Sawyer Automotive

The turbo on my Subaru blew.
Sawyer refused to replace it because «they didn’t want to take up room in their bay» (direct quote).
I found a brand new turbo on Craigslist for $ 700, installed it myself in 5 hours, and drove the car for another 40k miles before I sold it.
While at the Subaru dealer picking up some parts I needed to install my new turbo (oil feed line, washers, etc), they informed me that Sawyer had a history of unsuccessful turbo installs, and that they were no longer doing turbo replacements.
Beware.

These guys are the best there is. We’ve been using them for years and have never once had a problem, In addition, they’ve saved us tremendous amounts of money. For example, the Subaru dealer wanted to replace our catalytic converter when the heat shield came loose — Sawyer fixed it for $ 25. Toyota wanted $ 400 for a carb repair on a friend’s old Camry — Sawyer fixed it for $ 10 by spraying with cab cleaner. They replaced our front brake

Been coming here for 20 years with our cars, our children’s cars, and my companies cars. Ray and his family are the most honest people you’ll ever find anywhere. They will bend over backwards to help you in any situation.
I’ve read the few bad reviews here and they’re written by people who never write a good review on any business. That’s just plain stupid and unreasonable.
In this day and age integrity means everything and that’s why I will always keep coming here.

Love this place! Great mechanics and super office staff. Are they cheapest around? No. Sometimes the lowest cost repair is not the best repair. Don’t get me wrong — Sawyer’s prices are definitely fair. Sawyer uses quality parts — not the cheapest crap off the internet. As well they do quality work & I am ok with paying a bit extra for that. If you are a price surfer — you should probably go some place else. However, if you want reliable, honest, knowledgeable people working on your vehicle — this is exactly the place you should be!

Place is terrible. Noticed plug for oil was loose so wanted to get it tightened to not lose any more oil. Went in and asked if they could toghten or show me what’s wrong… really not that hard. 20 minutes later they show me a bent washer and a $ 30 bill. Gee thanks. Went in for advice not service. Didn’t even give me a choice. If I knew you were gonna charge me $ 30 for a 10 cent washer I would of opted not to and fix on my own. Best part? Didn’t even work! Still losing oil from plug. Awesome job guys. Really appreciate it. Solved nothing and cost me money.

Asking too much to repair ball joints and said they were all bad on one side when only the upper was bad on one side and the lower was bad on the other. Also claimed there was an exhaust leak and there wasn’t one. Incompetent mechanics won’t go there again and wouldn’t even give them one star if there was an option.

Sawyer’s has gone from Amazing to unreliable. Old School Sawyer’s is great: honest, work done well and a fair price.
New Sawyer’s is unreliable (have had to bring cars back, work done improperly, and other sketchiness).
Frankly as a mechanic fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me. While they might not be a total 1 star, I can’t recommend them and won’t be going back, therefore, 1 star.

I was up in the area traveling for work when I hit an ice patch and slid into a curb. the guys at sawyer did a great job and got me back home on schedule. this included getting a difficult part from a dealer overnighted etc. I felt the work completed was done well. they showed me the bad part and the rates seemed very fair especially since all my repairs were out of pocket.
highly recommend.

You know how you always nod your head when a mechanic explains what needs to be done with your car, even though you really don’t understand and know that you will be paying much too much for what they do? Sawyer is the opposite of that. It’s the kind of place that you’d imagine Mr. Cleaver went to – no frills, honest, and reasonable. They do what needs to be done, and don’t soak you for it. Unlike other repair shops I’ve been to, I don’t leave there feeling I’ve been fleeced. Nice people, excellent work.

High quality service!

From the 2 good reviews above, it seems that they really do a good job and «actively try and find the most cost efficient ways». But my experience is not really like that.
I have a old 93 Honda. And I were pretty sure that I got some problem on my CV joints. So I brought my car in Sawyer Automotive, let them diagnose it and give me a estimation.
They confirmed that I need replace both front axles. The part is $ 140 for each and labor for one side $ 140 for both side $ 240 (they said that was a deal they gave to me). Total is $ 520.
I did ask if this fix could be any cheaper in any other way, but got the answer this is the best they can do. And sure, they don’t take any parts custom bring in.
I did a little research online, the best price for new part I could find is only $ 50! And they also try to charge me like 3 hours labor for that and call it a deal!
I end up to find another decent place do the same job for $ 240, $ 75 for each axle and 90 for labor. I were waiting there and I just took well less than 1 hour.
Maybe they do decent job, but I don’t know since I just cannot take their price.

I imagine a 5-​star auto repair shop would give complimentary massages and unlimited cappuccino refills. A 4-​star auto repair shop is friendly, clean, helpful, does great work and charges for the hours they actually spend on your car. That’s Sawyer. I recommend them to all my friends, and know that when my daughter takes her car there, she’s going to get the same honest treatment that I do.