At Neil’s Auto Service we understand that our customers need an estimate for the repair on their vehicle and we wanted to help so we have installed a free estimate wizard at the bottom of the page for you to use as often as you like.
We would also like to share some tips with you about free estimates for the modern vehicle. The complexity of the modern vehicle makes it impossible to give an accurate estimate over the telephone. Some examples would include, how much for a tune up for my car or my car has the check engine light on and how much will that cost to fix, and so much more. The reasons for this is that a tune up on a modern vehicle can be extremely expensive and if taken care of properly, tune ups are only scheduled maintenance and almost always tune ups don't fix anything. If your car runs bad, tell the shop that your car runs bad, don't just say you want a tune up. Spark plugs are made of platinum or iridium and can last 100,000 miles or longer, some cars no longer use distributors or even spark plug wires, there are no carburetors to set or adjust and all adjustments are computer controlled by a preprogrammed operating strategy. If something in the operating strategy is out of a predetermined range the check engine light will come on and set a trouble code.
For example, lets say you took your car to the local discount parts store and had the free code reader plugged in to find out your car has a code P0171 oxygen sensor detects a lean condition. If you want an estimate to replace the oxygen sensor we can do that. But remember that is not what the trouble code said to do, it only says that a lean condition has been detected by that sensor. If someone replaced the oxygen sensor and the car had a weak fuel pump or a dirty fuel filter causing not enough fuel or maybe a vacuum leak causing to much air to enter the engine or any number of other things that could cause the engine to run lean, then the light would come right back on for the exact same reason meaning the oxygen sensor did it's job and reported the lean condition, but most people would think that the new sensor was bad or someone just doesn’t know what they are doing or worse maybe even believe they got ripped off.
There is no such thing as a machine, or a trouble code, that tells you a part is bad, or to replace a part. These are only tools that help an experienced auto technician make a determination as to what is the proper direction to proceed.
The most expensive repair we know of is the repair that doesn’t fix the car.
At Neil’s Auto Service we offer competitive rates for testing things that can’t be estimated without knowing what is wrong first, and offer complete estimates when testing has lead us to a diagnosis that will fix your vehicle right the first time.
Other things are still simple and straight forward to estimate. For this we offer this simple wizard at the bottom of the page.
Prices at Neil's Auto Service may differ with the estimate wizard