Aamco Transmissions

When I lived in Davis I had the transmission replaced on my 1965 mustang by Mo and he did a wonderful job. The service was professional, fast, and right on the money. I recently moved to Seattle but still have another car stored in Davis. I had an idea of what was wrong with it and decided to give Mo a call to see if he could help. As anyone with car trouble knows it hard enough finding honest, reliable help when you are present with your car, let alone several hundred miles away. Since I didn’t need the car back right away the time frame to fix it was open ended. Mo and his team were fantastic. I had the car towed to his facility. He looked it over, diagnosed the problem, which was a broken electric fuel pump, and it was fixed by the following week! (I must mention two important things. First, we weren’t exactly sure which electric pump was needed because my car is a custom build. So Mo had two different fuel pumps ordered which reduced the time it took to fix it. Second, this all occurred over the Thanksgiving holiday so considering the nature of the problem it took a fraction of the time I thought it would take. I have waited weeks to have my old cars fixed so this was amazing). Once fixed Mo washed my car and drove it back to storage for me. Talk about going above and beyond. I have never had 5 STAR service before, but I have now. I only wish they were up in Seattle now. Special thanks to Mo and his team; professional, honest, fast, friendly and affordable = 5 STARS all the way!!!

This Aamco in davis is awesome !! I highly recommend it. The employees are so nice and Helpful. I went in because my car was leaking a ton of oil. Of course I had no idea what it was. I went in and saw Mo and he was very kind and explained everything in detail. My car was back to me the very next day. They are very efficient and they are not pushy at all (like the other auto repair places I’ve went to). At the end It was a great experience, and affordable. Thanks Mo!

Originally went in to have my transmission looked at and agreed to the $ 60 diagnostic fee. After the inspection, they were unable to locate any issues and stated the fluid level was slightly low. After topping on the needed fluid, and a road test with me and the technician, the issue was gone and I was not charged the $ 60 fee.
I inquired on some other services that my car was in need of and got a great price compared to the dealer in Davis for my car. I scheduled the appt for the following week. All the service was completed including additional items that were found to be in need of being replaced. These extra items only cost me the price of the parts, since they had to be removed to do the other requested service. The dealer would not have offered something like that.
A+ service from Mo and his team. I will be taking my other car there for its needed servicing.

AAMCO Transmissions ripoff complaint review.
If you have a transmission problem, you should not use AAMCO in Davis.
I would not recommend this place due to the following experience:
2006 Toyota Sienna Van AWD. Transmission was shifting hard, so I scheduled the $ 60 inspection at AAMCO — a big name place with a good? reputation. Unilocal said it had new management and some reviews were good. Now I suspect they are phony. Jeff drove the car and then put it on the lift, pulled the filter from the bottom and called me. He said he has has over 25 years experience with transmissions. He said it looked bad, and showed me parts of the failed bearings that were caught in the filter and pointed out broken parts that were visible up inside the transmission. At this point the car was still running, and I could still have taken it to a junk yard for salvage, or had a rebuilt installed somewhere.
I told him I didn’t want to spend more than 2 or $ 3,000 in repairs. Jeff wouldn’t say it was totally shot, but it sounded like he was about to tell me that when Mo joined the conversation and said I needed the $ 880 tear down inspection, in order to see what needed replacing. I tried to get Jeff back into the conversation, and finally asked who was the manager and who was in charge — Jeff or Mo? Jeff said it was Mo’s call and Jeff stopped talking and walked away. I then signed a contract for a tear down inspection. They had the car for a full week, from 19 Dec to 26 Dec, and he finally called and told me it would cost nearly $ 6,000 for the repairs. I told him not to repair it and told him to reinstall the broken transmission. Almost two weeks after that (12 days later) Mo finally had the car out of the shop and available for me to pick up with a tow truck. The entire evaluation took nearly 19 days, just to get my car back, and it was still broken and I had spent $ 880 for an opinion that Jeff could have told me that first day.
Looking back on it all, there is no doubt in my mind that Jeff knew the transmission needed a total rebuild, including new cooler, and had a good idea of the cost. With 25 years of experience, how could he not know? Nearly $ 6,000 for repairs is outrageous. Jeff allowed Mo to rope me in and get me to pay the $ 880 dollars needlessly.
Do not take any transmission problem –to these people. Avoid the AAMCO in Davis, Ca. I always learn my lessons the hard way, but I’ll know better next time.

Ammco in Davis sucks since new management. They over charge make kids walk home in 104 heat due to no staffing when my car broke down. Not trained to diagnose an ac problem that they made than somehow they say they are not liable. They need to be better trained if they cant diagnose a simple ac line leak.2 days to find out nothing was fixed now I have found a reliable good mechanic that is trained.

There should be an option for ZERO stars. Do NOT take your vehicle to this place. They will overcharge you and on the invoice they will confuse you to what they actually even fixed on your car (if anything). We are out $ 3000+ for a check engine light. Steer clear, very bad business practices and we even had to have them investigated which of course didn’t do anything for us.

I have never written a review before, but after the excellent service I got here at Aamco, I felt compelled to write one.
I recently had major issues with my car (it was shaking when I drove, the check engine light was on, etc) and I was afraid to take it to the Acura dealership in Elk Grove 1) because I was afraid my car wouldn’t get there in one piece (since I live in Davis), and 2) I was afraid my dealership was gonna charge me an arm and a leg to fix my car. After calling/​researching different car repair places, I came across Aamco’s website. After looking at the reviews on the site and asking my friends and family if they have had good experiences at Aamco, I decided to choose this place to help me. Jeff helped me out from beginning to end!!! He set up my appointment, answered any and all questions I had (and trust me I had a lot — he was SUPER patient with me)…then came the part where I found out what exactly was wrong with my car. I had to get my coils and my spark plugs replaced because my cylinders were misfiring in my car. After getting a quote from Aamco, I called Acura to see what they recommend too. While Acura was very nice about everything, I was a little peeved because of how they seemed to put Aamco down (saying I wouldn’t get good parts from them, I was being overcharged, let wouldn’t be able to turn off my engine light, etc). Acura said they’d rather me tow the car to them, and have it fixed there. After telling Jeff at Aamco what Acura’s quote was and everything, he worked out a deal with my that was cheaper than what Acura was giving me! And not once did he put Acura down, he just told me how they would probably break down their prices. That’s professionalism right there! And he was really nice about it too! He was upfront about everything (from the price breakdown to the quality of the parts). When he was able to lower the price for me over $ 60, I was extremely grateful. With money being so tight, and me being a college student, I have to find the cheapest (yet best) solutions possible. And that’s exactly what Jeff gave me! My car is running fine, he gave me information on my car that not even Acura gave me, he told me his recommendations to keep my car in tip top shape, and he was honest and friendly the whole time! I definitely recommend Aamco for your car needs, and when you go ASK FOR JEFF!!!

They’re trying to be better. They have been checking up on me and my car, which is great customer service and it has been a few months since the problem with my Oxygen sensors were fixed. I’m still annoyed at the price I was charged for the initial service and I probably will be giving them a second and final chance to try to convince me to keep giving them my business.
Their most redeeming quality would have to be the smog technician next door (Aggie Smog) because the guy really knows what he’s doing and quite frankly, those are the type of people. I will most definitely be bringing my car back there for the state inspection.

All of my lights stayed on when the car was turned off making my battery die. I showed up at their shop near closing time and I decided to leave my car over night so they could perform a diagnostic in the morning. I was really stressed out about this being a possible electrical job that may be expensive and was ready to head home when I heard, «I fixed the problem!» It ended up being a minor problem but I was so fortunate to have these gentlemen help me, I don’t know what I would have done without them!

Came to Aamco to have my check engine light checked… Read the reviews. Learned that the shop is under new ownership and management so I gave it a shot. Great people to deal with. I have found a new home for my repairs. Replaced my O2 sensor for a very reasonable price…

I will never go to AAMCO again!!! First of all I dropped by at 8am on a Tuesday, and it took for ever for someone to even notice that I existed. I said that I had just bought my 95′ 4 runner a few weeks previous and I wanted the oil changed and transmission fluid changed (typical maintainence for the milage on my vehicle) as well as a vehicle inspection (which they advertise is free) just to make sure everything is in tip top shape. I said that if they thought I needed a tune up (spark plugs, air filter, timing, etc) that I would like to get that done at the same time. They had me make an appoint ment for Thursday and the guy wrote down exactly what I wanted. When I came back Thursday @7:30am I had to explain all over again why I was there and what I wanted done. They said thay would call me by 9 or 9:30 at the lastest when my oil change and transmission fluid change was done and the inspection was complete. After recieving no call I called THEM at 10:30. The guy on the phone didn’t know what vehicle I was talking about and said that there was no 4 runner there. After I demanded to speak with a manager they «located» my car, and told me that it would be done by 12:30 and that they would, again, call me. (5 hours for an OIL CHANGE and Transmission fluid change???). After no call, I went in at 1:30 and waited (irritated by this point) until they were done. I asked them did they find anything else wrong and did it need a tune up? The guys said yes it did pretty badly, but I would have to make another appointment for that and it would be almost $ 300 just for the spark plugs!!! THAT WAS WHAT THE APPOINTMENT WAS FOR TODAY!!! (btw its was $ 45 for an oil change with crappy oil… they wanted $ 85 for synthetic oil, rediculous!!) He said he did a «full vehicle inspection» and everything was fine.
One week after the appointment, my «A/​T Oil Temp» kept coming on and my radiator kept emptying into the overflow and not filling back up. I took it to Hanlees Toyota, and within 1 hour they called and told me the problem was that whoever had serviced my transmission last had OVERFILLED it. They said that was why it was overheating and it could have blown out my seals if I didn’t bring it in when I did.. Plus my radiator cap wasn’t holding proper pressure (they said it was obvious fix that AAMCO should have caught it). Another hour and it was ready to be picked up. That was without an appointment or calling ahead. The customer service at Hanless was AMAZING, compared to AAMCO’s crap crap crap service. I called for a partial refund and the guy hung up on me even though I was perfectly calm and nice. I called back for a manager and the manager was rude and said there was nothing he could do.

aamco is very bad.
My A/​C had a leak so I called aamco and asked them how much it would cost to see where the leak was coming from. The guy told me that they’d give me a free check and decide where to go from there. Dropped the car off and 3 hours later the check was done.
When I go in to see what the results were, I was told that the a/​c had a leak (that’s why I brought it in) and it was going to cost me $ 150 to see where the leak was coming from.
They took 3 hours to reiterated what I had told them in the beginning.
Brought my car to another mechanic who popped open the hood and found that the gasket was leaking just by using a flashlight. They fixed it for me for $ 90.

My engine check light came on and I took it AAMCO in Davis. Eric the manager said that they would charge 49.95 for an OBD computer read-​out. Other stores charge $ 80. Furthermore, if you choose to get the work done at AAMCO they will waive the fee. Anyway, I needed some spark plugs and a coil replaced. The work cost around 260; I checked the internet and that is the going rate for a job like that. Some people on the internet paid as much as $ 400+. I knew I was getting honest work done on my car and will go there again. The office and shop appears clean and the auto technician seemed pretty skilled.
Eric the manager is an excellent, personable guy genuinely interested in doing good business with customers and the auto repair community in Davis.