Ron’s Auto & RV

I brought my ford diesel pickup in for a up pipe. I was quoted a really high price from another local repair shop. These guys beat it hands down. Price was very fair, expert technicians, quick service and excellent customer service. I will definitely bring my vehicles there in the future.

Brought my Jeep in to replace a failing CV axle and a leaky heater core. The CV axle is a relatively low-​cost quick job, but the heater core requires removing the entire front dash, steering wheel, airbags, etc… it’s a good 8 hours of solid work. I was probably lucky with the timing, but brought it in midmorning and they called around noon the next day to say everything was ready! And it was, my car was back in shape and providing heat again in sub-​freezing weather.
Pricing was fair. I’m sure I could have hunted around and found something lower cost if I really tried, but Ron’s was right in the middle of the pack (I’ve had the heater core fix quoted several places in the past). They didn’t try to sell me things I didn’t need, but made an upsell recommendation where it counted. Such as making sure to get a high quality brass heater core rather than the cheap aluminum ones, which will just leak again in no time (another fact I’d previously verified with friends who have the same car). A lot of mechanics are scared to make suggestions like that because people automatically assume they’re trying to sell blinker fluid and flux dynomogrifiers!
One last funny story… a couple weeks after the CV axle replacement, I heard a terrible grinding from the front end on turns (usually a sign of bad CV joints). I took it back to Ron’s; they were pretty busy but one of the guys hopped in to take a test drive. He came back and said he hadn’t noticed anything wrong! I couldn’t believe it, as it was making very loud grinding on every turn. So I took him back out to try to recreate the issue… and nothing was wrong. Turns out that when I put the transfer case in 4LO on a snowy hill, it didn’t go all the way back into part-​time 4WD when I switched the transfer case back. If you have a sticky transfer case on a Jeep sometimes the best solution is to put a lot of torque through it so it will drop back down into part-​time 4WD. I had been driving very gently after hearing the grinding, trying not to make the problem worse. All it took was someone else driving it a little more aggressively to fix the problem! And therefore they fixed my car without having to touch a wrench.

Very positive experience with these guys. Very honest and straight forward!
Fixed the power steering issue and let me know that I had a broken manifold issue. They fixed that and the RV is nice and relatively quiet now. :) Was my first RV and just expected it was noisy because it was old. Work was done a lot faster than my previous experiences elsewhere.
Everything works and out on the road again just in time to enjoy summer!
Next time I have an issue with the RV I will surely take it back to Mike @ Ron’s Auto & RV!

Honest and very respectful. It’s a real family owned shop. Had differential service done here was quick. I would definitely come here again.

Took my Jeep in for it’s annual checkup. I was very happy to learn that after hooking my jeep up to the computers, I needed to replace a filter. Ron’s guy gave me a great price on the replacement and I saved money on not blowing out the head gasket by getting this work done. Ron’s auto and RV should not be confused with Ron’s Automotive, cause they suck! They tried to get me to replace my engine! Ron’s Auto and RV saved me bucks and will get my business from now on!

Being a woman you have to be careful where you take your car. I just posted that Jiffy Lube on Mill Plain, Vancouver is terrible. This is where you need to take your car. I’ve had my car in here for several things and mainly if it’s something that’s dumb, like finding out that my key was worn down and that’s why my car wasn’t starting correctly, they don’t charge. They are up front about charges. When they have had to actually work on my car I feel that they are honest and actually have decent prices. I really do suggest you take your car here. The only thing they could do better is talk to me when I go in with my male roommate. It’s not his car it’s MINE! He’s never made one payment on it, so talk to ME. Don’t act like I don’t know anything about cars just cause I’m a woman. Otherwise, they’re the best I’ve experienced in Vancouver.