B & F Auto Air Conditioning - Costa Mesa, California

Shayna

After calling around for quotes I decided to go with Mike. He communicated well. Looked up my car's A/C details (other shops expected me to be an expert). He fit me right in and showed me what to look for with a brief auto A/C lesson and had me out of there in under the quoted timeframe. It's a small shop- no frills- the communication, fair price, and knowledgeability sold me. Thanks Mike!

Roland

The AC on my Chevy Silverado show truck was blowing hot air. Apart from the Chevy dealer I spoke with five different mechanics but only two said they could resolve the problem. The others simply did not have the equipment needed to service an AC system requiring R1234YF refrigerant.

I leaned towards Mike’s shop because I was well received and noticed the work area was very organized and clean. In addition, the level of Mike’s knowledge of what was needed to properly diagnose and resolve the problem was better explained to me then from the Chevy dealer and other mechanics. He also struck me as a man who takes his work very seriously and does exactly what he says he will do.

I’m very pleased with the quality work on my truck and the level of care it received. My AC now actually works better than before. I absolutely would recommend Mike’s shop and I will certainly keep his number on my shortlist of go-to mechanics. - Roland Martinez.

Initiative Source

Being from out of state, and up north, the CA heat was melting me! My AC was only pumping warm air. They told me I'd have to come back it was in the afternoon and they close at 4pm. They open at 8am and it's first come first serve, so I showed up early and waited near the entrance. They opened up right on time, and I got in straight away 🙂 the AC test takes about 3 hrs, luckily had my bike and the shop directed me toward to the beach. So I spent a few hours at the beach and they contacted me when it was ready. They didn't detect a leak, it was just that I was very low on freon, which they'd topped up for me already. And what a relief! Nice cool air again. They even told me if there's any problem again in a couple weeks to come back and they'd test it again for free! Price was fair about 200$
Good spot, my advice, be there at 8am and get in first thing ?

Charles Tripp

Excellent Service!

Mike and his team fixed our AC when the Dodge dealers were trying to rip us off and charge $1500. Mike did the work for half the price. An O-Ring blew 6 months later, they repaired and recharged the system at no charge.

Thanks very much!!!

Kevin Muniz

I give this place a "thumbs down" due to the poor customer service I got from the owner and the cheesy way he failed to honor the 10% discount he advertises on his website. I went in to get the AC recharged on my 91 Cherokee. I found these guys via Google search & saw the 10% discount offer on the website for new customers if you print out the website and take it in. So I did just that but forgot to give it to his employee when the work was done and I paid with my credit card. When I realized that I forgot to get my discount I called and spoke to Mike the owner. I should have seen it coming when he said I had to come back with the paper but since I live close & the charges came to $101.14 that it would be worth the $11 to go back. When I did Mike was at the counter & he took my paperwork back to his office & got on his calculator. After making me wait while he stopped working on my issue to go talk to his employee about another job he went back to his office for a few more minutes before coming back to the counter. However, instead of coming back and asking me for my card so he could re-run the transaction he came back saying "You got a smoking deal, my guy only charged you for R134 but your car takes R12 so I'll just leave you at the same price." going on to blame it on his employee not telling him it was a 1991.

I was pretty pissed off. He could have reviewed it over the phone rather than saying to come back and we'll work it out. It there was an error on the part of his employee, he should have still honored the discount. He didn't even apologize for the error or my having to come back.

But instead of debating it with this jerk who just made me drive back to his shop so he could stiff me on the discount, I thought I would just share my experience with anyone else who may think about doing business with this guy and getting the discount he baits people with.

Sean Engard

My car's AC was only breathing hot air. I made the mistake of not heeding my mechanic's advice right away when he recommended to go to B&F and instead went to Pep Boys. I spent $50 at Pep Boys for them to fail at running a diagnostic and then tell me that they couldn't fix the problem with no recommendation as to who could.
Having wasted my time and money, I then went to B&F concerned about how much it would cost (my mechanic, who is very reliable, said it would be around $1,000). Mike at B&F figured out a work around, because the discontinued part would have been nearly impossible to find and $600 to install along with everything else, and everything is fixed and running perfectly for about $400. I cannot recommend B&F enough. Do not waste your time and money going anywhere else.

Pauly Star

Mike at B&F auto air conditioning is the man!!!! I have a 1995 custom Ford bronco at the AC went out and two of his competitors Fords auto service and Steve’s D&S Auto ac refused to work on my car because they didn’t want to or feel like it.

Mike had the problem fixed the same day and I will never bring any of my cars anywhere else for air-conditioning issues I’m actually bringing my toy tundra over to him and swap out for my bronco.

Thanks again B&F and Mike for being so honest and a class act !

Luis Acosta

quoted $650 for AC repair. (400 part / 250 labor)
after 30 minutes online I found a repair method that took 10 minutes and $30. The part they wanted to get was expensive. But $250 to pull out 2 cables from the module and then reconnect them?

I wouldn't be upset if he gave me the time of day and tried to explain. Now I know for a fact they wanted to cheat me with such a major overcharge. Never coming back.