Lakewood & Bellflower Auto Repair

Quality work, at affordable prices. Always back their work. Having older vehicles (20 yrs and 53 yrs old!), Ray is always available to work on them, with the same quality service and quality parts -- as well as advice! Literally not afraid to work on anything! That is a hard mechanic to find, in this day of computer analyzing and newer mechanics not familiar with carburetors, adjusting valves, and such found on my older 1963 Corvette. Great place -- treat customers like family. Recommend them to anyone I know, driving any kind and age vehicle.

let me tell you about this shop!! the best is what i can say, some years back i bought a brand new Toyota Camry and for the life of me i couldn't get the car to drive straight so i took it back to the dealership where i bought it and they re-did the front alignment, in fact over the next three weeks i took it back again to deal with the same issues and they could never solve the problem, new car you think it would drive straight down the road..so i brought my car to Ray-A-Motive and s/w Ray, he took it for a test drive came back to the shop and told me sometimes the alignment can be corrected by resetting the strut,( meaning-loosening the strut bolts and re-positioning the strut, that was back in 2006 so to this day the car still drive just the way it should, Now with this last repair i had, the same results, my 2006 Chrysler pacifica broke down, had a could of people look at it sense it was just sitting at my work and was told it needed a complete engine, sounded pretty correct, well if that was the case i was going to have Ray-A-Motive do the work, towed car there and quickly Ray called me back and told me that i didn't need and engine rather a couple of parts broke on the top end-- saving me about $3000.00 right off the bat, got car back and runs just like when i first purchased it.. thanks Ray-A-Motive you have my car care needs for life..Nice to not have to worry whether the repairs wear done correctly... oh hey Great people!!!

One of a few shops that know what they are doing!

As always, FANTASTIC service! We've taken all our various cars to RayAutomotive for many years. This time was for a smog certificate for our Jaguar, which was quickly completed. And, as always, they were courteous and efficient.

Just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the work done on my motor home, the check engine light was on and it needed smog. I went to four places before i found your shop and i'm glad i did! Thanks for taking me on such short notice at the end of the day when your lot was full, and took care of the problem the very next day and an oil change to boot THANK YOU!

This was a pleasant experience. The shop is spotless. Tony and Kevin are friendly and professional and give you a sense of trust that is hard to find when looking for automotive repair. The repairs were done on time and at the price that was reasonable. I am completely satisfied.

This was a pleasant experience. The shop is spotless. Tony and Kevin are friendly and professional and give you a sense of trust that is hard to find when looking for automotive repair. The repairs were done on time and at the price that was reasonable. I am completely satisfied.

I recently started having some trouble with my 2009 Toyota Prius where it wouldn't start and I was getting a master warning light. I remember reading good reviews about Ray's so I called and asked if I could bring it in. Without having or requiring an appointment they said I could bring it in but being that it was almost closing time they couldn't get to it until tomorrow, which was fine by me. I certainly didn't want to take it to the dealership.After doing some diagnostic work they called to tell me the bad news. My batteries were going out. I knew from online Prius forums that this could run upwards of $4,000 to replace. The folks at Rays told me they could recondition the old batteries for about half the cost and keep about 95% of the performance versus a new battery. Within a few days my car was ready for pick up. I picked it up and drove to work. Unfortunately, while driving to work all four warning lights came on on my dash and the gas engine stopped working. I could only drive using the battery which I knew wouldn't last long. I called Ray-A-Motive and spoke with Ray. Ray suggested I pull over and turn of the car and turn it back on. I did that and that seemed to fix half the problem as now only two warning lights stayed on but the gas engine was working again. Ray told me I should be fine but to bring the car back tomorrow since he knew I was going to work. He also said to call back if it did it again.I dropped off the car again and waited to hear the latest diagnosis. I get a call saying the throttle body was dirty and that was likely causing the problem with the gas engine. Ray-A-Motive ended up cleaning the throttle body at no charge and made everything right. I didn't expect them to do this at no charge as this was a separate problem than what I took the car in for. For this reason I believe they went above and beyond and they earned a new customer. Also, Ray seems to care about his customers. This is how business should be done when it comes to automotive repair.In all they did great work at a reasonable and fair price. This work cost about half of what it could have cost at a dealership. I would much rather take my car here than to a dealership. I like the fact that they have extensive knowledge and experience dealing with hybrids. I will be recommending friends and family to this shop.

I have avoided using Ray-A-Motive for a decade thinking that their pricing will match their high end service center (it looks like a dealership service center). But after a decade of disappointments with surrounding auto repair shops, I finally gave in. I was pleasantly surprised at how reasonable their fees are and how the staff are very professional and personable. To be honest, this was the best service I have ever received from any local auto repair shop. They earned all my business. I brought my car in with an intermittent problem. I was quoted a minimum price for diagnosing it and asked for a synthetic oil change. After a few hours, they still couldn't find the problem because they could not duplicate the symptom so they offered not to charge me for their time. So, I took them up on their recommendations for two services that the car needed, but I never mentioned to them to test if they would recommend things that the car didn't need versus what I knew the auto did need. The only thing 3 things that I missed out on from taking the car to the dealer: 1) double the amount on the final invoice, 2) bad recommendations, 3) a free car wash. Oh, and the indigestion from knowing that I was treated like a fool. Ray A Motive treated me with respect and honesty two qualities hard to find with auto repair shops.

Rays, These guys have been working on my cars for many years. ALWAYS great work and fair prices. Just the best. Thank You. The Chapman's