Fourth Street Automotive

I've had great experiences here while diagnosing issues with my old 1968 Jeep, and they also saved me from grief with a late on Friday, last minute leaking radiator hose repair on my Subaru. In my experience, Mark is a good guy with lots of knowledge in a wide variety of older car and engine issues. His shop is not to be confused with a quick lube place, but I'm quite sure they can fix anything. Old cars often have many disparate issues at the same time. Some critical, some benign. Fix one and you'll prob find the other... But that doesn't make it the mechanic's fault.

Dec 21, 2024 · Steve Haerr

Extremely Unprofessional and Aggressive Behavior I had an awful experience with MARK. The owner/mechanic displayed unprofessional, bullying, and aggressive behavior, particularly toward me as a woman. He followed me to my car, yelling and cursing at me in front of my 9-year-old daughter. His behavior was completely unhinged and unacceptable. No one should feel threatened or unsafe at a business, and this experience left me shaken. I would never recommend this shop to anyone, especially women. A mechanic’s role is to provide service, not intimidation. This behavior is completely inexcusable, and frankly, this business should not be operating. Let me know if you’d like to adjust the tone or add more details.

Dec 06, 2024 · Vianey Sanderson

This was my first time ever leaving my Jeep at a shop to get worked on. For the past 4 years of owning my XJ’s, I’ve always been the one to work on them. After chasing a heating problem with no results for so long, I buckled and brought her here. I was anxious at first, but after talking with Mark on the phone, I was at ease. Mark and his entire crew are incredibly knowledgeable, and honest. After working as a mechanic, I know some shops try to pull small stunts to get some extra money out of people. Mark and his crew were 100% transparent, helpful, and honest. They have the customers well being both financially, and mechanically in mind. I would absolutely bring my Jeep back here if I ever had a problem I couldn’t fix.

Jun 04, 2020 · Pregnant Obama

Had a bad experience here and would not return. Brought in a 69 F250 early 2024 for a clutch job, paid about $1800. Ended up having to return twice. The first time was immediately for some really loud grinding noise while in gear and strong vibration at the top of third and fourth. A heat shield wasn’t properly secured and it was fixed. The second was a couple of months later because the clutch pedal itself was sticking about halfway letting out. A small adjustment to a spring was made and it was fixed. Then more recently, when trying to start the truck, it made a really loud grinding sound and wouldn’t turnover. Figured it would be a bad starter. Went in to a local shop and they said it was an issue with the flywheel, quite a few teeth on the ring gear were pretty much sheared off. I talked to fourth Street and they they claimed to have never touched the flywheel during the clutch repair and would charge about $1k to change it out. I ended up going to WildBills in Murrieta (highly recommend) who confirmed the flywheel was not resurfaced and should have been and the drive shaft was connected incorrectly to the transmission yoke. This is the only experience I have with this shop and I know many mechanics are more reluctant to work on classic cars nowadays and I appreciate them taking a shot at it but I wouldn’t bring any car back here.

Sep 03, 2024 · Michael Marquez

Owner is not just terrible at business, but terrible as a human being. His other businesses have been shut down, and on top of not paying his employees their last 3+ checks, when checks were received they bounced anyways. He won’t provide a W2, and he has been skimming all his employees taxes.

Feb 26, 2024 · tristan johnson