Tikal Motor And Transmissions

F this place! Did a transmission job, it never stopped leaking and speed kept slipping, Had to get another transmission some where else cuz now this placed is closed!!! I hope u loose your liscence and never get to work on cars again!!! You don’t even deserve one star!!!

Please save yourself a headache and avoid this place at all cost! I took my car in so they could repair it. I was told it would be ready in one week and it was not ready until two weeks later. When I picked up my car and drove it, I noticed it was still not working properly. I should of paid a little more at a place where they would have actually done the work. Trying to save money and bringing my car here has made me loose more money and waste a lot of my time. I regret giving them my business because these people are dishonest and I would never go back to this place or recommend this business to anyone!

They either siphoned my 40 gallon tank ($ 130) or worse, drove it for 200+ miles (probably to the pick and pull based on the dirt) and then tried to charge me for things i didn’t need. unresponsive to phone and totally unorganized. They cost me money and relationships by not having my vehicle ready until THREE WEEKS after they said they would (i was going to loan it out).
They insulted me in spanish, assuming that because i wanted to communicate in English, that i didn’t understand.
Who knows, maybe i did need the extra parts, but when you’re a liar, people shouldn’t believe anything you say. They lied to me to cover their tracks when i specifically asked them to leave my property (parts in question) with the vehicle.
I was recording the whole thing (every time) on my phone, took pictures and documented everything before backing it up.
When i refused to pay for the things i didn’t need, (that they assume you don’t understand) they threatened me, recorded that too. They led me to install cameras from multiple locations (even in the vehicle) to monitor my vehicle and talk to my neighbors about any suspicious persons in the hood. If i wasn’t in Law enforcement and strapped up, i’m sure there would be repercussions to standing up to these crooks.
Now i leave my truck at a friends house 6 days a week because of this BS.
I used
which must be a front for shady business with bad service. dont use them either, they take zero responsibility. shady
Dont get threatened, Definitely do not bring your vehicle here. Definitely.

This one of those lesson — ‘you get what you pay for’ and unfortunately, my significant other likes to ‘shop around for bargains.’ He does not, however, check Unilocal prior to doing so.
Anyways, like most dishonest people in this world, Tikal likes to reel their victims in off of craiglist. When you call, they will tell it is one price (a quote of «$ 950 to rebuild including the clutch») then turns into ‘we needed a special clutch for your car (a 2001 acura — nothing remotely special about the clutch [which mine still had ’50% of life left’ but they replaced it anyways ??])’ So now $ 950 turns into $ 1100.
Next they will do that whole tell you your car will be ready on Saturday but you call a million times — which they do not pick up — then tell you it will be ready on Monday. Then when you catch a ride all the way to San Jose from SF on Monday and are 5 minutes away they tell you they ordered the wrong clutch and it won’t be ready until tomorrow type of deal.
Although the car was returned with a new clutch with no catch (I guess maybe that’s how new clutches are?), some part hanging underneath the car that is supposed to protect it from water leaking into the air filter and three days late — at least I got my car back!
And — from what I can tell — they did rebuild the transmission for a very reasonable price. So besides from all the other bullshit you shouldn’t have to put up with when dealing with people that have something of yours valued at thousands of dollars in their possession… this place is meh…
Take that for what it’s worth.

do not ever take your car there… It is a s*** place, Bad bad mechanics that don’t know nothing about any thing… Worst shop ever… Never call back, never pick-​up the phone, never give an answer, never, fix the car… MF****

This place has had my car for over 6 months. they said they rebuild the transmission on my car than after that they said it was an electrical problem. after that they said it was the computer memory. since than i have only talk to the owner about twice. hes never available. the other day i called and ask what time he would be in the shop and they said an in hour, so i decided to show up and guess what? they called him to tell him i was there and he said that he was not going to the shop until the next
i went to pick up my car and money and to my surprise my car has damages and worste than it was. they wanted me to open hood and stick my hand somewhere in the engine the change the gears. the owner has a young lady telling me what he says and telling him what i say. never has he called me and he calls him self the owner. he wont even return my $ 700 he owes me because he just payed hes taxes and he doesnt have the money to return to me. i dont know how a person like this can have a buisness. please i just want my car the way he took it and my money deal done.

terrible servicio. nunca mas recomendare a nadie para ningun servicio con ellos pense que solamente yo tuve una mala experiencia, pues mi transmission quedo fugando aceite y golpeando y cuando réclame no me hicieron caso, nunca me devolvian las llamadas solo cuando la garantia se expiro… ahora ya se de 2 personas mas con el mismo problema… ellos si lo reportaran al B.A.R.