ACE AUTOMOTIVE CERTIFIED

I love them and I have used them for twenty years. They had to search for the lights and couldn't  find new ones. They were in a despot," despot lights"however, they are not easily got hold of, they are busy to answer their phones at times but I will use them for ever.

very well, called in am, completed work by noon using Toyota factory part; clear communications upon completion. did not do more than asked....no surprises

The most recent event concerned a number of issues: the air conditioner was dead and it felt like the heater was on all the time (although the blast of hot air through the vents may be attributable to our current heat wave); the and quot;Check Engineand quot; light was on; and quot;hardand quot; starts (two or three turns of the key before the car would start) after the car was warmed up; an oil change; a door handle that fell off.

ACE determined the air conditioner needed a new compressor. After they installed the compressor they found that a valve (the name of which I forget) was clogged. They cleaned it out and now the air conditioner works great. No more being roasted alive in my car.

The and quot;Check Engineand quot; problem required more trial and error. They determined that the car would need at least one new fuel injector and they recommended replacing all four. I agreed with the logic that, if one or two are going, the others can't be far behind. They said that new injectors would be about $85 each, but they would try to find a set of good used ones. They installed four and quot;newand quot; used injectors and said we should drive the car and bring it back if it still started hard. In fact the and quot;Check Engineand quot; went back on and the car still started hard. So we brought it back. ACE tested all 8 of the injectors (the 4 old ones and the 4 new-old ones) and found 4 that worked properly. They told me that, after that, the car still started hard. Further investigation revealed that the fuel pump was faulty. The reason ACE did not initially consider the fuel pump was because they put a new one in our Saturn less than a year ago. And - yahoo! - the reason ACE did not charge us for replacing the fuel pump was because they put it in less than a year ago and it was covered by warranty.

ACE changed the oil and fixed the door handle. They also noticed that a brake light needed to be replaced and took care of that.

All this work was very reasonably priced. We figure that the cost of paying ACE to keep this 300,000 mile Saturn on the road has averaged out over the years to about $60 per month - far less than a new car payment.

We have been customers of ACE for years. They are everything you would want from an auto maintenance professional: they are completely honest, they are reasonably priced, they are efficient, they forewarn about problems that can't be solved without great expense, they keep careful accurate records so that you know you will never be double billed by mistake, they consult you before they do the work, for big repairs on old cars they search for less expensive but reliable used parts, they have connections for talented professionals who do work that they do not do, like body-work and wheel alignments, their shop is clean and visibly well organized, if the first diagnosis doesn't solve the problem they will work on it until it is solved, and - very important - they have a sense of humor.