Pete’s Stop & Gas Auto Service

Been coming here for a while. Would just decide to get and oil change and come here. It’s usually not busy so it’s fast service. The prices for oil change are reasonable. I like the owner too. He’s very friendly.

I come here sometimes because it is one block from where I live, so in case I drive home on the edge of a empty tank of gas, I only have a really short distance to push my car hehe
I don’t mind paying a few cents more for the convenience, and the workers there are alright, they have a little car shop if you need some fixin’ up to do, and water and air

A few months ago I got my breaks changed here. The mechanics were really nice, dropped my car off and came back two hours later. This place is very convenient for me since I go to SJSU. I dropped off my car went to one or two of my classes and came back. The total came out to $ 150 which I heard was the right amount for a break change. Thanks ;) At least I didn’t felt like I got ripped off.
So, my car needed an oil change 1000 milies ago. Not even exaggerating but, not until last night did my «check engine» light came on. Yes, I waited till the very last minute to get an oil change. I was really just waiting for that light to come on so I can finally take my ass to get an oil change. Called them this morning and they were open at 8am! Yay, dropped off my car and that was that. They changed my oil and it was only $ 28! I’m pretty sure I found my go to place for an oil change!
Hopefully for my next oil change I won’t lag. ;)

Update 2÷23÷2013
Here is the Unilocal Link to Son Le’s knew business location:
UPDATE 9÷19÷2012:
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**** Son Le has MOVED to :
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**** Vietnam Auto Body And Repair:
**** 957 South 3^rd St, San Jose, 95 112
**** 408−293−6686.
Good work at a reasonable price done by an honest mechanic best describes this shop. Son Le is the owner and has worked on my cars a number of times.
If you want a fancy waiting room and a detailed beautiful invoice/​bill then I would recommend stick to the stealerships and similar outfits. There are a few plastic chairs you can sit on or go across to Super Taqueria and grab an awesome burrito.
This place is a no frills auto repair shop which does solid work.

Good place for service so so for gas.

this place overcharged me! He charged me $ 15 dollars to just turn off this maintenance required light in my car. It was less than 5 minutes of his service. Never will I go here again!

It’s that time of year again… SMOG CHECK! And yes, I procrastinated to the very last moment. Shocking, I know.
I called a few places around and found that smog checks have risen in price since the last time I got one – averaging $ 50-​$ 60, not including the certificate! Bummer.
I happened to cruise by Pete’s Stop Gas on my way to work and decided to bite the bullet and just get it done. I pulled up and a worker (Son) came up seconds later. I inquired about price and estimated time… turns out that it was only going to cost me $ 50, including the certificate! Score!
10 minutes later, I was pulling out of Pete’s having passed my SMOG check with certificate in hand. Son was super quick, courteous, and efficient. Double Score!
And I wonder to myself, why do I always procrastinate on things like this when places like Pete’s makes it so easy?!
Lesson Learned… for now :)

As a first time customer to Pete’s, I was overall very pleased with their service. They were friendly, efficient, and very well priced at $ 25. While researching places to go get an oil change, I called several oil change type of places and was quoted at $ 40 plus for my 2002 PT Cruiser. I also recommend this place for SJSU students, as it is only a block away from campus and you could probably leave the car in between classes.

By the way the guy who runs the place, his name is Son. But yeah i’ve been going here for a while. First off don’t use what prices i get from him as a way of negotiating. :)
So when i am lazy to do an oil change, which is almost all the time considering all the work that goes into it and then disposal also. It’s well worth my 10 dollars to have the guys here do it. I bring my own filter and oil since i am picky on what i use in my cars. What i notice is pretty good is they do the regular check, brakes, tires, and even tire pressure. Not something you’d get with most places.
Recently i was in there for a smog check but i had a problem passing. I just bought the car so i don’t know what’s wrong with it yet. With Son’s help and his advice i was able to replace the parts that were faulty on my car to pass smog. Free of charge advice, and he knew i was going to save myself the money and do it myself
While i was there and this is what i find amazing. A customer came in with a coolant leak. It was all over the floor. He took a look and told them, «it’s just a hose clamp, it’s loose» He tighted the lower hose clamp for them and even said no charge. They offered to pay but he wouldn’t take their money for just tightening a screw. Now to me that is most impressive being how it was slow season and there is overhead we have to meet.
For him to not be shady and try to make an extra buck or two by saying oh replace this or that. With the fact of not taking money for turning a screw, that to me is a good sign of a neighborhood service station that will look after their clientele.

«I’ve been going to Pete’s Stop for a lot of my auto work (I own a 96 Nissan minivan). I go to SJSU and lived pretty close to it (11^th st). I started going to Pete’s since 2003 when I borrowed a battery jumper pack thing. I had to put down $ 200 for it but nonetheless this lil’ shop helped me tremendously. The guy there (to this day I don’t know his name and refer to him as ‘Pete’ to my gf), replaced my bad battery. After that I moved to another location (s. 5^th) and I have taken it there for various things: Smog, replaced brakes & rotors, spark plugs + cables, Tire rotation, oil change, glue the passenger window back on the rail, changed the thing that wasn’t accurately measuring my temperature (forget what it’s called) and probably a few more things. Unlike other shops, they don’t require a diagnosis (more $$). I knew what I needed done and just needed a mechanic to fix it and that’s what this shop does (@ reasonable prices too). It’s pretty busy most of the times and they’re open late (a plus). I highly recommend this shop to everyone.»