K & S Assoc

Great customer service, happy with the mechanical repairs done to my vehicle thank you K&S!

If I could give zero stars, I would. These guys are crooks who will take you for everything if they can.



I took my new, used car that I had purchased a month earlier from a dealer to have them go over it before a family trip. You'd think the car had just come from the junkyard with the laundry list of repairs they came up with. I was not aware of any front suspension trouble but agreed to have them do one repair-replace the front strut mounts, cost $400. 12 months later my strut mounts are completely shot.



Around the same time I took my wife's car in for a check engine light for an evaporative emissions leak. They replaced the Purge Valve, cost $200. Within 7 days the check engine light was back on with the same code, same problem.



My last trip to these fiends, I was getting a sporadic service engine light for a hard shift. This time I did some homework on Google. Everyone suggested replacing the Pressure Control Solenoid. So, when I take it to these guys I asked them to check that first. They said the solenoid was fine and suggested flushing the transmission fluid and replacing the transmission pan gasket and filter, cost $400. Against my better judgement and really out of desperation, I told them to go ahead. So, they did the work, cleared the code and within 24 hours the light was back on with a hard shift. Took it to the dealer who replaced the Solenoid and the problem was gone.



Now, 12 months later, the gasket they replaced (which was replaced for no reason at all) is leaking fluid all over the place. I took it to a great shop (D&J Auto), just around the corner, who redid all the work K&S had botched for 40% less.



The moral of the story: stay far, far away from these scoundrels.

I have been taking my Volvo's to K and S Associates for many years and highly recommend K & S for both mechanical and body work. K & S consistently provides quality work at competitive prices. The service technicians are easy to talk to and provide reliable information on the cost for repairs.