Business ProfileforCarrollwood Auto Repair, LLC

I had some apparent problems with my Kia ******** and not being super sharp on engines these days with all the electronics involved, the check engine light came on and sometimes would go out. Other times, it would stay on for days. I did a bit of reading on the internet, and it did say that you could possibly have that occur because of the gas cap not being property tightened. The instructions in the manual tell you to s**** the cap tight until it clicks once. Well, this cap quit clicking a long time ago, but the light being on would not happen all the time. I was surfing the internet one day and came across a diagnostic device called FIXD, only $19.95. so I bought one to see what is said. Once plugged in, I ran the app on my cell and it gave me two diagnostic codes, of which was red flagged with a warning to drive as little as possible until corrected.Very concerned, I took my car here this morning because of the reviews I read, and I can tell you with authority, I spent 30 years in the insurance business dealing with customers getting cars, home appliances, and electronics repaired. My insureds would depend on me to direct them where to go for repairs because it's a field ripe for dishonesty where people charge for unnecessary repairs and do so because the public doesn't know any better. But agents hear about what are the good apples as well as the suspected bad ones. Sometimes the bad ones are super obvious.I can say with authority, HONESTY IS SPOKEN here. They have a customer in me for life. It appears the owner is a hands-on guy and does or supervises the repairs himself. He got similar readings that I did, but his knowledge and experience told him that the readings were erroneous and were caused by the ill-fitting gas cap. What was next? He advised me to get a factory original gas cap to assure a correct fit, something that could be hit or miss with an after market cap. How much for sharing that knowledge with me? "No charge, sir. **** tell folks about me.