Santa Monica Auto Service

One of the things I love about Yelp is its ability to recommend beyond the standard restaurant fair. I needed a smog check for my car, and I called Santa Monica Smog Check based on their glowing reviews. I arrived around 11am on a Sunday morning, and they got me in right away. The service here is just fantastic, and to top it off they had the Patriots game on the television. The whole process took about 30 minutes. Will definitely come back for all of our smog check needs.

Excellent service. Super fast smog check. Coffee and hot chocolate while you wait. Offers discounts if your car doesn't pass smog the first time.

After years of receiving terrible, indifferent, overpriced service from Honda dealerships all over L.A., I tried out Santa Monica Motors about 10 years ago. They have never failed to perform admirably. One of Karim's mechanics once diagnosed an odd engine noise in my 1998 Honda Civic as a hidden exhaust manifold leak ... after listening to the engine for only 5 seconds. Freaky. It was like consulting the Oracle of Delphi without the incense. They have also done great work on my 2006 Honda Accord. They always follow my instructions to not overfill my oil crankcase, which is a request I could never get dealerships to honor. Just today, they replaced a blown headlight bulb, including a battery removal, in under 10 minutes. There weren't even any repair slots available today, but they squeezed this work in between other customers' appointments during a lunch hour. Just try doing that at a dealership. My only regret about posting this review is that it might make it a bit more difficult to get an appointment. :)

Don and Ray at Santa Monica Motors are nothing short of awesome. I took my BMW in due to an electronics fault. They diagnosed the problem and worked on my behalf to get this expensive repair handled as a warranty matter. They then took the car to where this complex repair could be done and then kept the car for me for a week while I was away. The only bill I received was for the Smog Check that was due on the car (done next door and they even got me their discounted price for that). Can I give them six stars?

I highly recommend this place. The best repair shop in town. Don & the rest of the guys are awesome. They did a really good job on my car. Thank you for the great service!

You wouldn't expect to get as good as an experience as you would just from the looks of the shop, because it seems small. But great things can come in small packages that's for sure! This is my kind of shop, the kind that uses quality products and parts. The kind that they would use on their cars, and they are fair. I would recommend my mother to this shop, you should too!

Excellent service, follow-ups after repair work. Straightforward pricing and detailed justifications for the charges. Highly recommended.

Don and his team are great. I am new to town and they were honest with what my car needed and the service was off the charts

Popped by for a smog check. They said it'd take 20 minutes and cost $71 dollars. It took 19 minutes and cost $71 dollars. I can't explain why, but I almost broke down in tears. No run around, no upsell, no, "Weeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllll the tech went to lunch and kiiiiiiinda took the keys." Just, "This is what we do. It is done." Great customer service shouldn't be so rare. Upate: 2 years go by, I come back for another smog check. They said it'd take 20 minutes and cost $70. It took 15 and there's free WiFi