Joe's Machine Shop Co Ltd

I feel like we were taken advantage of. It takes them very long to get to your vehicle approximately a week for mine, and if you sign the authorization for them to give you a quote on the problem, JUST KNOW that you are singing a document they use against you so they can bill you for whatever they see fit. Just to give you an example they charged me $1600 to tell me I need a new engine! That is 1600 dollars with my car all taken apart, If I let them put it back together, I would have had to pay who knows how many more hours of labour. If you look them up on the Manitoba Court Registry you will see they have been to court more than 10 times. Their website says they are BBB credited, When I called the BBB there is nothing on them, which means they are not credited. Learn from my mistake and the other reviews and do your homework on where you take your car, what you are signing etc. etc. Very unhappy with this business and I am ready to spread the word so more people like me do not get taken advantage of. I had them stop all work on my car, box up my parts and had it towed out of there. I wasn't paying them one more cent to screw me over, I had another mechanic put a new used engine in for $2000 ALL IN, they wanted $4900 at this Machine Shop, and that was their guesstimate, because they didn't know if the engine they ordered in used was going to need any work. They do not give you any answers, can not give approximates. I would think, a business that specializes in this would have some kind of ideas as to time frame/cost ....but nope. BEWARE!!!!! They seem to have become very good at preparing rebuttals and learning how to talk their way in and out of situations. Like a broken record, well you signed giving us authorization, well you signed, giving us authorization... I guess when you are constantly being negatively reviewed and taken to court you get very good at arguing with people. I didn't want them to look at my car for free, I understand we said yes to going underneath, but they could have said so we are sitting at 4 hours of labour if we go ahead it could be another 7 just to diagnose the problem.....they didn't do that, they would never give my husband a number until they called me telling me we are owing for 11 hours of labour and my engine is garbage.

In October 2016 I brought my fuel injected 88 Le Sabre T Type, into Joe's Machine Shop. Owners Gil and Paul proved to be excellent to deal with, thoroughly explaining options and costs involved. The rarity of my engine challenged Gil's ability to locate engine parts across North America. Paul's expertise in engine building and ability to modify and customize the engine resulted in the build being on time and successful. Walking into Joe's Machine Shop was the best choice I could have made. Straight forward and honest this is an Engine Shop that explains your options and helps you make informed decisions.

Great shop Fair priced easy going and very honest staff great customer service will be a return customer.

•Dishonest people run joes machine shopThis place is a joke•Check small claims court , they have been sued lots of times•Owners have been arrested by Winnipeg PoliceSTAY AWAY FROM THIS BUSINESS

Just a reply to my wife's post, as there seem to be some discrepancies in their reply to her post.First, we went there because we were recommended by D & S in Transcona, who are great guys.In their reply to my wife's review, they mentioned I went there because I didn't want to pay what the dealer wanted? Nothing of dealers was ever talked about when I went there. I went there because I was recommended by another garage, and when I went there, I told him I did not want to spend thousands of dollars on repairs, as the vehicle wasn't worth it.I was advised of their course of action; listening to it, top end inspection, then they would call for further authorization for removal of the engine, which they did. I asked for an estimate, and I was advised it was too hard to tell and they could not provide one, and was asked to sign giving authorization without an estimate, MY MISTAKE.Very little work was put in prior to the engine removal, per their receipt. I was called and I authorized further inspection. We were called a day later and were told the engine was toast and would need to be replaced. They provided an option of a new one for $6000 or they could get a used wrecker engine with low km for $4900, contrary to their comments in my wife's review of the work already being done". We advised them to STOP and asked what the cost was to that point and were advised $1

AVOID THIS REPAIR SHOPNot honest peopleIf I could give 0 stars I would

Seemed to be a bit of a joke coming here, joke on me that is. Was quoted 2-3 weeks to do engine machine work, back in april. 2 months later still had not done anything. Wasn't till 3.5 months later that it was done, and then the bill almost doubled in price. No authorization from me to go that far over the quoted price, denies giving me any sort of timeline or price.. due to the increase in cost I couldn't afford full amount up front, owner gets angry and gives me less than a week to pay, won't even give me till my next payday.. First and last time I come here. Don't recommend this place.

I have a background in automotive , I was in their shop at Joes recently,the equipment there using is outdated and some in disrepair but they still use it and as a result it not accurate to Do a repairNot a good place to have work done imoSorry Gil just saying the truth here Pal

Horrible work! Horrible costumer service! had 3 diesels rebuilt" here...Please learn from everyone else s mistakes and go somewhere else....."

I had a bad experience here. Complete motor rebuild that was estimated at 4600 tops and turned into almost 9000, with very little answers as to why, but I signed the dotted line.... Also this took weeks to have the work done...This experience was awhile back, but hopefully this helps anyone shopping around..