Said it wasn’t needed with my low miles. Then went to Americas tire where they didn’t charge me a dime to balance and rotate my tires.
Be ware!

Al was fantastic. He made sure my car was taken car of in a professional time efficient manner. He’s very funny and sweet even offered me a ride home of I needed while my car was being worked on. Definitely recommend this place to anyone the prices and services are worth it.

They do pretty good repair jobs, but they gouge on the price and are always trying to upsell more repairs on your car. I stopped going here and found a great little Father-​Son shop in Orchards.

David’s Auto Repair does indeed take the dis pare out of auto repair… but at a price!
This shop is on the more expensive side of shops around town especially when on straight time for electronic diagnosis. The mechanic (not technician) that was chasing a short to power on my vehicle took forever long to find it. His name was Tracy and I don’t believe that he is there anymore.
This is a great shop, kinda stuck in the early 2000’s as far as technology; but will attend to most if not all of your needs.