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January 2024 by Joe Diamond
Took a whole year to get the car back, nothing fixed , dereliction of what was expected, we've had tougher without , much worse than, and paid over five hundred dollars. Had to sell car for three hundred dollars. Then lose more. ?
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July 2023 by Israel Fiscal
Payed 800 and transmission is worse hebad service I should of read reviews b4 do not take your car he is not even a mechanic
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March 2023 by Rolando R.
Alex Gomez, that crook conned me transmission work payment advances for over $3000 in total because I was out of state and wanted no delay excuses in completing my truck . When I showed up for my truck, it had disappeared from there without explanation and I never saw it again. Owner Alex just gives me a bunch of runaround about getting to the bottom of it but he mostly avoids me. He's promised reimbursement for it, but never delivered. I believe he took advantage of me and that he sold it out of desperation for money since I couldn't check on it except by phone call because I was working out of state and gone for several months at a time. As an employee, he assumed the business of the original owner after his passing and has since ruined the reputation of that business name. That business should be shut down.
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December 2022 by Ann Hawley
I went here because of yhe great long standing reputation. I guess that great reputation was earned by the last generation. This Johnston generation knows nothing about customer service, or the basics of automotive service. Still trying to get my $ back!!Service: Transmission
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September 2022 by Pamela S
This business is so corrupt....the son had assisted my ex with stealing my truck...mr **** would call all hours of the night and threaten ******* had my truck hiding at the shop...police have been aware of situation...yesterday i went to speak with the owner his father ***....right away **** because upset and agressive n got in my face as if he was going to hit me.....**** has been uaing another person to steal right from under his fathers nose. Mr **** threatened to never return my truck and to send it to ****** for parts.....the poor father is clueless...so sad....my ex fiance *********************** stole my ******* mr **** is helping him.....this business is a front for criminal activity....its a chop shop n trap house ...it needs to be held accountable for its actions .
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February 2022 by Michael S.
They had my vehicle to fix, 3 weeks and no work done to it all! Kept wanting money the whole 3 weeks. they kept my money and found damage to my vehicle. NEVER EVER TAKE YOUR CAR THERE
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August 2021 by Richard Lopez
Worse transmission shop in corpus it took over a month to fix the truck.kept on lying on when it was going to be ready. We got a parking ticket in the mail by ccpd while it was being fixed.kept on calling he needed more money to fix the transmission. Worse experience ever
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February 2021 by Chris White
Thief stole almost$2000. Gave him money in October. Come January he still hasn't touched our car. Said he bought a transmission but couldn't show me the transmission or reciept, but doesn't have our money. Yes we have a reciept from him giving him the deposit. After having to get another company tow it off his lot he still won't give back the money we gave him.
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October 2019 by Jon Sixx
If I can give them zero Stars I would very disrespectful not true to their word and after they mess up they are very untrustworthy people, please beware of these low lifes.
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October 2018 by Estella Boyes
I wish I had read these reviews before I took my car to them! I took my car to this guy in August he said it could be done in a week. It took me three weeks to get it back! I drove it to work one night and when I went out on break found that it would not shift and the car would not even start! He came and picked it up after 2 days another couple of weeks to get it back. Has not driven right since then. Here we are in January and he has it because it kept clunking as it changed gears. Then he calls me up on Saturday afternoon and wants me to come up with more money. This from a place that didn't let me know that he takes credit cards until my car was taken apart! DO NOT USE!!
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October 2018 by Stephany Rodriguez
I went with my boss to drop off a 1999 ford ranger to have a rebuilt transmission put in on 6/5/18 paid in full at time of drop off. When we picked up the vehicle it worked for almost two week (14 days) then it just gave out on the way to run errands in corpus. It has a 12 mo or 12-k mi warranty. We ( my boss and I) took the vehicle back on 6/18/18 with the promise of it being ready after 3days. It is now 7/6/18 and Johnston's has now promised to have it ready by tomorrow 7/7/18. My boss is not taking this lightly and after reading 11 different reviews all stating the same issues with this company, has decided if the vehicle is not ready tomorrow will be taking legal action in this matter. I recommend NO ONE use this shop (if you can call it that) if you value your vehicle, time, and money. You will waste all 3 here.
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July 2018 by Stephany L.
Estella Boyes Local Guide · 4 reviews · 5 photos 5 months ago I wish I had read these reviews before I took my car to them! I took my car to this guy in August he said it could be done in a week. It took me three weeks to get it back! I drove it to work one night and when I went out on break found that it would not shift and the car would not even start! He came and picked it up after 2 days another couple of weeks to get it back. Has not driven right since then. Here we are in January and he has it because it kept clunking as it changed gears. Then he calls me up on Saturday afternoon and wants me to come up with more money. This from a place that didn't let me know that he takes credit cards until my car was taken apart! DO NOT USE!! Melanie Martinez 1 review a year ago Horrible experience. My sister had her transmission fixed here and had to return it twice due to leaking fluid. The second time they promised the car would be returned the same day. It wasn't. After 3 days of ignoring her calls and texts, the car was in her driveway when she got home from work. No call no text. Terrible customer service. DO NOT TAKE YOUR VEHICLE HERE. Cheaper price doesn't mean quality service. It has been a total of a month dealing with these people. *Oh...and it is still leaking. mohammed viquar younus a year ago Don't ever go to this mechanic. I believe he did something very bad to the car. The car is not at all fixed. They just take the cars showing that they know the problem. They do nothing except keeping the car at the garage. They don't pick the calls, says some b******* stories and keep delaying. Gave my car after two weeks although they said they are gonna give the car very next day. They are just making money by deceiving people. They are crooked, not authorized. Don't take card payments which shows that they are thief's. Sundy Leisher 1 review a year ago DANGER! If your vehicle is important to you, do NOT take it here. Alex ducked our calls and in-person visits for three weeks while we tried to find out information about my husband's truck. Broken contracts and broken promises. He said it would be done in a few days. When he finally returned it, we promised a decent review if at least the transmission was fixed properly. It's still broken. Avoid this shop! James Alaniz 1 review a year ago Horrible place... Alex promised my truck would be done in a week after I had paid him. It took me 3 months to get my truck back just to have the clutch worked on. The truck wasn't fixed correctly and he refused to show me any receipts for the parts he claimed to have bought. During the time of my truck being under his supervision after claiming to have security cameras my battery was stolen, my steering column was cut open, my carpet was ripped out all around the clutch, my tool box was stolen, there was words in carving all along my door panel and the bed of my truck was being used for trashed car parts and beer cans along with old tires. I do not recommend this place Alex does all the business his dad is just the face of the shop and cover up for all the lies of Alexs shady business. He replaced a battery i bought from autozone with a car not a truck a car battery from interstate battery and the truck ran worse then when i first took it in for their service. Unfortunately i still had to give it a star even though its not deserved. Amanda Morales 1 review a year ago very bad service. wouldnt send my worst enemy here. venom aparicio 3 reviews 2 years ago going in this week to swap my trans.these guys seem a bit shifty but im going to give them a shot.i will keep you guys posted Jm Flores 2 reviews a year ago These individuals are shady as hell. Extremely poor service and they shortcut everything. my cars still not shifting right. THEY SUCK!!!!!
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October 2017 by Melanie Martinez
Horrible experience. My sister had her transmission fixed here and had to return it twice due to leaking fluid. The second time they promised the car would be returned the same day. It wasn't. After 3 days of ignoring her calls and texts, the car was in her driveway when she got home from work. No call no text. Terrible customer service. DO NOT TAKE YOUR VEHICLE HERE. Cheaper price doesn't mean quality service. It has been a total of a month dealing with these people.
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October 2017 by mohammed viquar younus
Don't ever go to this mechanic. I believe he did something very bad to the car. The car is not at all fixed. They just take the cars showing that they know the problem. They do nothing except keeping the car at the garage. They don't pick the calls, says some b******* stories and keep delaying. Gave my car after two weeks although they said they are gonna give the car very next day. They are just making money by deceiving people. They are crooked, not authorized. Don't take card payments which shows that they are thief's.
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October 2017 by Sundy Leisher
DANGER! If your vehicle is important to you, do NOT take it here.
