Santa Auto Center

Amazing prices and amazing quick services. Highly recommended!

They’re quick, and knowledgeable and very helpful! Will be my go to tire place!

«Open on Sunday», although I don’t know what they’re open for. I got there and the lot was nearly empty, but they didn’t even have time for an oil change. Fail.

Amazing amazing amazing! I’m a female, so going into any auto repair shop can be nerve racking if you don’t know your stuff! Luckily, here… You don’t feel like you’re being forced into getting work done on your car you don’t need. All the staff here are honest, reliable, friendly, and work fast and efficient! This has become my go to mechanic … And I ditched jiffy lube ;) Take your car here! Don’t go elsewhere! I needed a new battery on my car, 2012 Honda Civic, and Javier said «we sell them here, but your car is new… I’m sure your warranty covers that, I’d check with your car dealer first, and if not, come back and I’ll give you a discount!» Honest man right there! He could’ve made a sale and not reminding me about my warranty, instead he told me! That’s when they really won me over… I’ve been back 3x after that for any car maintenance my car needs. Thank you guys so much!

Been going there for awhile, Mr. Koo is great, honest, and they’re pretty quick when it comes to fixing the cars. I’ve been going there for more than 10 years now and recommended to my other friends/​family members too. They basically fixed my car from battery change, oil change, tire, and almost everything on my car. Best one stop body shop that does everything.

Mr. Koo knows his stuff! Best Mechanic in the World!

I’m very sad to say I’m breaking up with Santa Auto. I loved coming here when Mr. Koo fixed my car but he’s doing more administrative stuff now and the guys he hired to work for him are sub par. I took my car there because it was overheating and the guy that looked at it totally missed the problem, supposedly fixed an oil leak (missed the leak of the coolant, which was kind of hard to miss given that I’m a girl who knows nothing about cars and I figured it out!!!) charged me an arm and a leg and send me on my way. Three weeks later the car is overheating again. Took it to another guy and viola the car is fixed. Mr. Koo if you ever read this, I want you to know that you are a great mechanic and an honest man, but you need to get rid of some of the people that work for you because they just cost you a loyal customer of 5 years:(

Excellent service, fair pricing, and friendly staff.
I live very close to here, and while the place isn’t much to look at– what auto repair shop is?– it’s pretty awesome. Before, I took my car in to have the AC serviced, which I was informed was all sorts of messed up and wasn’t worth fixing, so they didn’t charge me for anything other than the freon, which was about $ 55, if I recall. I’ve never had a recharge cost less than $ 80, incidentally. Also, whatever freon they put in must’ve had some kind of patching component, because my AC miraculously has continued to work in spite of mechanical failures and leaky hoses. Neat!
Most recently, I left the lights in my car on since the chime that reminds you to turn them off had broken, so of course I drained my battery (d’oh!) Someone tried to help me with a jump, but crossed the wires and therefore blew my fuse (double d’oh!) So once AAA came and started my car with a pair of scissors (? yeah really) I drove it across the street to Santa Auto Center and came in the morning. Because of the crossed wires, I wanted to make sure nothing else got fried in the moment, and I I needed an oil change, too. They checked it out, fixed it up, noticed I needed new brake pads, so I gave them the okay for that, and even fixed the sensor in my door that had made the light alert chime stop working (no more accidental dead battery mistakes!!!) All of this came out to an incredibly fair $ 120. Keep in mind the brake pads cost $ 80, so they’re charging hardly anything for labor. This is the best quality and price I’ve found in LA. Lucky for me that I can drop my car there and walk home within minutes, but I’d say it’s worth a trip if you’re further away!

Customer service was excellent. Came for an oil change and didn’t feel like I was being convinced to spend more money. They also checked out my car and refilled all the liquids for the engine. Would definitely come back.