Chato's mechanic service

"The guy Cailo kept my truck overnight and the whole next day just to tell me they don’t do electrical problems, and charged me $318.00 after he told me he did absolutely nothing to my truck. I can’t make this up! Wasted time and money pls try another place. People in Lafayette even told me to avoid this place and don’t bring anything back here! Read the description on the 2nd picture!"

"They did a fantastic frame repair to my 2006 Saturn Vue, at very reasonable cost. This model has a design flaw where the subframe to frame mounts collect water and rust out. Had a half dozen places in town turn me down over the phone (policy on frame rust repair) but Chato's came to the rescue, surrounding the old frame mounts with new material welding the frame and subframe together. Honestly, I would have been happy with crude and effective but what I got was very intricate, with multiple pieces and beautiful welds. Not a factory repair but sure looks it, was even treated with paint/rust proof apparently. I'll need to come back for other services!"

"On Sep 7, I was in need of a mechanic because my car was having issues with the horn. My car was honking nonstop on campus and there was nothing that I could do about it. I contacted many mechanics in my area and even went to Ford of Lafayette searching for a mechanic that can work on my car right away but to no avail because all mechanics had a tight schedule that day. I was hopeless until I found Chato's on google with decent reviews. I walked into their shop and was told that he could work on my car right away. I got the car back only three hours later after a temporary fix (disconnected the horn), and yesterday (Sep 12) I dropped off the car and he replaced the airbag clock spring in just 2 hours. He also did some other fix as he mentioned that the car has been in an accident before. It cost me around $190 for labor for all this trouble, which is really reasonable compared to other mechanics. Would come back if I need any help in the future."

"We took our car there last year specifically for the front brakes to be done, and we thought he even priced decently. And got it done fast. But we took our car again just a few days ago because our belt was squeaking. He wanted to replace the belt, compressor. And we also had him look over our whole entire vehicle and what do you know he tried saying we needed our front brakes and rotors AGAIN! I asked him to pull up the receipt from last year and he realized he just did our brakes last year and that oh maybe we didnt need them done. Now back to the compressor and belt. He wanted to charge us 1,000$ to replace it we took our car elsewhere. And the other mechanic said there was nothing wrong with our compressor and he replaced the belt in30 minutes and charged us 85$. I do not recommend this guy! I feel like he was just trying to get money and replace things that didnt need done. Will NEVER go back or recommend toanyone. Guess i shouldve read the review first because he doesnt seem professional towards his negative reviews anyway."

"Went there on the referral from cool guy at Auto Zone. I was talking to an associate of Auto Zone an explained how bad I needed a reasonable mechanic, and I needed affordable prices. I'm taking car in on the 3rd if July for power windows replacement motor or regulator will update on review after that."