Meineke Car Care Center

1049 St George Ave, Colonia, NJ 07067, USA

Address:	1049 St George Ave, Colonia, NJ 07067, USA
Phone:	+1 732-374-3666
Site:	meineke.com
Rating:	1.5
Working:	7:30AM–6PM 7:30AM–6PM 7:30AM–6PM 7:30AM–6PM 7:30AM–6PM 7:30AM–4PM 11AM–4PM

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Tapas Ranjan Nayak

First time I went there was for oil change. Since I did all my oil change in Meineke in Wisconsin, I thought it will be better to continue the same in New Jersey too. Day before, I booked an appointment online for 8 AM time and next day when I reached the place, the shop was close. The people only came at 8.30 AM. When I told them I booked online, they said they dont follow online bookings. Although, I was surprised initially but then thought may be New Jersey is like this. I asked them to continue with a particular oil but they did not listen to me and put a different oil. As part of this oil change they were supposed to do 23 point inspection. However, they did not do anything. I clearly asked them if my breaks are ok, they said they have checked, they are ok. I trusted them. However after few days I started hearing sound from my breaks and also oil leaks. When I went to them and told them why they did not check the car properly during oil change, they brushed aside and gave me a list of 1000 bucks involving calipers, rotors, breaks. I could not trust them at all and showed my car to another mechanic at another place, he said my calipers and rotors are fine and the oil leak was due to break hose which cost me only 20 bucks at auto-zone. I only needed to change the front break pad for the sound. Be careful of this place. If you like bleeding of money then go there.

Paula Carbonell

Everyone always thinks people hate services they received based on price... well I rather pay then come home with the same problem... aside from unnecessary work, the vehicle returned with the same problem... careless... I came home with a screw driver on the exterior part of my dashboard... great position to fly off and break mine or someone elses windshield. Failed to reinstall or place the oil dip stick back. The explanation kept grow as to why the car wasnt fix... "I replaced this but it didnt work... I have to do this first before I can do that" and by the time its all done or not its costing me $700... and my car is still jerking. In addition, the rep did offer to continue repairs at no extra cost for the work, but ild have to pay for parts. Can I trust the problem being fixed or will I have to wait to see if that was the cause??? I shouldnt have to question my service. Im not a mechanic which hence why I took the car there.

Jay Shah

First, I went there to get my muffler hanger welded, since it has hitting the chassis of the car when going through a pot hole, bump and sometimes during normal driving. However, I was told I dont require a hanger, they just need to align the cat back system. It did solve the issue temporary until I went thru a bump again and I started facing the same again.. Second, I had my front and rear brakes replaced; I had bought my own parts, I went there to get service and charged me ridiculous amount of money for the labor: $290, . Not only that,, they didnt screw the tire in. I had my passenger rear wheel rolled off on the road right after the service. Overall, I hated their service. I would not recommend anyone to go if I had too!

Judi Chandler

They made unnecessary repairs to my car. They either have no idea at all what they are doing or they just plain ripped me off. After spending $470 to replace a starter, the car did not start. They gave me a whole story about needing additional repairs that would cost $950 more. When I said I was having the car towed elsewhere, the story suddenly changed. Had the car towed. The second repair shop confirmed that the starter was never the problem. Unfortunately, I paid for this with a debit card and have not been able to get the money refunded. Bank has been no help. 2 lessons learned -- never use this repair shop and always charge auto repairs on an AMEX card. Amex would have made sure I had my money back.

Greg X

These guys are crooks. They call themselves a business? They cant be trusted. Brian is out to get who ever he thinks is a easy victom. He did some work on my car, where he broke a part. He tells me that it was his fault, and he would try to fix it at no charge to me. I said to him I just wanted my car back. He tryed to charge me the full price for the socalled work parts and laybor. He would not release my car until I paid for the damage that he made on my car. To make maters worst, I still cant drive my car. Bad enough that Super storm Sandy did her worst to my life, plus drowned the electric boards on the car, but to have these guys take money from me, strip the threds on the engine block of my car. Damn!

Camille Vineyard

I went for an oil change and a tune up because there was hesitation with the car. he drove the car around and said definitely jerking. he said thought it was transmission and they dont do that which I understand. I went to my mechanic and the outcome it needed a tuneup and the fuel injectors were clogged. definitely glad it wasnt trans. price of oil change after mail in rebate was good. other things not so sure about. ill still go back for oil changes though.

jeff saldarini

I went in for a simple catalytic converter job.The job was not done the right way. When I confronted them about why they did not do the job right,they brushed it aside and gave me the story about how I needed a tune up. The problem is that the tune up ended up ruining the engine. When I again confronted them about it they refused to admit that it was their fault and that it was my fault. Overall I hated the service would never recommend this place to anyone.

Nive Del Pino

There was a few months that the personnel one on one experience was unexceptable , but the quality was never affected those individuals have been replaced with the ones youve grown to expect prices are unbeatable along with warrenties come in and check us out Joe is at the desk ready to greet and solve your issues

WAQAR KHAN

Dont go here, save yourself the trouble look at the reviews all these people cannot be wrong, this place is not trustworthy and lost my business. $40 for an oil change?!!? Thats a crime! Plenty of other auto shops nearby AVOID THIS PLACE.

rb rb

Thanks to joe for assisting us. He was the one in desk when we came in and explained all the things that needed to to be changed in the car and before doing it he makes sure that we agreed first on the fees before doing the work.

Noemi Guadalupe

Thank you to Joe for assisting me with my car. He explained everything, gave me a price, and I didnt have to wait too long for the service to be done. Rest customer service.

Muhammad Arif

pls dont go there if you want to say your money. I had my brakes done and they were so expensive.

Lovette Ballard

Anthony told me the do not give price quotes over the phone to get my brakes repaired.

Victoria Valdez

First and last time I come here.