Steve's Tire & Auto

trust is importantcuz repairs are expensivegood mechanics rule------I've brought all our vehicles here (the Nokomis location) for work over the last decade because they inspire trust, do good work, explain things well, and are honest & hardworking folks. They have always given me an fair assessment and labor quotes, do the work correctly and on time, and tell me when/if it's outside of their scope of expertise. I don't want you to come here, cuz it's always been easy to get in for service, and I don't want that to change... but I owe them an honest review. Kudos to Steve's for their good work.

Found Steve's on Yelp when our son called complaining that he couldn't get his vehicle in to be serviced at the dealership. He was completely aggravated with the run around and high prices there.I suggested he try Steve's based on the Yelp reviews and they didn't disappoint. The appointment was easy to make he said. He had a strange noise and the car needed an oil change. The whole appointment took thirty minutes. In that time they were able to diagnose and fix the strange noise and do the oil change. Not that I would want them to raise their prices but the cost for the two repairs was really reasonable!

twice now i've come here for tire repair, and twice i have been totally impressed with the service here! great job people!!

Great local car shop. The lobby area has definitely been renovated since someone commented on it below. Service tech was great about explaining different service options to me and prices for each. I had questions about warning lights on my new-to-me Subaru Legacy and he walked me through each of them. I really appreciate honest car guys! Also: website had coupon for an oil change that I had printed off and turned out not to be eligible for (I needed synthetic oil) and he gave me a discount anyway.

Extremely disappointed at the complete lack of concern and poor quality service received at this location. The lack of attention to detail by the technicians was appalling. I paid a premium cost here, a third higher than the dealership because I wanted to support a small business but I've learned my lesson!After having one tire replaced, on my drive home I noticed a heavy vibration and loud noise, causing me to have to make a rather inconvenient second trip to find out that they neglected to balance the tire! They didn't neglect to charge me for a balance on the tire but additionally, they missed an unsafe condition the first time I was at the location! There's no way they took it for a test drive. I foolishly agreed to have them replace the unsafe tire, and have now had two brand-new tires put on my vehicle. After leaving the location the second time, and asking two separate technicians if they took my vehicle for a test drive over 60 mph and being reassured that they did and everything checked out great, I had to return a THIRD TIME to this location due to a loud vibrating noise.After being reassured that I would be "taken care of", my vehicle is still not functioning properly. The response after this last visit was an apathetic "oh maybe it's this other thing that's wrong, we aren't sure but drive your car until it gets worse." The quote for that third repair I need is $300-$400 and there's no guarantee that that's the problem!Tire expert's? Nope. Avoid this place at all costs! Cannot stress enough that they allowed me to drive away with an obviously damaged tire. Terrible.

Made a same-day appointment to check out a slow leak in my tire. They found a nail and fixed the tire in less than 30 minutes for only $30. Great service and clean waiting room!

Good service Good value Quality workOur family has seven carsWe have 3 generations using their services

My tire had a screw stuck in it, I called Steve's Tire & Auto and they were not only able to see me the same day but the fixed my tire for a reasonable price.

Brought my used beater truck(2005 Chevy Silverado 1500 Regular cab I just purchased), to have a used car diagnostic as well as replacement of a leaking fuel line in the truck. Received a call a few hours later about the problem and how much it was going to run me. Dave told me it was going to be $1,400ish for the fuel line and with addition $1,300ish for a fuel pump replacement which he sold to me as needing to be fix immediately in total would be $2,700ish w/o tax. I was shocked and wasn't expecting this kind of figure to be thrown at me when I just purchased this truck for $5,000. I told him I needed some time to think about it and hung up.At this point I started doing some of my own research into the pricing of these parts for 2005 Chevy Silverado 1500 regular cab fuel line and fuel pump to see where they were getting these high prices for the repairs. Fuel pump https://www.gmautopartsnationwide.com/oem-parts/gm-fuel-pump-19331940?c=bD0xMyZuPVNlYXJjaCBSZXN1bHRzJmE9Y2hldnJvbGV0Jm89c2lsdmVyYWRvLTE1MDAmeT0yMDA1JnQ9YmFzZSZlPTQtM2wtdjYtZ2Fz and fuel line: https://www.carparts.com/details/Chevrolet/Silverado_1500/AC_Delco/Fuel_Line/2005/AC15946178.html?TID=gglpla&origin=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=pla&utm_campaign=12886175984&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlOmLBhCHARIsAGiJg7nkmk9Y4lR8wa84RHsfcXVg0EotENg-lEmQp8McghWOrtuZ8eXLHOUaAj01EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds prices are in these links. These are the higher priced parts I have found for these items.Called Dave back to inquire about the pricing of the parts they were sourcing and told me that it was $750 for the fuel line and $700 for the fuel pump. They were marking up the fuel lines by 350% and the fuel pump by 200% which you can get these in a kit, both parts together from GM for $440. They wanted to charge me $1450 for a part I could purchase myself for $440. And do not get me wrong I understand marking up a product you are reselling but not by 350%! I was able to talk down Dave to drop $300 from the fuel pump price and as we started talking about the fuel line price he gave me an ultimatum by telling me 'come pick up your truck or do you want us to work on it'. Unfortunately I caved at this moment and 'just said get it done..........' REGREATFULTwo days later I get a call saying I can come pick up the truck. Walk in and find the bill for my truck, they did not do the fuel pump replacement that Dave was so adamant that needed to get done not only because the fuel lines might not come off due to rust but due to the moisture on the top of it telling me it too is leaking (probably didn't like me getting him to drop the price of the actual fuel pump they were going to install).On the bill it shows the price of the fuel line which in total was $705 which once again I start questioning why these prices are as high as they are when on the GM own website I can get these parts for less than $200. At this point he asked for the truck keys back and said you can get that when you pay as if I wouldn't pay. Ask any questions and they will treat you like a pariah.I didn't even get the used car diagnostic I originally went in there for after all this. Was treated like a scumbag for asking about their prices and to the best of my knowledge wasn't given the veterans discount we spoke over the phone about.Finale thoughts I would not recommend this place to anyone besides my worst enemies. If you don't know anything about cars these guys are the grease sharks that people have always been warning you about. Avoid at all costs because it will cost you more.

Beware... I recieved bad information and it cost me double to what it should have cost. i asked the manager about it. He rudely talked in circles denying the obvious..