What clients say about Fred's Automotive in Malibu Vista (CA)
Mike is the real deal! I brought my 2008 Toyota Sienna to him, and he completely outdid everyone else on price—honestly, I don’t think anyone could beat him. Super knowledgeable, fast, and transparent with everything. I felt like I was in good hands the whole time. If you want someone who’s legit, fair, and gets the job done right, Mike’s your guy. Highly recommend!
This is a family run company! Father's with their boys learning a trade that will never go out of business. Mike did a custom job on my van, back up camera and plates. I keep going backward. They also did my cars steering pump and Lionheart tires!
There is no other place I will take me and my wife's vehicle they treat u like family they are fair fast and knowledgeable they treat u w respect . Go local stay local
Extremely competent lead mechanic/owner. Competitive pricing. Works on all cars, classic to new. So far, over the years on different cars, they have done services, tires, brakes, electrical issues, engine swap, diagnostics, everything
This place had a good selection of tires. Was able to get some at the last minute last week. El muchacho was nice enough to help me out and have me on my way back home, Riverside. Recommended!
The place to go if you need a light and brake inspection for a salvage title. They are friendly and professional. If you car fails they DON'T charge for a retest. The price was a reasonable $96 dollars for both inspections.
Price gougers!!! I was charged double the price on the parts they used. They charged me $100 for $45 part. I called auto zone to check the price. Plus ridiculous labor do not fix your vehicle there thiefs!!!!
Fast and friendly. The staff was helpful and not too overpriced. Got a smog check and oil change done in about an hour. They offer to install parts you purchase but they don't have any warranties unless they supply the parts.
So today I went to freds to get a Brake and light inspection and turn out my car wouldn't start because of cables being exposed and they moved them around and there was a spark some supposobly somewere in the front headlights he said they will check all fuses and stuff after 1 hr he said car won't start and he will need to do a diagnosed to figure out the problem and won't be able to check it till Monday because today is Friday and there closed weekends so I woundered what did they do to my car I know my car to well Ive done all my work on my car and never failed me for the past years that ive had it i only went to get a brake a light inspection and turned out my ECU wouldn't respond to my car they were about to close so i told them i will call my insurance and get a towtruck to get my car looked at by my mechanic and I.I always have a scanner in my car so I did my research took me 20 min to find out my issue and started my car up YES I'm not a mechanic but Wondered what how 2 certified mechanics couldn't figure out the problem in 1 hr i was in the parking lot waiting for a the tow truck when I started my car up they were shocked..Never going back there again!!!
They are amazing ! I have gone so many times . I Always ask for the mechanic that doesn't speak English , the one with the glasses , he's very hard working and always does the job well done.That mechanic very experienced I will go to them more often they have helped me through a lot.
Over priced and won't give your car back in the condition you gave it to them in it will be worse I brought my car in it ran good needed a clutch they sed they fixed it when I got it back in had new scratches and dents along with a grinding tranny yay. My mechanic back home sed they sabotaged my tranny switched it or they drove it hard with a new clutch now I didn't make it to the first light before I hear the grind they charged me 1000$ that's too much money to pay to break my car i took it back and they looked at it sed they drilled whole in my tranny I was like why did you drill a hole if there isn't a hole then there probably shouldn't be but it still ground and they sed well it's not our fault and sed here is a number for a transmission place and I payed 2000$ more dollars to repair my tranny I reckon what I'm saying is if you go here your an idiot!!!
I am a long time customer of Fred's and i think I'm done doing business with them. I called them on the phone to see if they would be able to see me that day because my breaks where making noise and the check engine light had come on and then turned off (which i told the guy on the phone). He says ya no problem bring it in we can do it today. So I headed over to Fred's and when i got there I told the guy in the office that i had called on the phone. He says ok we will call you in half an hour.... so four hours later I call Fred's to find out what is going on and he says they are still not done looking at it. So about 10 min later he calls back saying my rear tire needs to have the baring fixed and that i need new front brakes. The brakes didn't surprise me but the baring did a little bit.... all in all he said it was gonna be north of 400$. He says he'll call me when its done. So he calls around 4pm and i go get the car back and pay........... The next day I'm driving the car for about 2 miles and the check engine light comes back on again. So i call Fred's to again find out what is going on, when i tell the guy who picked up the phone that the check engine light had come back on he seemed confused and talked to someone else in the office telling them that my engine light had come back on. So he goes and gets the person I talked to the previous day, so i ask him if he knows why the light would come back on. He says he will talk to the technician who worked on my car. When he gets back he tells me to just bring the car back to Fred's and they can check the code for me..... I'm just like wait so what did it go on for in the first place? He stammers for a sec and says that the technician doesn't remember what the code was on the check engine light and that he didn't write anything down. He then invites me to bring the car back to Fred's so they can check it. So bottom line is that they did NOT do the job that I asked them for and still charged me.
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