Tropical Auto Repair

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I went in for a quote to get my ac compressor replaced, left the car there and he told me about his $22,000 computer and how he went to germany to learn to work on mercedes and yadda yadda yadda....



Calls me back and told me all i needed was a control module (a relay)



He charges me $100 for a diagnostic fee (pulled a code and then googled it), sure thats fine i'm willing to pay if it fixes it.. but I was suspicious because you could hear the bearing in the ac compressor.



I order the $150 vw relay and made them put it in because i had a gut feeling it wouldnt fix it.



He calls me and says he installed it but his computer wont let him program it....(how do you program a relay?) So he said bring it to VW and have them call him if they have any problems. (bologna)



He wouldn't give me my $100 diagnostic fee back.



I took it another mechanic and he put an ac compressor in and ac has been working fine ever since.



Guy is a joke, do yourself a favor and stay away.

Shady business practices going on at this place! They will lie to you and tell you that you need to pay them to replace parts that are not broken. Rip off!

AC stopped working after owning a used car 2 months. This used car came with a second party insurance policy. Tropical air was given a copy of the policy and they handled all calls to the insurance company and the air compressor and dryer were replaced at no cost to me. Wow...

So far I am very pleased with Mike. He is honest and fair. After being told by Moonlight Auto in Holly Hill (do not go there) that my brake lines needed to be completely replaced, Mike put the car on his lift showed me my brake lines and said that they were fine. Being from up north as well, Mike did not flip out about the rust from the road salt and successfully fixed what needed to be done. My brakes work the best they've worked in months. I will take my car there again as he is the second mechanic to inform that I do need new ball joints. He explained why, was up front about the price and was NOT pushy. Sure, it took longer than we both expected for the brakes to be fixed but that was due to the wrong parts being delivered. I am from a family of auto mechanics so I know how to shop around. It's good to find someone you can trust. He also saved my neighbor a great deal of money when he diagnosed and successfully fixed his car. As the matter of fact his car doesn't break down anymore!

Took my truck up there to see why my ac wasn't blowing at all. They told me I needed all these parts and the grand total would be $650. Took it down the street to nick's auto they charged me $45 and I now have ice cold ac. Tropical is a total rip off in my opinion.

I dropped my car off on Tuesday Evening after 5 pm.... Yesterday I called after 4 pm and was told they had gotten behind and that it would be done tomorrow. At noon a lady called myhusband told him it would be $400 to fix the car, it needed a new fuel filter, wires, plugs, Rotor, Rotor Cap $128.95 for parts and $258 for labor. My husband said wait we just replaced all of that within the LAST TWO Weeks there is no way. Besides our car doesn't even have a Rotor Cap it's an Ignition pack and that was also replaced. Turned out it wasn't even our car but a 3 year earlier model than ours. She said oh sorry she'd get with Mike and call us back. 2 hours later we called and were told that they hadn't even got to it yet. I called and spoke with Mike and asked specifically if he could get it done TODAY. He assured me it wasn't a problem and he'd see me this evening. My husband called him then at 4:15 pm to check on the status knowing I was on the way home. Mike then preceeded to tell him that he