Allston Auto Repair

Best auto mechanic I have met in years. Hard working, honest, precise, keeps you posted when finding other problems & ask your permission before repairing them. Sends photos of every situation. I suggest you go to Ming's Auto repair first, before you go anywhere else.

Would highly recommend Mings services. Very knowledgeable diagnosing problems and providing solutions.

Ming & Cory were great to work with for a pre-purchase inspection of a used VW Tiguan. I was coming from out-of-state to purchase a car at a nearby dealership and there were able to fit me in with little lead time, on a Friday afternoon of a holiday weekend no less! Very detailed inspection, they went over all their findings with men so I understood what I was looking at, and were available for any follow up questions I had after the fact. Highly recommend using them for a pre-purchase inspection especially if you’re buying in the Brighton/Allston area. Well worth the $100 to have them take a look!

Ming’s Auto repair are honest and fairly priced. Ming did excellent work for me and always communicated updates. I would recommend using Ming.

came here a year ago, wrote this review on yelp but forgot to write an review on google but First time and last time customer here. TLDR, the shop will squeeze you for every last drop of money you can give and feels predatory towards people who don't know what should be done. If youre someone who is cost conscious and don't want to feel preyed on just because you lack the technical knowhows of cars, I suggest you stay away. Came into the shop with a check engine light and a p0171 error code on my acura rdx. Shop kept pushing for a diagnostic and I went with it putting my trust in their hands. They found that the problem turns out to be a busted air vent to which they charged 146$ for labor and 104$ for part to fix(these parts goes for around 20$ on autozone). After that fix was done, a new flashing check engine light comes on with error code p0304. Shop tells me that its most likely an ignition coil issue and quotes me a whopping 610$ to fix that (292$ on labor, 250$ on part, and 50$ on supplies) and it was at this point that I suspected that this shop is a complete rip off for customers who are cost conscious. I called around the area and multiple shops says that they charge way less than the quote Mings gave me. (other shops around charged 200) Also I realized that you would do need to move a part of the engine to get to the ducts for the first initial fix. Shop claims its an act of god, but I think its pretty rational to think that maybe while working on the ducts, the technician inadvertently did something to set off this new alarm because the two systems are so close to each other. No accountability whatsoever. I mean it would have made a lot more sense and honest of them if they had just said "maybe it was a matter of time before any mechanic opened this up and set it off, we were just unlucky it was us who opened it." Im just thinking why would I pay close to 300 for labor if they cant even guarantee that they wont break another part of my car. Given their track record, its not like they can justify their high cost. And for full transparency, Cory did say that the car felt like it was "driving in mud" when I first dropped off the car with just the p0107 error code, but from my experience my car hasn't really changed in performance since I got my car long before the error code showed up. Also to their credit they are completely upfront with their costs. Just make sure you ask for a detailed invoice at the end breaking down the final costs because they were originally going to charge me over 500$ (could've been an honest mistake but im wondering how many of these honest mistakes arent caught if the customers don't bring it up)

This guy is a real piece of work, went there for my Toyota Yaris idling ruff. Charged $188.00 for diagnosis told me I needed new plugs and coils which would be total of $1340.00 parts and labor. At first I agreed but then I spoke to my partner and she said "have you lost your mind". I told him and he went ballistic saying I already ordered parts, I said cancel the order. I came back same day to get my car and he's yelling about how I made him look bad at the Toyota parts store because he does lots of business with them now he looks ridiculous because of me. I paid the $188.00 diagnostic fee and left, he didn't give me a receipt or anything, I just got out of there, didn't want him to call police on me. Called back next day spoke to Corey who was very courteous. He told me the diagnosis was my number one coil was bad so I went to Napa and bought one for $63.89 and put it in myself and I'm back on the road again.

Ming and Cory are the most reliable and trustworthy professionals who keep you updated on the progress of the repair work, provide reasonable estimates, and are available to answer questions/help throughout the process. I can't thank them enough for their support.

Great Service, Great Communication, and Great People. Ming and Corey are the best!