S&K Auto Repair

Lu is one in a million! I’ve come to him a few times for work on my Silverado but after this last time I’m coming now for everything. After a few failed attempts with generic parts on my power steering system he managed to order an OEM part on New Years Eve and finished it that same evening when we originally thought it wouldn’t be done until the following week. S&K is seriously an amazing establishment and they’ll forever have my business!

He did no work and put down I owed him money then told me to go else where after seeing my wheelchair. Refused to zero out the signed paperwork like he’s charging me for nothing.
Used to love the place. Sent some friends there. One friend has a nice conversion van that needed a transmission and a couple of things. The guy made a list a mile long including breaks and rotters even though he said he didn’t know if it needed them. Then told my friend to take the van home and think about fixing it. (This is after we had taken other vehicles there for repair) Maybe it was worth fixing maybe not.
The next time I came in he saw my wheelchair, wouldn’t make an appointment for three weeks. Then when I showed up he was mad at me over the other guy not fixing his van yet. Gave me crap for the wheelchair. Wanted me to sign the paper then added 90.00 to the total for the van. Refused any repair work and told me to go else where. He refused to give me a slip that said he did no work and I owed him nothing.
He has changed and will rip you off. Yes, if he does an inspection he needs to be paid his 75.00 an hour, but not rip you off for nothing.
New. Guy who owned van went back and tried to pay him for his time. He wouldn’t take the money AGAIN. But said will not slap leans on vehicle.

Lu’s operation is top notch! Being a mechanic myself, I can always tell when someones trying to flim flam me. Lu doesn’t do this. Good guys there.

Awesome place to come take your car for all your service needs. Ask for Lu he will take care of you. Fast honest and friendly service! If you need reliable service this place is where you want to go.

Lu is fantastic, in the past 8 years, he’s taken care of 3 cars for us.
He’s polite, friendly, and fair in his pricing almost to a fault, which is probably why he’s so busy.
I called him at 11:00 am for some necessary servicing and brake work. He told me to bring the car in and it was all done by 5:00pm, and all at a price at about ¹⁄₃ of what it would have cost me at the dealership and likely would have been without my vehicle for several days.
There is no one else in the Easy Bay that I would trust with our vehicles. There aren’t enough adjectives to describe what a true craftsman he is as well as an excellent person to do business with.

I can’t believe I haven’t written a review sooner. I’ve been coming to Lu for close to 15 years. I’ve referred many others to S&K who subsequently have become regular customers. He’s the best! It’s such a relief to never worry about misdiagnosis, overcharging, etc. I’d highly recommend S&K to anyone, but especially people who don’t know a lot about cars and have to put their trust into what a mechanic recommends.

Great costumer service
I have deal with Lu (owner) for almost 10 years, i like his honesty and the way he conducted business, always ready for any kind of work on my car, he won’t bs you and tell you what’s best for your car.
This is not the shop where you go to fix something and a week later you go back cause they F arround with your car, they are really professionals and they always get the job done.
I always recommend this mechanic shop to Family and friends.

He is a very very very nice guy and tell me how to do. He always give me the very low and fair price and very very helpful! Thank you so so so much!!!

Took my car to Lu 10-​10-​2014 for what I believed to be bad rear brakes, they were worse than that, rotors needed to be replaced. I knew my car needed some real service work done and S & K would handle it very professionally and have my car back to me in a timely fashion. Lu took the time to show me a couple other things I had going on that needed to be repaired, leaking water pump, brakes (of course), oil change. He wrote it all up and quoted me for the work, provided options for my brakes, cost wise. I went with higher cost because, with parts you get what you pay for and I tend to be hard on my brakes. After all was done, I had my car back the next day with everything completed. These guys are really great and highly recommended for all auto services. Honest, fast, and friendly, thanks guys.

Took my car to this shop after reading good reviews here on Unilocal.All I went in for was a water pump replacement. I had already had a previous diagnostic done on my vehicle hints to why I knew what I needed. Lou insisted that I did a diagnostic through him for $ 80 extra because and I quote «you cant trust other mechanics sometimes they misdiagnose. I told him not, all I wanted was the water pump done. After a few more tries he agreed to do it. He then called me about 2 hours later saying I would have to pay extra because a belt was cracked (not the timing belt). I told him to go ahead and replace it. About 3 hours later he called to tell me my car was ready. I was excited to go pick it up. He proceeded to show me various parts that he «supposedly» changed from my car (I know nothing about cars so I have no idea if they really came from my car or not). So after paying almost $ 300, I walked out to my car and proceeded to leave. NOT, my car would not start. What!!! my car was working just fine before this. I went inside after trying for about 3mins to let him know since all the other mechanics were just standing around watching me. He come out and tries it again. As I’m asking him whats wrong with my car he is not responding but continuing to pop my hood and keep looking. Still not knowing whats going on it takes them (3 men) another 45mins to get the car running again. No communication. I think they messed up my car and had no explanation. He tells me its running and proceeds to walk away. I followed Lou into the office and try to get an answer. He tells me he can fix it (whatever IT is) if I leave it until Monday (it was Saturday by the way). Absolutely not! I cant get an explanation as to whats going on, you cause another problem when you were suppose to be fixing one and you want me to leave my vehicle all weekend? NO! So I get my car home and now my car is driving funny and is still overheating. A friend of mind tells me about this place that is closer to me so I take it there, got out the car to go explain to this shop whats going on, turned my car off and it never came on again. Needless to say, I will never go there again. Lesson learned, Unilocal is not all its cracked up to be. People lie and everyone’s situation is different.

After driving around working off a State Smog approved referral sheet for approved shops to aid in diagnosing my check engine light which was on :(
and getting really frustrated because some places didn’t even LOOK at my car before giving me some crazy price, I pulled into S&K.
Lu was very busy but took the time to LOOK at my car and explain my options. In about 30 minutes I was out the door and my car passed its Smog :)
Thank you LU for being so HONEST and HELPFUL and bringing my Smog ordeal to an end!

Lu is great. I called ahead of time to see if he had time that afternoon to look at my car and he told me to bring the car in and he would look at it. My car was looked at, he told me what the issues were and quoted me excellent prices. My car was worked on and ready within a couple hours. I also couldn’t believe that Lu remembered me from me going there once before like a year ago and remembered the cars my friend whom referred me drove thru out the years.

Great! My car was having problems for MONTHS, not starting. I took it to 3 different people and they all told me that I needed to take my car to the dealership, that there was nothing they could do to fix my car. The dealership was going to charge me 275 just to look at my car. So I read the reviews here so I decided let’s try it out. They were super busy but Lu said that he would try his best to help me out. So he looked at it and he told me that it was my starter and replaced the same day and within a hours my car was back to normal. I really appreciate it a lot! And he explained everything to me. I would recommend him to anyone.

These guys are amazing!
Quality of work, price and attitude are all off the charts!
When I dropped my car off on a drizzle filled morning I had to catch the bus to get home. Lu saw me from across the street and called my cell to see if I needed a ride home. Who does that anymore?
I’ll take his shop over the Dealership (who by the way wanted a lot more to do a lot less) anytime.
Thanks S&K team!

Very very honest. Been with this mechanic over a decade. Good with everything except they do not do tires here. They give good evaluations on what is needed and what is not. Also very timely services. I will always come back to La and Lu!

I’ve been taking my van to Lu for the last few years. Even though I live in South Berkeley now, I still bring my car to Lu because he is the most honest mechanic I have ever known. Whenever I have a problem with my van, he takes me step by step through the problem and explains what all the options are. If there is a safe and affordable solution that doesn’t involve replacing expensive parts, he will suggest it.
He is always very friendly and his work is top notch. As long as I live anywhere in the Bay, he will always get my business.

Once again, Lu is the man. He found a mysterious electrical problem that Precision (down the street) failed to find after two attempts. He didn’t even charge to fix it and offered me no unnecessary repair work. Can’t recommend this guy enough.

My first car was a 2000 Hyundai Accent. My first car was also a gigantic piece of crap, which meant that it was in constant need of repairs and servicing. Lu handled my old pile beautifully and, when all was said and done and I was ready to purchase a newer, more reliable car, referred me to the California Vehicle Retirement Program instead of charging me over $ 1200 for repairs. That program netted me a cool $ 1000, which I ended up putting toward my current car, a 2010 Honda Fit.
My Fit recently hit a mileage milestone and when I popped the hood to do some minor maintenance (spark plug removal, etc.) of my own, I noticed just how awkward of a set-​up the Fit has (look it up if you’re curious). Not wanting to deal with the removal of a bunch of oddities and feeling especially lazy for a Saturday, I called my local Honda dealer for a quote on a spark plug install.
«$ 218.32. We also recommend a valve adjustment, which will run you $ 376.83 and a drive belt replacement, which is $ 181.54. An oil change will run you $ 39.95 and a tire rotation will be $ 20.»
After catching my breath a little bit, I politely declined her offer and figured that I would just take the time to learn something new and do the job myself. After all, my car doesn’t even HAVE a drive belt (it actually has a drive CHAIN, which in theory can last the life of the car), so there’s no way I could trust them with a valve adjustment if they’re going to outright lie to my face.
Needless to say, I quickly gave up working on my Fit and decided to give Lu a call. He quoted me $ 140 for a spark plug replacement and, due to a terrible case of «weekend laziness,» an oil change and tire rotation. Hell, he even let me purchase a gallon of Honda’s Type 2 coolant off of him for a cool $ 20, saving me a trip to the Honda dealership that I now can’t trust.
And oh yeah, he recommended against a valve adjustment because it’s just «not necessary yet,» so that saved me a good chunk of change, too.
Needless to say, everything came out perfectly and my high-​mileage Fit drives like a dream. On top of that there was only a 3 hour difference between my drop-​off time and pick-​up time, which is extremely impressive for a Saturday.
Keep doing the affordable, efficient, and honest work that you and your guys do and as long as I’m still a lazy kind of guy on Saturday mornings, Lu, you’ll see me back for some oil changes and anything else that may come up.
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11.14.12 Update: So I just received a phone call from the owner thanking me for my review. A phone call. Come on guys, this man knows customer service and truly does appreciate every single person that comes through his doors. If you’re trying to find a shop for your car, this is the place and that’s that.

OK… so I came here today because of all the great reviews on Unilocal.I guess most of these reviews are their friends or something because I obviously didnt get the same service. Or I came on one of their «bad» days.
Yesterday, the check engine light came on on my daily driver and needed to get it diagnose to see what the problem is. I searched on Unilocal for a trustworthy mechanic shop and came across S & K. I decided to go and check it out today, once I pulled in, NO ONE acknowledged me, so I went into the shop to wait for someone, everyone just walked by not asking if I needed help or if I have been helped. 5 – 10 min have passed, finally someone came and asked what i needed and here is how it went:
Some dude: Can I help you?
Me: Yea, the check engine light came on and I wanna get a diagnostic, how much is it?
Some dude: huh? hold on… let me help this guy first. (that person obviously came in after me)
Me: WTF!!!
*couple min went by*
Some dude: ok what is wrong with your car again?
Me: the check engine light came on and i wanna see how much is it for a diagnostic.
Some dude: $ 80.00
Me: What!!! Nevermind. *walked out*
I thought independent shops suppose to cost less than factory. They are charging me more than what the factory was asking for for a simple 1 min diagnostic test! I finally left and got one done somewhere else for free and it was only a simple fix with the O2 sensors. Guess I can’t trust everything on Unilocal

You really wanna know why I LOVE this guy (Lu), because he is absolutely honest. His work is efficient, and his prices,
oh lord his prices… Heavenly to say the least.
He has kept my 94 Chevy blazer going for way longer and way cheaper than what I expected. He tells you whats wrong with your car and tells you what will keep your car going, and what will destroy your car and if he will be able to fix it. He has been telling me that my car isn’t worth the trouble since I first ROLLED IT IN, but some how its faithful.
With that I give S&K the maximum amount of swag given by man.