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Based on recent reviews, DONLEY'S AUTO REPAIRS & TIRES in Daleville, AL earns 95/100. Sentiment is strongly positive: customers highlight honest pricing, family-run professionalism, clear communication, and broad capability (alignments, engine swaps, batteries, A/C, diagnostics). Turnarounds are typically quick with short wait times and attentive customer service. A single 1-star flags a missed suspension issue after an inspection—so inspection consistency is a watch-out. Limited info on inventory variety, yard organization, or ease of finding parts; sourcing appears smooth. Overall, fast, fair, and trustworthy.
I took my vehicle in for a 120 point inspection and was told everything was great other than squeaky breaks. Then I found out two days later that my toe links for bad causing my rear tires to camber out 3 degrees. We ended up having to pay a little over $400 to replace the toe links and get new rear tires since the way they were cambered completely wore down the tire wall down and we were probably 10 miles away from having a blowout. The whole reason I got my car inspected what from feeling some instability in the backend and I just wanted to make sure my family and I were safe traveling to Tennessee for the holidays and about 30 miles into the trip we began fish tailing multiple times of a dry smooth surface.
Adding to the review for the reply… “Sorry to hear that ..was 2 days later or was 30 miles in to your trip ..you have 2 different time laps ...car drove 80mph just fine during the inspection....”
After driving the car home from the inspection it stayed parked until leaving on my trip two days after the inspection. I had the vehicle inspected on a Thursday and I left on a Saturday. Within 30 miles into the start of my trip on that Saturday I noticed fishtailing and major instability in the back end. We found a shop to take it and fix the toe links and replace the tires. The rear tires had significant wear in the walls to the point of an imminent blowout. Had we went any further we would have more than likely had a catastrophic blowout causing an accident.
After living in Daleville for 5 years, I finally found a trustworthy mechanic to take my truck to. After already trying two other local garages with horrible service, I had to venture into Enterprise. Welp, last month I was handed an estimate stating all the work my truck was gona need totalling over $2,000. Hesitant, I wanted a second opinion. Friends kept telling me about Donley's right in Daleville, I never even knew they existed. I was greeted right away by the lovely wife at the front counter and her office helper, Rocky. I explained to her what had transpired and showed her the estimate. She immediately got her husband Billy to look over the list and talk to me. After looking at my truck, Billy did confirm that part of the estimate was correct however, $900 vs $2200 is a way better deal. I had Billy do the work and my truck is no longer clunking and drives straight now. I am so happy I found them, they are my go to garage from now on.
Hands down best shop around. My truck has been at 2 other shops and they could not align it properly. Billy had my truck alignment done in about an hour and its never driven better. Since I have brought my wife's Tahoe, gotten new tires, tune up and he found the coolant leak that another shop overlooked and replaced something I probably didn't even need. I can't say enough good things about this small family run business here in Daleville. I was recommended by a friend and I hope to spread the word as well. Thank you Donley Family.
Just a few pictures of what Billy has worked on for me. I would use them for The smallest projects down to the biggest. He has done an engine swap For me, Transmission service, Lift kit, tires! I would not trust my vehicle to any other shop. Honest work and he always backs everything he does. Absolutely amazing family ran business!
My family drove up from Panama City to look at buying a used car from a private dealer there. Before we negotiated a price, we hired Billy for a reasonable fee, whom we just met, to test drive it and check it out. The reviews on here had been positive. Add another 5 stars. He found several problems, gave rough estimates and his thoughts. And we didn't buy it because seller wouldn't come off the price we'd have to pay for repairs. And we weren't sure we would be able to safely drive it back to Panama City to our own trustworthy mechanic. If we lived there, we perhaps would've bought it and completely trusted Billy to do the necessary work well. He's good and honest, the two big qualities I look for in a repair shop. Thank you so much Billy!
Excellent service from a small family owned business. The mechanic is as honest as they come, he's not gona take you. I went with an estimate from another shop that I felt was ridiculous and I found out I didn't need half what they told me. The parts and labor I did need still were still a fraction of the other shops cost. This is the shop to go to.
Great small auto repair shop in Daleville. Billy is very knowledgeable and nice. My Kia had all kind of lights on and Billy called to tell me the problem, the solution, and the cost of the parts. My vehicle was ready the next day. I will definitely go back here. Great service and fair prices. My sister started going there also. Check them out.
Top notch service!
I had a dead battery issue, and Donley's was recommended to me by Advanced Auto.
As soon as I pulled into Donley's Auto, the staff member at the front desk was friendly and helpful. She wrote up a ticket for the replacement battery, and within 15-20 minutes, my battery had been replaced, which wasn't an easy feat as replacing my battery is akin to breaking into Ft. Knox. NOTE: This incident occurred around 2 pm. on the Friday before Christmas, and these good folks were working hard. They dropped what they were doing to help me out! Amazing service with a friendly, neighborly attitude means so much, and is not often the case these days.
I would highly recommend Donley's, and I will certainly use them for my automotive needs in the future.
Bought a car from them today. Really, really good price, easy to work with, super nice people and I have no doubt that they will take care of us in the future! I would give more then 5 stars if I could.
I brought in an exhaust with a broken mounting bracket. Not only did they repair the break, but they reinforced it so that there wouldn’t be a need to fix it again. they also modified it to my asking. It turned out great!
Quickly diagnosed problem from my description waited for part delivery and installation of part took approximately 1 1/2 hours. Reasonably priced for repairs
Great experience, very friendly service, good communication, and so grateful they fit one day turn for a new alternator on our corolla as my son had to depart the next day after his training course. Reasonably priced.
Great, honest people you can trust your car with. We're military and not from around here, but we were recommended by locals who know the area. We'll definitely go here for all of our future car repair needs.
We went on the recommendation of another mechanic we trust and based off other reviews. We were very pleased with the services. They were super friendly, fast, and did great work. We had trouble with the new battery being a lemon but they were extremely helpful and fixed the problem quickly. We will definitely be using them again in the future.
Had Billy do a motor swap on my wife’s 2017 ford edge ecoboost and he did a fantastic job. Took care of anything that needed attention while it was all apart as well and got it back running like it should. Would absolutely bring any of my vehicles to him.
Best automotive mechanism shop in Daleville..very knowledgeable and quick at fixing your vehicle. Your vehicle isn't sitting there for weeks waiting to get completed
Donley's Auto Repair went above and beyond getting my car repaired today. They pushed my car over from O'Reilly's to their shop and got my car repaired just in time for me to go and get my daughter from school today. If you need your vehicle worked on go to Donley's Auto Repair in Daleville.
I showed up right before closing and the owner offered to stay later to help me with my A/C issues. I have an older truck and the Firestone on Ft. Rucker was Not helpful the last 3 times I went to get it charged. All I needed was a new valve and and a recharge and Donley’s was happy to do it. I would recommend this place to anyone in the area.
This a awesome shop! Billy did a great job with my BMW. He was honest and upfront about everything I needed. He even called to apologize for taking so long with it cause he didn’t want miss anything. Very professional. I will definitely recommend everyone to check Donleys out for all your car needs!!
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