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Ballard Automotive Repair received 39 consumer ratings from Consumers' CHECKBOOK and Consumer Reports subscribers.
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1546 NW Leary Way
Seattle, WA
Phone: 206-789-5516
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Auto Repair Shops Get High Praise from Their Customers.
Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Auto Repair Shops.
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Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Excellent and economical compared to dealers. A bit out of the way and no fancy..........
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Subscriber from BOTHELL, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Overall , excellent, fair treating all people the same. Recommend many friends there and they..........
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Subscriber from KENT, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
I will certainly recommend this repair shop to others........
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Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Excellent and trustworthy........
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Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
They are competent and honest........
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Subscriber from KIRKLAND, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Absolutely first rate.......
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Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Consistently polite, reasonable, competent and exceedingly honest. I completely trust them to do only work..........
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Subscriber from FEDERAL WAY, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Prices were a little higher than many of the other comparisons, but they were a..........
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Subscriber from LAKEWOOD, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Ive dealt with this repair/auto service shop for several years now and swear by them........
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Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Very professional, honest and look out for my interests.......
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Subscriber from SNOHOMISH, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
have also did extensive bodywork for us, great place to work with.......
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Subscriber from FIRCREST, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Prices are high, no specials on service pricing.......
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Subscriber from POULSBO, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Treats your car (and your pocket book) as if he owned it himself. Best automotive..........
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Subscriber from BREMERTON, WA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
After starting work, they discovered something else was the cause of the problem. This delayed..........
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