Salmon’s Service Centers

How your experience goes depends on your tech. I’ve had good service and one bad experience here. Haven’t seen the guy who gave me the bad experience for a while, so maybe he got canned. On the whole I think they are a good shop, maybe a little pricey though.

I have worked as an auto mechanic years ago, I still do a fare amount of repairs, In the past two or three years when a repair was out of my skill range which is to often on newer cars, or just more work than I wanted to get involved with I have taken it to Salmon Service. I have been happy with all work done there by various mechanics but very recently I have been extremely impressed with the knowledge and work performed by Ian Newman and Matt. My recall is failing me (Sorry Guys) but I think it was Tim and Justin that have also contributed to the work on my vehicles.
I have also been pleased and surprised at the reasonable prices.
Thanks Guys,
Rocky

This place is great! Cheap, quality service. Not to mention they are open SEVEN days a week.
My BMW E46 ZHP started overheating. I took it to my usual shop, and was met with disappointment. Within days, the car started to chronically overheat again. To make things worse, the power steering started going as well. I decided to try a new shop, and took it to Salmon’s.
Let me just say. The guys at this shop went above and beyond to get my car running normally again. The other shop apparently damaged some hoses/​connectors (effectively undoing whatever they «fixed»), created a leak in my power steering system, put in the wrong coolant, and did not do a complete repair job. Salmon’s fixed everything, and was communicative during the whole process. More importantly, I never felt like they were trying to «upsell» repairs to me; rather, they tried to keep my repair bill as low (!!!) as possible.
In the end, Salmon’s put in proper coolant, replaced my thermostat (a necessity to replace when you touch the cooling system, something the other shop didn’t do), replaced broken cooling hoses/​connectors, and fixed my power steering for under $ 1,000. Had I taken my BMW to BMW Seattle, the cost to get just the thermostat replaced probably would have been $ 1,000. At the other shop, this bill would’ve been around $ 1,500.
Their part cost is very reasonable. I always cross-​check how much a shop charges me vs. how much the part would cost to order myself. It looks like the only upcharge was for shipping/​delivery (aka, their cost is basically identical to getting your own parts). A lot of shops in this area take advantage of you by charging ridiculous prices for parts (and not allowing you to bring in your own).
As I said before, the mechanics seem very knowledgeable, trustworthy, and professional. It seems like the employees here are genuine car enthusiasts (one of them saw my car, and we talked a little bit about all the cars we’ve owned). I couldn’t recommend this place enough to other E46/​BMW owners.
*Also not sure why they’re rated as $$$, they’re definitely $$ for this area.

This service center is absolutely wonderful. For me, customer service is nearly everything. All of the people that work here have been amazing and treat the customers with a great deal of respect. In the past couple months I have taken my vehicles here to have general maintenance done and I couldn’t have been happier.
This morning I woke up to a flat tire and being that it’s a Sunday, nearly every single tire center was closed. BTW, I called Sears and they told me to call back at a less busy time, WOW.
I didn’t want to have to deal with this tire issue on Monday, so I called the Salmon Service Station and they told me to bring the tire in right away. He fixed the tire so fast and had it back on the car in no time. Excellent customer service skills!
Owen is also great and did work on my car a while back.
This is now my primary shop and I will be taking my vehicles here for any general maintenance issues.
Thanks!!!

I recently took my E46 BMW in for an oil change at BMW Seattle, as they have a very good deal for fresh oil + filter. However, there’s a reason for that good deal — the dreaded upsell.
In my case, BMW Seattle wanted over $ 500 for a new serpentine belt and fresh coolant. Before taxes. I declined, got my car back, and went to Salmon’s.
Total for treating my car to fresh coolant and a new serpentine belt? Less than half of what BMW Seattle wanted. And they knew to use the proper BMW coolant in my car — no reminder needed.
I’m glad I found a local shop for general service and maintenance items. There are other European cars that get serviced there as well and the technicians know their stuff. I’ll be taking my Toyota there as well.

Quick Service and a fair price for auto repair. The employees are very friendly and helpful. Also they have Snickers bars! It’s also a Chevron station. Open Sundays too. Would recommend to a friend.

The crew at the Greenwood location is always quick to help, transparent with costs and wildly competent. Most recently my wife popped in there to have them investigate a low tire pressure warning on our Sienna. The shop was supposed to close in 10 min and they guys just stepped up and got it done. It was $ 12! I will continue to use them as my neighborhood mechanic and have no qualms with suggesting them to my friends.

EDIT: Phil Salmon directly contacted me and gave me a fair credit to have work done in the future. I raised the review up a star and revoked the long story in order to be fair to Mr. Salmon.
Went again for my Sentra as I was having additional issues weeks ago, and writing an update today after feeling out that the repairs were good and I wouldn’t have to go back.
The short story is that if you have transmission problems, don’t be stupid like me, go to a transmission-​specializing place. To save you the grief, go to North Seattle Transmissions (
), because that’s the place they will using anyway, as they do not do this type of work at this establishment. I can vouch for the work done, and it is satisfactory, and I’m sure they communicate their services and costs much better.

Got my brake light fixed for $ 12. They were quick, didn’t make me jump through hoops or try to upsell me. PLUS, they are open on Sunday.

I am a 20 something female. My first experience with Salmon Service. I feel vulnerable with mechanics, however, with Troy and Romeo I do trust them. I had a repair that they told me to go to the dealership because it was under warranty.

I’ve taken my 05′ Acura TL here twice now. The first time was when I just moved to town and had a burning rubber smell going on. They found the problem and didn’t charge me (I forgot what the problem was).
The second time bringing my car in for an assortment of electrical problems scared me at the thought of how much this was going to cost me. The manager, Adrian, put my mind at ease and the bill was only a fraction of what I imagined.
Being a former mechanic myself, I feel comfortable leaving me car with these guys!