San Diego Auto Repair

Always helpful. I trust and appreciate their diagnosis and service. I'll keep going back and recommending them.

I recently took my 2000 NISSAN XTERRA SE to Transmasters Miramar for an emission control issue, a leak on the intake manifold/plenum gasket and a bad universal joint Sam, whom I have known for several years now explained to me in detail what the jobs would be required to fix the issues and provided me with the repair cost estimate. After authorizing Sam to proceed with the repair, he was able to fix the issues on my vehicle in a timely manner. I am quite satisfied with the service (as always) that Sam provides in taking care of my vehicle. He is a straight shooter and very courteous in dealing with his customers. Sam is a true a professional and a valuable asset to Transmasters. Thanks a lot, Sam! Much appreciate it. Keep up the good work! Strongly recommend Transmasters to my friends and relatives! Go see Sam!

Trustworthy mechanic. I’ve been going here for years and never had a problem with the work or service. Sam is professional and patiently explains everything in detail. I recommend this shop to anyone who has issues with their car. They do all auto work (including body work!).

I entrusted my precious vintage Toyota truck to Sam. He diagnosed the transmission problem, gave me a number of options as well as his recommendations. NO PRESSURE! NO SALESMEN involved! Instead, he is a highly-experienced man willing to explain the issues he found. The major repair was prompt, he kept me informed, and he showed me the parts he replaced because I was interested. Very happy customer!

I started going to Transmasters in 2009, when my Suburban transmission failed. I have three cars, all of which are high mileage. Sam Muniraj, the owner, has since rebuilt or repaired two other transmissions, two engines, a differential, replaced various suspension parts, and performed several brake jobs. When I was looking for a transmission shop in 2009, I wanted a shop that was capable of doing their own repair work. I did not want to go to Shop X for transmission work, Shop Y for engine work, and Shop Z for everything else. I found Transmasters to be one of the few shops in Miramar area that is capable of doing complete drive train service and most other vehicle services. In working with Sam for almost 10 years now, I have found him to be competent, honest, and competitively priced. I’ve seen some shops routinely charge almost a 200% markup on the retail price of name-brand parts. Sam’s invoices include part numbers and sell prices, and you can see by analyzing the cost of premium parts from parts houses that his markup is reasonable. Since I drive older cars, Sam often notes multiple findings when I take them in for service. Often I can’t afford to do all the repairs at once. At times like this I not only ask Sam what is important to do, but why. I’ve found him to be fair and pragmatic in describing what needs to be done now, and what can be deferred. As an example, I recently brought him a car with an oil pan leak. When he checked out the car, he also found that the oil leak had severely damaged the engine mounts. I was inclined to authorize only engine mount replacement. Sam pointed out that if the oil leak was not repaired, the oil seeping onto new mounts would damage them in a short period of time. And, he noted, much of the effort spent getting to the mounts would be repeated if the oil leak were repaired separately, thus it would make sense to do both together. While I preferred not to spend the money, I concurred with his analysis, and agreed to have both the mounts and the oil leak repaired at the same time, thus saving me money down the road. In all, I appreciate Sam’s work ethic and the competencies of his shop. He's earned my trust, and I am happy to continue bringing my cars to him.

Transmasters team always take great care of our cars! They provide professional expertise and quality and timely work. I highly recommend partnering with them for your auto needs. Be assured, that you can fully trust them with your vehicles’ upkeeping and repairs.

Sam is helpful and patient This place is recommended to me by a friend and I am so happy to stop by here Sam described every single problem with my car very clear. I gave them 5 stars and recommend it

I took both of my cars (Odyssey and Civic) to this service center. For 2006 Honda Odyssey I got the 80K miles service done, this car was always used very infrequently and also was less maintained. I took it to Transmasters and I am very happy with the service rendered on the car. He inspected the car and came up with the bare minimum stuff to be done for my car which included rear shocks. After the service I took my car for several long drives and it felt like driving new car again. When my car started getting old I needed to find a very reliable service center and I am glad I found this through a friends referral. On my 2011 Honda Civic my rear door automatic locks stopped working. While I was getting the service done, I got my door locks fixed. At first I thought both the locks were bad, but he inspected and told me only one lock is broken and the others he adjusted to get it working. Both the visits were wonderful, I am going to go to this service center for rest of my car needs. One fantastic thing about this center is Sam quickly explains what the issue is through a very quick sketch on a white board in layman terms.

My name is Michael, I have been going to Transmasters for 5 years. Sam MAKES NEEDED REPAIRS "STRESS FREE!! Like so many others who search for an honest, experienced mechanic, I had Transmasters work on my BMW 5 years ago and WILL NEVER have anyone but Transmasters repair my car again! He always explains the repair needed to the customer, the approximate cost to repair and when the work is completed shows you the damaged parts that were replaced. If you have been looking for an honest, experienced mechanic, look no further! Oh, they also repair transmissions!

Transmasters was recommended to me. I couldn’t be more happy with the service.