AUTOBAHN PERFORMANCE & REPAIR

They charged me for services and the car never ran right.... then after posting a review they called me out on social media and harrassed me by calling my cell on a Saturday morning.... literally went out of their way to insult me. Never go there unless you want a cheap fix that will break again.... and harrassment when you say anything.

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Owner assured that repair was completed and engine was back to good function. He said that a test drive showed no problems.
 I did notice oily hand prints on car door handle and steering wheel. On the engine cover there was dirt, a large scratch in the plastic, and more greasy hand prints. (I am fairly meticulous about keeping my cars and engines clean.) I photographed them on the spot.
I paid bill and left.
Next morning I found an oil pool, not a drip or two, in my driveway under the engine. I called the Autobahn owner and he was sincerely apologetic and told me to return car for inspection and repair. I did.
A day later he said it was repaired. I picked it up and behold, next morning ... more oil on driveway. I returned car AGAIN and he promised he would personally check the work of his "mechanic." He called later and said it was fixed.
AGAIN I drive car home and I personally crawled under it with a clean rag and wipe up the oily mess the "mechanic" had left on the suspension, cross members, motor mounts, and axles. Next morning, more fresh oil on driveway. I also noticed factory pipe clips and wiring fasteners that were snapped off and left dangling. These clips are easily undone with pliers but it was obvious that the "mechanic" just pulled them off, breaking them in the process. I told the owner this and was assured they would be replaced and the oil leak fixed (again).
This is now the 4th time I have been in for one problem. The oil leak was finally fixed and some of the fasteners replaced with zip ties (not factory clips).
When home (again), I checked and found that the leaked oil was not replaced (a quart low), the clamp that hold the air intake pipe to the mass flow meter was loose, a vacuum line was dangling poised to fall off, the wiring harness clamp to the throttle positioning sensor was broken, clamps that hold the transmission coolant pipes was broken and left where it vibrates against the body, the engine was again filthy, and the radiator was almost a gallon low causing ti to overheat for the first time ever. All of these I fixed myself.
The owner of Autobahn is an honest and caring kind of man. Some of his mechanics are the worst I have ever seen. Not only incompetent but also not caring about quality or craftsmanship. Their shop area is dirty and they have no pride in work.

Jason and his staff are so great to work with. He is a good honest mechanic that you can trust. He always comes in under the amount quoted for service done. You can trust him with your car.

It went good, however, they only fixed the ball joints did not inform me of any other potential problems that could have been avoided if they would have told me.

AutoBahn is really thorough. We take our daughters VW Beetle there whenever anything goes wrong with it because they are quick, affordable and honest.
Her AC went out at the end of July and it was terribly hot. I called AutoBahn and they got it in, found the leak, flushed the system and re-charged it. It has worked flawlessly ever since.

I had used this shop in the past to replace a timing chain (routine maintenance) on my '02 Jetta and was satisfied. I also had some recall work done and was satisfied (except I had to pay for it) Sometime later the car had some electrical problems and I took it by. They noticed there was a pump running after I shut off the engine and turned off the key. They recommended I disable the pump so it wouldn't drain the battery. I didn't have them do it and found out later that the pump is supposed to run for a while to cool down the turbo. I think someone that specializes in German (European) cars would know this. Could have really been bad if I followed their suggestion.

We had our Trailer towed to a lot adjacent to the repair facility and could watch and see when the job was done.

No problems, nice people, good work as far as I can tell, promptly done. Price seems fair.