Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires CA 90260

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Monique Mata

I made a same day appointment and they replaced my tire within a few hours! Extremely friendly and attentive. I enjoyed seeing the progress being made on the online vehicle tracker and they thoroughly explained their findings. Will always come to this location

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Shakil Naihan

I had to wait an hour for someone to actually look at the vehicle. Once they took it inside, it took another 45 minutes for oil change. If you plan to use this location, be prepared to not be greeted by the front desk person and also wait a long time for services. But actual service performed was satisfactory.

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H Peter Ji

First time using the service. Had to replace a dead battery. I had an appointment first thing in the morning, and it didn’t take a whole lot for them to get the work done. They offered 2 different batteries - one AGM and the other standard. The first was slightly more expensive but had an additional year of warranty (4 years, rather than 3 years). And I was told that the AGM battery gets charged faster than the other, which meant that it would last longer. It is their words, not mine. In the end though I’d rather have a battery that lasts for 4 years in case it dies on me and I have to replace it with a new, which is free with the warranty. I had once a Costco battery which had 3-year warranty died on me and had it replaced with a new for free then, so it’s good to know that there’s an extra year to fall back on. Oh, and I was told that it’d cost $80 there to install a battery purchased elsewhere. With the batteries they sell, you pay only for the battery that you’d purchase (although who knows if they have already factored that in when pricing their batteries). At any rate, I decided to go with a professional service this time because it appeared to be more complicated to remove the old battery and install a new in a ¾ ton truck (unlike with an SUV that I installed the battery purchased from Costco myself). I don’t know if the batteries Costco sells are AGM but it (only one type) was similar to the price of the standard battery at Pep Boys. The thing is that Costco doesn’t install batteries for you. When I saw the signs saying free tire pressure check and free brake inspection while waiting, I didn’t think of them much. But I saw a vehicle pull in, a customer got out and went into the shop and then next minute she was getting tire pressure check. I didn’t ask about it but it appeared that that was what happened.