Ambato Auto Service Inc NY 11237

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B Mattera

10/10 Highly recommend Ambato Auto for mechanical servicing, maintenance repairs, vehicle diagnostics and inspections. While I’ve owned 3 vehicles and did business with several mechanics in Bklyn & Queens over the last 15 years, my experience with Luis was best. I’ve gotten my Jeep serviced at Ambato Auto two or three times in the last 2 years. I came back because I like the mechanic (Luis) a lot, I respect his work ethic, and I appreciate how he does business. Luis strikes me as a matter-of-fact communicator who genuinely loves cars and provides accurate vehicle diagnostics and cost estimates. He’s not trying to take advantage or upsell. As another reviewer put it, he’s not “starving for business”. Probably because he’s got plenty of business and is a good dude. He did my NYS inspection and offered me a free diagnostic upon request, identifying several needed repairs: brake pads, rotors, oil housing leakage (common problem on Jeep Wrangler 2014). Before taking my Jeep in for the repairs, I could hear and feel tremors while driving, and the brakes squeaking, indicating maintenance was needed. Gemini AI advised me what issues to should check for on the Jeep Wrangler 2014. Then I asked Luis to check the brakes, fluids, engine. Luis rightly identified the brake replacements and the leak in the oil housing cartridge and cleaned up the mess. The leak was a labor-intensive job that required taking the engine a part, given the location of the oil housing cartridge. He showed me before and after photos of inside the engine, as well as the discarded parts and new replacement. He did all this work in one day. Jeep was in at 8am and out by 6pm. My jeep sounds and feels like it’s purring now. He walked me through each line item on the bill, parts and labor. When I got the bill, I was genuinely happy to pay him because he’s earned it. I like Luis a lot. He’s now my go-to mechanic.

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Yannick Andrade

Oil change, brakes, battery and etc. Never had an issue with this shop and the service is always solid.

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Tristan Thomas

I went there for an oil leak on my jeep, I thought it was my oil pan, I brought it in to get the oil pan changed, asked to fix the leak. He changed the oil pan as requested and said the leak was fixed. I came back days later cause the leak was still happening, he told me to "wash the under carriage" that the oil was coming from before... I went to my brother who's a mechanic and he immediately found out it was my engine oil filter housing that was broken. I spent $400 which wasn't a lot for this kind of job but the fact that he didn't check the oil filter, and lied to me and said it's oil from before and that washing was the fix says a lot about his work ethic. Just keep that in mind.