DNZ Automotive Inc CA 92627

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Efrain M.

$1350 Repair Failed Immediately - Check Engine & Overheating<br><br>In May 2025,I paid over $1,350 at DNZ Automotive for a major repair that included a new timing belt, water pump, and thermostat (see invoice).<br><br>The result was catastrophic. Immediately after driving away, the check engine light came on and the van began overheating again, reaching dangerous levels (see photos of the dashboard gauges).<br><br>I returned immediately. Their own scanner pulled codes P1130 and P1135 (see photo), which are related to the air-fuel sensor and heater circuit—issues that were not present before their work. Despite this evidence, the service advisor and owner dismissed it as a "coincidence" and asked for more money to fix the problems they created.<br><br>The disorganization was shocking. An employee actually had to call me and ask me to text them my own invoice because they had no record of what work had just been done on my car. How can you trust a shop to warranty their work if they don't even keep their own records?<br><br>They refused to honor their own 1-year warranty. I've had to use my own scanner to monitor the car myself (see photo).<br><br>The attached invoice proves the work they did. The attached photos prove they failed. This shop cost me over $1300 and left my van in a more dangerous state than when I brought it in. Avoid this place at all costs.

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Maxwell Lancer

Came here based on the Yelp reviews looking to get my brake pads replaced on my Subaru. The guy (manager or owner I think) inspected it and gave me a good quote of $380 to replace. I was on the fence as I didn't really want to put any more money into a car I was going to be giving away, but my wife convinced me to, so I went back about two weeks later to get them replaced.<br>This is where it went from what seemed like a totally legit place, to a totally dodgy place. A new (different) employee all of a sudden decided that it needed new rotors, etc as well -- even though it had literally NOT been driven AT ALL since they gave me the original quote. Instead, the guy just kept arguing with me as if I was making it up. I told him to look up the quote in the system and he just kept insisting I had to spend more money.<br>So, either the first guy was wrong in his evaluation and quote, OR the second guy was just trying to milk more money because literally NOTHING had changed in the interim as the car had not been driven.<br>Felt like the classic bait and switch that gives a lot of auto-repair shops a bad name. I guess you can add this one to the list of shady businesses that don't care about their reputation as long as they can get over on you. No thanks.

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Jack White

I had a shifter cable fail on my car and needed it fixed fast. At DNZ I was able to get a quick appointment, honest assessment, fast turnaround, and fair pricing. Good, honest car maintenance is few and far between these days so I was very happy to find this place.