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How does Auto Repair Service Rate?
Auto Repair Service received 12 consumer ratings from Consumers' CHECKBOOK and Consumer Reports subscribers.
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Auto Repair Service
965 Pierce Butler Rte
St Paul, MN
Phone: 651-487-1431



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What can Consumers' CHECKBOOK tell you about Auto Repair Service?
Does shop get CHECKBOOK's top rating (CHECKBOOK's top rating) for quality? ... answers available
Does shop get CHECKBOOK's top rating (CHECKBOOK's top rating) for price? ... answers available
CHECKBOOK Ratings
Number of customer survey ratings: 12 ratings
What percent of customers rated firm "superior" for "overall performance/quality"?
What percent of customers rated firm "superior" for "doing work properly"?
What percent of customers rated firm "superior" for "starting and completing work promptly"?
What percent of customers rated firm "superior" for "letting you know cost early"?
What percent of customers rated firm "superior" for "advice on service options and costs"?
What percent of customers rated firm "adequate" or "superior" for "overall performance/quality"?
Complaints
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Prices
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Additional Information
Is shop AAA approved?
Does shop claim to employ at least one ASE (National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence) certified technician?
Is shop authorized to perform emissions and safety inspections?
Is shop authorized to perform emissions repairs?
What makes of vehicles does shop repair?
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Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Auto Repair Shops in the Twin Cities Area
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).

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.

  • Subscriber from ANDOVER, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Absolutely honest people and very good mechanics........
  • Subscriber from MINNEAPOLIS, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Sayid and Tom are wonderful. Always pleasant and always want to go that extra mile..........
  • Subscriber from SAINT PAUL, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: After a bad experience with another repair shop we went to Lupient; what a great..........
  • Subscriber from SOUTH ST PAUL, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Best in the area........
  • Subscriber from MINNEAPOLIS, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: A family-operated shop. Nothing fancy about the place, but good work at reasonable prices and..........
  • Subscriber from MINNEAPOLIS, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Excellent service and checked warranty and past work to minimize costs........
  • Subscriber from SAINT PAUL, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Not fancy, but very honest and reasonable!.......
  • Subscriber from SAINT PAUL, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Though they had to move out to Woodbury since they lost their St. Paul lease,..........
  • Subscriber from WOODBURY, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Great shop for day to day service requirements on your vehicle. Always accurate in service..........
  • Subscriber from APPLE VALLEY, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: They have an awesome mechanic I think his name is Bill. He is very good...........
  • Subscriber from SAINT PAUL, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Very experienced and knowledgable. They are the best at diagnosing I have ever had........
  • Subscriber from FOREST LAKE, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Fantastic service but shop rates are very high.......
  • Subscriber from MINNEAPOLIS, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Had oil changed and they performed the 65k warranty inspection at no charge. Turning light..........
  • Subscriber from SHAKOPEE, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Very honest place. Do not try to sell you a repair you do not need........
  • Subscriber from ST PAUL, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: I have used Como for years but I ran into a big repair last spring...........
  • Subscriber from EDEN PRAIRIE, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: They did an oil change for me last minute. I would return here without hesitation........
  • Subscriber from ROSEVILLE, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Mike and his staff truly know how to provide good customer service........
  • Subscriber from HOPKINS, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: They have always been both honest and informative in taking care of my cars. The..........
  • Subscriber from ST PAUL, MN wrote about a local auto repair shop: Friendly people, good work, forever warranty.......