Palo Alto Auto Repair

I had been looking for a good shop in the San Jose area and hadn't found one yet. Then, one day, my friend brought her BMW to Meissner Automotive because we work right next door. She told me that it was a family run business that had been around for 50 years and the former president of our company took his car there. I went with her when she picked up her car and spoke to Kurt about some work I needed done on my Yukon. He was very friendly and professional and told me to bring it by in the morning. They spent the day working on it and found that I needed some additional work done that was not aware of. Since I needed to leave early, he ensured that my Yukon would be safe to drive home and asked me to bring it back tomorrow. He didn't even ask me to pay for the work they had done that day. I brought it back the next day and they fixed it, found a few other things that needed to be fixed and showed me all the parts that were damaged and explained the repairs to me when I picked it up. Each time, I visited or called (since I work right next door I could just walk over), they were very friendly, called me by name and treated me like I'd been going to them for years. I have already referred many people to this shop and am so pleased that I finally found them.

We've been going to this place for years and they are great! Honest, trustworthy, family run business. We've been going here for at least 5 years now. Recently, the toyota dealership told us we need to have work done on a Prius that would cost $500. Meissner said they could do it for $200. Toyota also said we needed to have some other work done (radiator replaced - said you could see it leaking) and we had Meissner check it out and turns out that the part was fine and we didn't need a new one. Basically, I will always take my car to Meissner over the toyota dealership. Way cheaper, more trustworthy, and a local business. They also are pretty quick about getting service done. Especially if you call ahead and see if they can fit you in. Great place, overall! Nothing but good things to say about them!

my car was having overheating problems and leaking power steering fluid, they took care of me.

they are very sweet, my car wasn't starting and we found out all i needed was a new battery. thank you kurt :-)

Kurt & team, have been taking care of both my cars since 2006. I highly recommend them as professional, trustworthy, courteous & friendly.

expert service. very good mechanics

they are very sweet, my car wasn't starting and we found out all i needed was a new battery. thank you kurt :-)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. This is the absolute best shop that I've taken any car to. I called them up and they were available to start work on my car that day. I had them replace a wheel bearing that t urned into a bigger job than expected due to extreme rust on my car. They were persistent, had to get out the heavy duty welding tools and got the job done! My car is running great again. They were very fair with the price, I was amazed. Very friendly place, Thanks Kurt!