Matthews Mechanical Services

My son took his truck in last year and asked for a repair. He was told a estimate which he said he if it was more he couldn't afford it. They had his phone number and didn't ring him to say it was going to be two and half times dearer. Funny thing is they didn't fix the problem and if they had replaced the part in the beginning it would have been cheaper than trying to fix it. They did take a n hours labour off after complaining.

Great mechanical service ever I have seen. Good one. Highly recommended

Great team, great service, have been using them for all of my cars (17 of them) for around 3yrs now and they are the best I have come across.

I took a 1998 vehicle into Matthews Mechanical for warrant, asked them to "call me if it needed any major work". They took vehicle to Blenheim Testing Station for the warrant check (huh?), it failed. They returned vehicle to their workshop and did another inspection up on the hoist. They called me and said it needed $300 worth of work on the brakes and I decided not to proceed. They charged me $58 for the warrant inspection and another $48 for the quote. Now to me this is double handling, surely the vehicle only needed to be inspected once on their premises. They also claim I asked for a quote to repair it when I dropped the vehicle off - the word "quote" never passed my lips - I was hoping it would simply pass the warrant! So, before you go anywhere near this outfit (which I don't recommend), ask what you will be charged for, don't assume anything!