Villas Auto Center General Mechanic - San Diego (CA)

5 /5 Jack Benedict: Vicente is the best! He’s fair, honest and just a nice guy in general. I thought there was something big wrong with my car because it was making loud popping and crunching noises and when I took it in he was honest that nothing was wrong with my car besides it needing an oil change and a new air filter. He changed those and I was out the door for a super fair price. The noises ended up being part of the bumper rubbing up against my tire so purely aesthetic. I feel like a lot of places would just diagnose something expensive to get money. If I’m back in San Diego again and something happens with my car, I know where I’m going.

5 /5 oswald ollivier: The most HONEST TRUSTWORTHY mechanic I have ever met in my 30 years of life.. I’m sure there’s more out there but I have never met one until recently. My vehicle was shutting off on me and jerking back and forth as if struggling to move and I took it to my usual pep boys and after they inspected for about 45min they told me my timing chain was bad and quoted me $1,100 just for labor alone not including parts so I called around to different places and every place i called was about the same price MAYBE $200-$300 cheaper but total upwards $1,300.. Then I called Villas and an older guy ( I hate myself for not remembering his name) answered and I asked him for a quote and he said I have to bring it even though I told him what I wanted but after some back and forth I brought in and after a 5 minute inspection he told me my car didn’t have oil and was bone dry it was causing the issues with my timing chain…. After he put a little over 5qts of high quality oil I drove around the block and my car was running smooth again no check engine light and no issues, and all he said was “For my diagnostic, my oil, and my time I’ll charge you $50” I’m kicking myself for not doing something as simple as checking my oil but live and learn. I learned that pep boys tried to scam me out $1,500 when I know good and well they knew the oil was dry and I also learned that the folks at Villas are amazing individuals. 10/10

5 /5 Scott Thompson: Vicente and son are friendly and accommodating. Worked on my daughter’s car and treated us like family. Took the time to explain to me and especially my daughter what she needs to pay attention to regarding her car. Took her for a drive after the work was completed to show her the sounds to listen to and for. We will be back next week taking my wife’s car for its service. A pleasure to find a place and people like this nowadays.

5 /5 Deli Ojeda: Mr Vincent, was great he quickly answer all my question help my niece with car trouble . He work with my niece with pricing and quickly help her. Thank you Mr Vincent I really appreciate it.

5 /5 bernal kaina (Kai): Vincente gave me a good price for my car engine repairs which fit within my budget. He also went beyond just a mechanic and offered to drop me off/pick up from the train station. He also made sure to understand that the car problem i had was common not completely making me feel bad about it like some mechanics have done in the past for myself. If I lived closer I would come more often!