instaMek Auto Repair & Inspections

I do not recommend. Avoid as they will try to make up expensive repairs.Instamek said I likely needed a expensive timing belt/chain changed to fix my car. I towed it to another garage and they found the battery was just drained and needed a charge. Been working for no issues for a month now.I paid about $200 for a diagnosis. Instamek's mechanic, Dominic, looked at the car for about 30 mins. Said he thought it was the timming belt/chain and wanted to book another appointment to further investigate and then change the timming belt/chain. He wanted to tow it to his personal garage.Reply to Instamek's comments: The mechanic I towed my car to charged me only for an inexpensive battery charge. They looked for other issues and found nothing from except the battery was drained. So instamek is suggesting my car fixed itself between the time instamek and the other mechanic looked at my car. Or the other mechanic fixed another issue without charging me and kept it secret.

Used David from InstagramMek to get my breaks done, and I'm glad they come to you, car breaks works great.Thanks alot.

Instamek appeared to offer excellent service. They agreed to pay special attention to the frame of a tacoma that I was interested in. They reported that the frame was in good shape and there were no issues. I called to confirm. I bought the truck and took it to another mechanic to have work done right after. Turns out there is a nickle size hold in the frame, right where I asked instamek to look and several other soft spots. Instamek apologized for missing that, and refunded my inspection cost, but I have a vehicle with a rotten frame. I will not be using instamek again.

InstaMek saved me thousands! I don’t know much about cars, and trying to buy a used one felt like playing Russian roulette! I’ve been burned in the past. But with InstaMek, there is a way to make an informed decision!! I used them last year to do a pre purchase inspection on a car for my daughter, and then again this year for my son. They showed up the day I booked them, which is key when you’re negotiating online deals with sellers who don’t like holding a vehicle for anyone. They drove to the sellers home, which is amazing, as I lived 3 hrs from the seller and couldn’t have brought it in for an inspection any other way. Dom came to inspect, and gave an amazingly detailed report. It felt so thorough, including photos and a test drive, along with a phone call follow up to discuss things in detail. I felt so secure in my decision with both vehicles, without even seeing them in person! I would highly recommend InstaMek and have already told all of my family and friends about them. Thank you Dom, for taking so much of the guesswork out of buying a used vehicle!

In Feb 21,2023 my car won’t start. I found Instamek on line and gave them a call. Spoke with Francisco and he was supper helpful and I got same day service. Dominic a very friendly and knows what he is doing arrived even earlier than my appointment to my house got me new battery and I was set to go!! Thanks for coming and installing new battery Dom, on the cold snowy day! Much appreciated your help.

Mechanic prices are crazy high now especially with pretty much mandatory scans, so no real way to avoid that. But I used InstaMek yesterday as my car was dead in our underground parking and they arrived on time, did the work, were informative and answered questions and did a thorough job and left a clean work area. No extra BS charges, it was basically the quote. I got their membership and it paid for itself, saved me $30 more bucks too, so worth it if you need anything more than about $500 done.

Josh was polite, early and did the job very quickly. I had some additional questions about my vehicle he was able to answer while he was working on it. I will use this service again.

I used to love instamek and have used them for years. My car has been in storage for about 2 years on and off due to having several surgeries. They were the last company to do an oil change on my car. They damaged the oil filter cap years ago so they couldn't do an oil change on my car and now expect me to pay hundreds so they can replace the oil filter cap. Instead of taking responsibility, they blamed the damage on me somehow saying that I did not move my car in 2 years which is not true. I am incredibly dissapointed and do not recommend them. They said the damage that they caused isn't covered by their warranty.

The person who was interested in buying my car paid to InstaMek for an inspection. The results were not accurate since they said the car had the code P0841. The car has never given a symptom of this issue and besides there is not a check engine light on. My husband has a scanner and he performed it and the results said NO DTC are presently store in vehicle's computer. With this miss results the deal dropped. So be careful with this company!

This is just my honest experience of what I went through dealing with them to repair my car!I have a 2015 Chevy Malibu that I purchased new back then.3 weeks ago my engine light came on and I checked the error using my own device. The error code appeared as P015A which is basically saying that your O2 sensor is not functioning well.For the first time during the past 8 years owning my car, I decided to try somewhere different other than the certified dealers and I called them to set an appointment.Their mechanic showed up and per the P015A code, changed my O2 sensor.However, following that day not only the engine light came back on again (with the same error code of P015A), but my engine was very short on power and even shutting off at stoplights, or when idling randomly.I called them again in order to fix the issue. The mechanic showed up again and saying that there was nothing wrong with the sensor and he know what he is doing because he is the mechanic. I said to him that it doesn't make sense that just right after replacing the sensor, the condition got even worse! But he didn't address the issue and said that my catalytic convertor is faulty and needs a replacement!! and charged me again at the end for what he called a new diagnosis!I did not buy what he said and took my car to the GM dealership in Calgary. They did the test and confirmed that my O2 sensor was faulty causing all the headaches and replaced it for me with a GM sensor and resolved my issue!I got so furious with the service that Instamek provided me with.Thankfully, they refunded me otherwise I would be more than glad to take them to the court by all means!