Kelly’s Automotive

I was referred to Kelly’s after being told by another respectable auto shop in town that they wouldn’t work on foreign cars. When the tow truck dropped off my car I spoke with Kelly and he was attentive to my problems. Although they were backed up, Kelly continued to keep in touch with me through out the week. I was worried about more than than what I originally wanted to get repaired, but I knew I had been putting off other issues too long. I explained to Kelly I was a college student and would be graduating soon, I just wanted my car to make it to graduation and a few interviews. Kelly understood and helped me get my car off life support and back on the road at a fair price. This is an honest business and would recommend them to others.

VERY happy with Kelly’s Automotive!
My husband and I drove to the Bloomington, IL area to look at and purchase a used vehicle at Sam Leman. Since it’s used, we like to have a reputable and independent mechanic look at the car. Using Unilocal,we were able to quickly find Kelly’s. I contacted them a head of time to make an appointment and to make sure they do this sort of thing. They apparently do it quite often and even list it as a service!
Unfortunately, the weather was quite frightful on our way to Sam Leman. We left an 1:15 early even to make the drive but were often stopped for long periods of time due to slide offs and accidents. When able to move, we could barely go 40mph. Needless to say, we were late getting the car to Kelly’s for the inspection.
The inspection is 90 minutes on average but we didn’t get there til 11am. Kelly’s allows their mechanics an hour lunch at 12pm. Since I had to make a flight out of O’Hare, we didn’t have time to wait. I was panicking and asked Kelly’s just to get what they could get done in the hour we had, maybe starting with the most important things.
My husband and I returned form lunch at 12pm to find the mechanics at Kelly’s working feverishly on our new (used) car! About 12:30pm, they gave us a clean bill of health for the new car. We thanked them so much for working through lunch on the car and offered to pay 50% more for the service but they politely declined. Very admirable.
They did a great job, communicated really well with us and really made us & our issue (s) feel like a priority to them. We’re completely satisfied!

Best repair shop in town. Been going there since 2001 and they’ve never let me down. Fair prices and good work. Kelly is a good guy.

Took my boyfriend’s car to Kelly’s a bit ago. They said the car was dangerous to drive on because of the rusted suspension and would cost over $ 1000. They then charged us $ 45 for looking at it.
We then went to Heritage Welding to check up on this «rusted suspension» and the people there said that there was no rusting whatsoever and that Kelly’s Automotive was attempting to rip us off.
I would suggest R&R on West Washington instead (Heritage also suggested this) because they are honest and not trying to get you out of your money.
I recommend not going to Kelly’s in the future.

Took my PT Cruiser here when I was having problems with it starting. The staff was very nice and friendly and patiently explained things to me. Fixed the problem and charged me a very reasonable price for their services.
I’m still pretty new in town and didn’t have a ride home. Kelly himself gave me a ride home so I didn’t have to walk in the snow.
I’ll be taking my car there for all my future car problems.

They are an extremely competent and nice crew. They tell you the god’s honest truth and tend not to talk down to you. I suspected that they were when they told me they couldn’t turn my brake rotors, but when I inspected my own brakes, I realized that I just hadn’t paid enough attention to the OEM brakes on my car.
These folks are fast and reliable. The prices are a touch on the «more expensive» side for certain jobs, but I found that they use premium parts and that their knowledge and competence is worth the cost. I just wish they were a little less expensive. They do good work, take care of you and try to accommodate odd requests (like needing to not work on the car because you need it for work and letting you bring it back later on).
I highly suggest them, Rick and Kelly are both nice guys who’ll do all in their power to take good care of you.

When I needed a car repair, a friend recommended Kelly’s to me 10 years ago. I’ve never taken my car anywhere else since then.
Kelly’s Automotive a great repair shop in Bloomington that specializes in import cars (they work on everything, but I have a Saab and they know all about them). Kelly is there and always has a kind word, is pretty good about remembering customer names and cars, and it is obvious from the moment he starts talking that he knows a LOT about vehicles.
My favorite thing about taking my car to Kelly’s is that I never feel like Kelly or Ken are trying to sell me something I don’t need. Over the years they have suggested repairs that are necessary, told me to hold off on things that didn’t need to happen yet, and always give good advice.
If don’t know anything about cars like me, and/​or want to do business with a locally-​owned auto repair shop that you can genuinely trust.