All Tech Auto Repair

I would not use these mechanics again unless I lived in the area so they could do followup work. They put a new transmission in after mine failed on the NJ turnpike. I then drove back home which is over 500 miles away.
My worst fears of having this extensive work done on the road came true. The transmission seemed fine at first, but has gradually deteriorated.
I had to pay another mechanic for his labor to troubleshot transmission related issues, and even after that the gear shifts are very hard and abrupt.
Bottom, not the people to do extensive work if you get stuck passing through.

As a female (I don’t trust mechanics since I am car clueless) I was recommended this place by a close neighbor. After 4yrs of honest great service I highly recommend this Place! Juan the owner is great. JD is my mechanic there, but they are all great! It’s hard to find honest and professionals mechanics, except here. thats all you will find!

My cautionary tale about choosing All Tech as your auto mechanic for your beloved car:
I have been a customer of All Tech twice; once in April 2015 for a routine oil and filter change for my (then) sedan and once in July 2015 for installation of aftermarket front and rear sway bars in my current sports car. Each time I had issues, at first moderate to much more serious.
THE APRIL ENCOUNTER:
Upon calling for a walk-​in oil change appointment late one afternoon, I was told they’d take care of me, but only if I were local to them and left immediately because they had to get their guys home. A bit of a strange remark, but I drove there anyways for the oil change. Overall, the oil change went smoothly, but I was very unhappy to be told afterwards that my car was waiting for me on the other side of the street with the keys in the ignition. Fortunately, Palisades Park is a pretty good area, but I was not thrilled that they just left my car out there like that.
THE JULY ENCOUNTER:
This time, I called ahead regarding installation of aftermarket front and rear sway bars for my car. I was told to come in any time during the day, but lo and behold, when I went in during the middle of the afternoon, I was told that they usually don’t do this type of work that late in the day and that I should have stopped by earlier in the morning. Every time, I spoke to the same person, so not sure how they had such different expectations and guidelines each time. Nevertheless, they told me they could work on my car, but spoke in a manner that made it sound like a favor granted and not service rendered for payment. And to make things better, it started off with me standing in the waiting room, sway bars in hand, while the employee behind the front desk had a long friendly chat with the only other person in the room, completely ignoring the fact that I was there.
In terms of the installation itself, I provided All Tech with the manufacturer’s installation instructions as well as my own additional requests which I had clearly laid out in writing on paper. All Tech ended up ignoring most of these instructions.
!!!~~~~~ Please note that from the waiting room I could see into the service bay through large glass windows. ~~~~~!!!
1) From extensive research into the product and installation process, I conservatively expected both sway bars to be installed within an hour. After I specified they were aftermarket in an initial phone call, All Tech told me they would probably take one to two hours, but when I arrived at the shop, they showed surprise and said that they didn’t know it would be aftermarket, and it would definitely take two hours. Very questionable considering installation of aftermarket sway bars shouldn’t take much (if at all) longer than for stock ones. I watched my car sit on the lift for over an hour with no one working on it, and sudden rapid completion in about a half hour or so after I sternly told them that I didn’t want it running over into three hours of labor cost.
2) Installing the front sway bar requires removing the front wheels, so I specified that they NOT use any impact tools and instead hand torque with a torque wrench, which they verbally affirmed they would do. Then they proceeded to use an impact tool on my front wheel lug nuts.
3) Sway bars require ample lubrication in the bushings. Once I got home, the bars started squeaking uncontrollably, I took off the bushings for the rear sway bar to discover that it was bone dry and had never been lubricated with what was included in the sway bar packaging. I ended up having to essentially re-​install the rear sway bar myself to get everything properly seated and lubricated, with extra cost incurred of buying new lube and bushings.
4) I discovered multiple large globs of an unidentified mixture on various parts of my car. It was on my hood, roof, and various fenders. It was an off-​white creamy substance with flecks of orange, brown, and red. It looked like a hybrid of large avian fecal matter, caulk, and rust. Luckily it did not damage my paint, as far as I can tell, but was very angry that they treated one of their customers’ car like this.
5) I drive a manual transmission. When I looked at my stick shift knob, it was somehow manhandled to the point of being loose. The mechanic had managed to spin the knob a few times. Not sure why a mechanic cannot drive a stick shift. Additionally, when the mechanic started backing my car out of the service bay, he at the last moment remembered that he should probably close the driver side door so that he doesn’t hit random things on the way out. Just careless~
Overall, it has been a horrible experience with them. If you are like me and know a little something about cars and love yours, AVOID this place with a vengeance! If you DGAF about what happens to your car and how much you may get ripped off, please kindly go to All Tech.
Thanks and have a nice day!

I have been a customer of All Tech for many years now. My first visit to every visit after was and is a great experience. People who work there are honest, knowledgeable, and friendly. I have recommended to all my family, friends, and colleagues.

The story is below this, but basically very pricey, irresponsible, they don’t fix the problem, and I suspect they might’ve stolen a part of my engine.
I really went in wanting to like this place since a relative swore by Juan and his repair shop and I read these great reviews. I hope those reviews are genuine because my experience with this place was horrible. They are organized, neat, Juan is very polite and all, but they are very pricey, and on two occasions they have made my problems worse. The last time I gave them a visit took the cake.
i took my van to him since it was turning off at random on highways. He installed two expensive pieces and told me the problem was solved. I drove it home and it was feeling weird but I parked it and swallowed my paranoia. When I drove it to New York to take a friend, I noticed it had very little power going uphill and it turned off again once. I returned it to him and explained. He then called me claiming he fixed it and oiled some filters or something. I took it back home happy expecting he was right. Nope. Turned off three times during the weekend and was taking longer to turn on. Returned it, he did something. Turned off. So we decided we wanted to stop this cycle and asked for refund. He said he can take off the two installed sensors and reimburse that back to us. So I drove to his shop and noticed the van wasn’t really showing signs of struggle on the way to his shop so I decided to take it to college that night and see how it goes because I wanted to make sure the van wasn’t fixed at all. Big mistake. When I got back home it was smoking like crazy. The next morning I added all the fluids needed like coolant, brakes oil, steering wheel oil… Oh and I also noticed the engine cover was missing hmm… The next day, I took it to work. There was so much smoke coming out of my hood that I had to stop. When I open the hood, a big mess. Had to tow my van to my house.
I’m just so disappointed. Wasted time, money, and now I have a worthless van. This was a few months ago but a friend of mine called me yesterday angry saying he wont go back to that place because they always charge a lot and never fix the problem.
Gave me the motivation I needed to write this review.
Not recommended!

I’m so happy I found little auto shop. I have not been disappointed yet. Juan, the owner, is always so nice and honest. There have been a few occasions where I feel like he could have charged more, but you can see what a stand up, decent guy he is. He is so helpful. I feel really confident I’ve found my new go-​to-​guy for any car issues.

I had pre-​purchased struts put in. Took only about an hour and a half and the labor charges are fair. I would definitely come back here for other repairs. The guys at the front desk are also very friendly and made the waiting time fly by.

Honest, reasonably priced, efficient, and great customer service. I live in Boston, but have family in the area. So whenever possible, I always come here if I need anything done for my car. I’d give this place more than 5 stars if I could.

This place is just awesome. I went to 2 places for a Aligment after work. I got to the 1^st tire shop @ 4:40 they said it was 2 late they were closing @ 6pm? I got to the 2^nd shop same issue. I found All Tech on Unilocal.I got to the Shop @ 6pm. They did my aligment and I was back on the road driving b4 7pm. The car drives like new I will def be going back for other services and the prices are resonable for Bergen County!!!

Got stuck in fort lee. Battery died. And called AAA and expected things to be total disaster. But car started, thank god, went thru Unilocal reviews. Picked this place that has nothing but great reviews. So while we had cups of cappuccinos they changed to new battery. All people were very nice and helpful. The price was reasonable. 100% recommended.

Great shop with courteous service and excellent job at good price!
Took my Porsche to install a new set of wheels and these guys installed 20″ wheels/​tires flawlessly. Tirerack recommended installer who takes good care of the wheels when installing. All four wheels mounted and balanced without scratches! Highly recommended!

I would not recommend this service.
These guys are SLOW. Last time I spent more than 1.5 hours waiting for 4 winter tires to be installed. Today it took them 2 hours to install 4 summer tires and make alignment.
They also don’t care much. Last time I had to come again to rebalance because the car was vibrating on higher speed. This time they didn”t have bags for my tires and they didn”t ask me what to do with my winter tires — just put three of them in the trunk and the forth in the car. Again pretty dirty tire. In the car. Without asking. Really?

Got tire mounted. Their rates are very reasonable and service was done very quickly. I will come back again.

I have been coming here for the past 6 months or so with several different cars that my family owns. Juan, the owner, seems to be very honest and they have very fair pricing.
I have done tire balancing, oil changes, brake replacements, and even when something went wrong with my heater earlier this past winter (see below):
Unfortunately, the first guy originally misdiagnosed the problem (Juan was out on vacation… I believe around Thanksgiving time)… he told me he would attempt to flush the system and that if it did not fix the problem, that the truck would need to replace something (and would cost like $ 400 with labor including the flush if I remember correctly)… I agreed and he performed the flush by the next day, but it did not resolve the problem. Juan was in this day, and he gave it a second opinion, and was able to correctly diagnose the problem, and it was fixed the same day. It wound up costing about $ 120, and he did not charge for the other work — so it cost $ 120 out of my pocket!
Aside from that experience, everything else has been positive… and that even turned into a positive experience. The place is clean and professional looking; though the office is a bit tight and usually a little tighter because people get their cars serviced here! That should say something. I will definitely keep going back. Oh yeah, they also report things to CarFax as my gf was shopping for a car, we saw records of them servicing a car that we were interested in – good maintenance records can slightly increase the value of a car when selling it.
Again, I will definitely keep going back.

Hello fellow motorists,
A great mechanic is hard to find. Here you have found it! I have been bringing my cars to Juan (Owner) for the past 22 years. Over the years his business has grown to the point that he had to buy larger facilities for all his loyal customers. It’s all word of mouth which is such a compliment these days. Only what needs to be fixed is fixed and all other work that can wait waits until you are ready to have it done on your vehicle. I’m glad I have found a mechanic I can trust and his team of mechanics work hard to get your vehicle back on the road again. For these reasons I rate this mechanic a five star mechanic.
Happy Motoring!

I am so happy to have found this place. I have a 2006 subaru and they take great care of me and my car. If I come in for an oil change and I’m going to wait, they get me in and out in about 15 mins. They don’t do unnecessary work. They have a nice waiting room, with coffee and a TV and comfortable chairs. I definitely recommend this place!

Had tires mounted and balanced here. Service was fast and the job was done perfectly. I will look to do business with them again.

Went in this time for a 4 wheel alignment. Once again good equipment (Hunter). Most of the techs including the one who worked on my car… speak only spanish, no english. I never got a print out of my alignment after i specifically asked for one. But the work on the car is the most important aspect and in that they did a decent to good job.