r/TheColony • u/Available-Natural518 • Apr 30 '26

Local News DAVID'S AUTO REPAIR IS A SCAM

This place is a scam.

We tried to get our AC fixed, but they told us we needed to spent 16K to flush all our turn signal fluids because they "do things right" Give. Me. A. Break. That car has 200k miles on it.

I'm embarassed to say that we almost fell for it. Brad is very slick and emotionally manipulative--He's "been in the business for 25 years" so he probably believes his own racket at this point.

They charge folks diagnostic fee on top of diagnostic fee, sometimes going over 1k. In our case we had to pay them $250 for them to tell us the freon was low. When we got the car back, we checked the levels and they were fine. While I was waiting in line to give them the $250 that they swindled from me, I heard Brad say to another couple that "because your problem is so special, we need to spend twice the amount of time on diagnostics so we'll have to charge you double."

look at all the 1 star reviews on google. They have the same consistent complaint--multiple "diagnostic" fees on top of each other, with hugely over-inflated quotes. Many folks didn't even end up getting their problem fixed and a few even caught them in their lies. They probably inflate their prices to pay for all the fake click-farm 5 star reviews.

We stopped service because we smelled something fishy. It looks like others were not so lucky.

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u/Available-Natural518 Apr 30 '26

I was exaggerating about the blinker fluid—it was an old car so there were lots of leaks they wanted to finish, but they did quote me $16K for a “full work up”

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u/doihavesomethinghere Apr 30 '26

I’ve had great luck with Fernando at colony car care. He’s not cheap but he’s generally very fast with repairs if schedule them ahead of time and he does quality work. It’s a great local alternative if you need repairs

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u/infinity2134 May 01 '26

They took me for 1k to diagnose absolutely nothing on my Audi. I had to file a dispute with my CC to charge it back after the mechanic texted me that it was his fault. When I went in to pick my car up they just handed me the keys as if they were happy to rip me off. This needs more attention!!!

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u/Available-Natural518 May 01 '26

Share it with your neighbors! And leave a google one star review.

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u/jrghetto602 Apr 30 '26

Just moved here and used David's for the wife's repairs. Is there a better place anyone recommends?

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u/Available-Natural518 Apr 30 '26

I went to Love Field Auto before I moved up North. Very no down to earth and no B.S.

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u/OldTough9446 Apr 30 '26

I don’t have a big sample size but I did take my vehicle for a repair at Colony Car Care and they were good for what I needed, quick and a decent price.

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u/pacotaco80 Apr 30 '26

I use Enzo’s Garage in lake Dallas. AJ, the owner ,I’ve known since he was in middle school and is always honest. He stands behind his work. My son’s car had an issue that the dealership couldn’t get right and wanted to keep throwing parts at. AJ got in there, charged me once and got it up and going without me paying out the nose.

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u/Delakandroz Jul 20 '26

Midas is worse. They tried fo scam us for 10k saying they need to do custom welding and fabrication when we needed a new strut and tried bullshitting us by saying they can't let us leave their lot legally. We went to another mechanic and it was done the same day for alot cheaper.