CarMania Inc 533 South Arthur Avenue, Arlington Heights, IL 60005

"Very fair prices, super communicative, helpful and make sure the job gets done right. Definitely will bring my truck back here for future work."

"This place is great. Not only do they have an excellent selection of different equipment, but the staff is also very welcoming, helpful and friendly. The knowledge, intelligence and technical capabilities of this store are second to none."

"Good, customer oriented service. Even if there are small issues/misunderstanding - they do their best to resolve it. My friend recommended them to me and I will recommend them to my friends and acquaintances. They deserve all 5 stars."

"Very thorough and professional service. You can trust you are getting best service here. Everyone knows their stuff and the honesty and trust they provide is above and beyond most other service. i've been going to Car Mania for five years and have never been disappointed. I would highly recommend."

"I brought my truck to this shop at it was recommended cause they do electrical work on cars as I was having electrical issues.after talking to the owner of issues I was having I asked him is this something you can fix, he said that’s what we do I was like great and I told him it was possible one of two things I thought was the problem bcm or side blind spot modules. He said don’t worry we will check it out. I also told him since the cascade of electrical issues happening at time of drop off it may not start after turning it off. Also I informed him there was a concent message that was displayed of service side detection system. Fast forward 2.5 weeks yes two and half weeks I was told truck is fixed and cost 1500 and was told that it was a bad ground behind dash. I was a little concerned cause I was also told that service message was still active. But I trusted them that’s what it was. Truck started right up and the next day after getting car was the same exact thing was happening so I brought back to shop and I talked to actual mechanic that worked on my truck the first time and apparently he was only told that the truck wouldn’t start and didn’t say anything else that led up to that. He did say they tried replacing the body control module (bcm) but that didn’t work so after running a computer scan with multiple miss communication problems and explained to him like heavy rain, dew, or after car wash this happens but not all the time so I told him I think it’s the side detection module or both getting moisture in there and he was in agreement so I ask for price and was told owner would let me know. Meanwhile waiting for quote the modules are on national back order for about 900 bucks for both and 300 labor install and program. With back order on parts I asked if I get used will he install he said yes. Unfortunately we got a lot of rain and I couldn’t get truck started to get it to shop the owner said don’t worry I’ll send a tow truck. Thinking ok he’s willing to work with me in getting this fixed. I showed up at shop the next day to see how things are going and modules were already installed and truck started right up and he was trying to program, I asked him where is laptop and he said I should be able to program from this, a red flag went off in my head as I’ve done a lot of research on programming of bcm and blind spot modules and you need to connect to gm servers to program. At the end the owner told me he couldn’t program them cause they were used. At this point I was completely frustrated and just wanted to get my truck and leave. Paying the final bill not only did I get charged the whole 300 dollars to install and program module he charged me 130 for tow truck. I had my mechanic who really doesn’t do electrical stuff on cars pulled both modules for a visual inspection and reinstalled in under 30 minutes and he said it took his mechanic over 2 hours. When I got home I found a mobile shop that would come out and program car modules. Mostly he does work for shops that replaces them but don’t want to pay for subscriptions for different manufacturers and I watched him do it and asked him would a bcm (body control module) be done that same way, he said yes, the shop you brought your truck to had no knowledge of programming these parts as you can’t program these on any even the best scanning tool without using manufactures software. I would never recommend this shop to anyone as they charge me 1500 just to tighten a ground nut if they even did that. As far as they said they tried a new bcm and didn’t work, it needs to be programmed and they obviously don’t have stuff to do the job"