Where is ACG Automotive located?

ACG Automotive is located at ACG Automotive, 7884 Ronson Rd, San Diego, CA 92111. You can find their exact location and get directions on the map provided above.

What is the overall rating for ACG Automotive?

ACG Automotive currently has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 23 reviews from the community.

What are the opening hours for ACG Automotive?

The opening hours for ACG Automotive are: Please contact the business at 18774224736 to confirm their current operating hours.

Best Car Repair in San Diego, CA: ACG Automotive

BZilla

★★★★★

a year ago

I have my GTR to different shops throughout San Diego area. Let me just say that, since the first time I sent my engine here for a built, I’ve been a regular customer since. James and his team takes care of car that comes into their shop like it’s their own car. I had the opportunity to speak with his team members and Bernard, the team lead, and I can tell that they care about their customers’ cars. The level of knowledge, as I’ve seen it first hand, how they diagnose the problems, and it’s spot on every time. I brought my car in for a built transmission, which I tracked the car the very next month after getting it back. Car works perfect. I brought in my car for an Omega 12 turbos upgrade. James even gave me a huge discount, since he knows that I’ve been spending a lot of money here. And I mean, huge! And if I have questions regarding the work they’ve done or any questions regarding the cars, future plans, etc, I can always call them. James always keep an eye out for parts on the markets. I told him the plans for my car/build, he calls me whenever he sees something that may peek my interest. Many times, that saves me a lot of money. I have confidence spending money at this shop, because they backed up their work. It is a small team here, including the owner, so if you call them and no one answers, understand that the owner is always inside the shop working as well. If you don’t have the patience and a common sense, go somewhere else (yes I see some of the bad reviews about punctuation).

Maribel Orrostieta

★★★★★

3 months ago

I had an amazing experience with Abram Guerrero at ACG Auto Collision. Abram was extremely professional, helpful, and honest. I highly recommend Abram and the team at ACG Auto Collision

Andrew Kana

★★★★★

Edited 7 months ago

My 2014 GTR had a very strange rattling noise that sounded very expensive lol. Every single person I spoke to told me to bring my car here and these guys know what they’re doing. I took my car in and was helped by James. Within minutes he did the clutch re learn process and was able to get rid of that rattling noise for me . He wouldn’t accept any payment and told me not to worry about it. Very honest and professional I would 10/10 recommend to anybody. Saved me a lot of headache ! Edit: Almost a year later and I’m having issues with my car and no shop can figure it out. ACG got me in the same day and no joke within 5 minutes James figured out what the problem was and fixed it yet again. Wouldn’t take payment from me and said he was there to help, and gave me a tour of the facility. Makes me wanna build my car for more power and go through James. ACG is already very reputable lol but thought to do this review to show the appreciation I have for this business. 10/10 recommend James very trustworthy and honest!

Beau Brothers

★☆☆☆☆

3 years ago

James at ACG let my challenger Hellcat sit at the dodge dealership for an entire month straight in the sun. My clear-bra shrunk, battery died and he pretended as though nothing was wrong at all. Thankfully I went to the dealership myself and had to do his work for him, getting all required information for the transmission warranty, convince them to install a new battery etc. Had I not followed up, there is no telling how long it would have sat if I wasn't proactive. My car was under his supervision for an entire YEAR just for a transmission install. There we're issues with dealing with the warranty so but I had to do all the leg work even though the warranty contact would only talk to a shop owner which he was obviously aware of. About 10 months into my car being at ACG, I decided to just buy a build trans instead which they installed but there were still issues. My battery died AGAIN after getting my car back a year later so I had to buy a new one. I called everyday for a week, sent emails to Marco and videos of the power draw issue. I troubleshooted for hours pulling fuses to reset the dash, updating firmware etc. It's as though he intentionally makes it difficult to get in touch with him. I had to walk in the back bay doors and tap him on the shoulder while he was on the dyno just to get a word with him. The interesting part is he knew there was a power draw because he said, "Yea I noticed your car had trouble going to sleep". He was aware of this issue the entire time and agreed with me that when the battery died, it reset the steering wheel voltage monitoring settings, drawing power. He declined paying for the battery that HE was at fault for letting die. At that point I realized I would never take my car back to this shop again.

Artiom Yalanji

★☆☆☆☆

2 years ago

BEWARE! If you decide to go with this company I wish you best of luck with all the grey hairs that will come with it. The owner James will lie straight to your face just to get an extra dollar out of you. He will tell you exactly what you want to hear just to take your money and run. If I could give them a zero star review I would. If anyone is looking to give their cars to this shop, I would think twice. Originally when looking at their reviews I wasn’t to impressed, however a famous YouTuber built their car with them so I thought to myself “Oh I can trust these guys.” I can see why this youtuber never left a review. I decided to take the chance with ACG Automotive to get my 2021 Nissan GTR built as well as a simple tune on my Lamborghini URUS. I had so many problems with my GTR and I thought to myself maybe its not the shop, maybe its just the car. However, I trusted them with my Lamborghini urus as well and they completely messed up on it as well and didn’t want to come fix the car for a year, kept giving me a bunch of lame excuses. Story time- They originally quoted me $50,000 for a “Fully built Alpha 10 Package” claiming that it will be doing 1000whp safely and reliably without any issues. Little did I know… The build took about 2-3 months. They finished and sent me over the dyno sheets which quoted low 800’s whp. James claimed that he was using a different dyno but on a different dyno it would be making 1000whp, however never showed me any proof. I was too gullible and was excited to get my car back that I didn’t question him at all. I received the car within a week or so. It was faster, but nothing crazy. The charge pipes blew on me three times within a month. Had to bring them to his “buddy” here in Sacramento to have them put on. The transmission solenoid went out so I had to ship the car back to ACG. They returned the car to me within about 2 months. In the span of a 15 mile drive back home from receiving the fixed car the opposite side solenoid blew. James did not want to cover shipping even thought his shop didn’t even think about checking the opposite solenoid when fixing the right side. James originally advertised the transmission as being “fully built” and won’t give me any problems unless I push the car past 1300hp. 5th gear went out so I called James and explained everything to him. He told me that the only piece in the transmission that is upgraded is the 1st gear and every other gear doesn’t have warranty. I told him that I can’t keep sending the car out to San Diego for it to sit at his shop until one of his workers finally gets to it. He told me that I could bring it to a shop in Sacramento if they can fix it faster and he will just reimburse me for it. As I arrived to the shop which has built many GTR’s (wish I knew this before) asked what I had done to it. I told them that it is fully built and that it costed about $50-60k. As soon as they opened the hood, they turned around and said “you got scammed.” The hose clamps as well as all the vacuum lines are from eBay. Bolts missing everywhere, brackets loose, pipping rubbing against bolts. They ended up fixing the transmission and quoted me $3,200. I sent the bill over to James and he told me “I can’t pay for this since it wasn’t my shop that did the repairs.” I was furious as how a shop owner (James) can lie to a customer without blinking an eye. I ended up paying for the transmission. -Continuation below-

Olesya Yalanji

★☆☆☆☆

2 years ago

2 months later my turbo blew. Since I had warranty I sent the gtr to him. Finally got it back within 3 months with what he stated are better and bigger “upgraded turbos.” When the car arrived I went to the nearest gas station since it was almost empty and filled up 91. When I drove out I gave it some gas and the entire car just bogged and then accelerated. I called James right away and his only excuse was “oh the 91 tune isn’t a good tune that we did so just run e85” I pay over $50,000 for a build which isn’t even close to 1000whp and the owners says “owe the tune isn’t good.” He then told me to ship the car back to San Diego so they can fix it. I told him that since it is his fault why should I pay for shipping and loss of my time? No reply after that… 4 months later the solenoid blew yet again and since he didn’t open up the transmission I had to pay the other shop to fix it. 7 months later the “ Upgraded turbos” blew yet again. Called James stating that I haven’t even drivin 3,000 miles on them and they already blew. In lament terms he basically told me to screw off and that he wont be covering anything. I ended up bringing the car to the Sacramento shop. As they took off the turbos they said “these turbos are just stock turbos which are bored out and have a bigger propeller, also maxed out to the max.” James completely stopped replying to my messages and doesn’t even want to help me with his screwup. The shop told me that this build costs about $15,000 with the parts that they put on. This has been the worst experience I have ever had with a shop, all they want is your money and will cheap out on every part of the car just to save an extra dollar. Didn’t even put a catch can smh… Second Car- They tuned and installed meth injection into my 2020 Urus. Completely messed up the transmission tune and the lag was so bad that it was embarrassing to drive it. Broke my door handle and didn’t even want to own up to it. Kept telling me that he’ll fly out to fix the URUS. Guess what ended up happening? I had to bring the car to them after a year for him to spend an hour on it to fix. The worst customer service I have ever experienced. I can now tell why they have no good reviews since 2018. Hopefully everyone reading this will learn from my mistake and not even consider this scam of a company.

Richard Franco

★★★★★

a year ago

Ozzy helped me out I was in a bind need some parts, they weren’t open on the weekends and I needed it by the weekend , they came in clutch and overnighted me the parts, even offered to go out there way and leave it with a neighboring shop so I can pick up. Thanks for the quick and professional service !!

Oliver S (23GT.net)

★★★★★

5 years ago

I had ACG install an Android-based infotainment system in my Nissan R35 GT-R to replace the OEM system. Unfortunately the install took much longer than expected due to a missing part and some quirks of my car's audio system but ACG worked overtime to finish it the same day since they knew I'd driven a long way from out of town. I don't know of many shops that will work past closing time to ensure a customer leaves happy but ACG did so I definitely recommend them!

Alex Mikienia

★★★★★

10 years ago

Great service, nice shop. Had air conditioning inside, rare for auto shops. 10/10 would recommend. In all actuality, shop was well kept, customer service was top notch, was asked 3 times if I had been helped while I waited. Sean did a great job of taking care of my vehicle. Would come back any time I had a vehicular issue.

Jonathan Beck (Jon.B)

★★★★★

11 years ago

The one shop iv'e brought my car and have had nothing but good things to say. They stand behind their work. If you have any issues and bring it up it is rectified quickly. My GTR has gone for a bolt on car to now what is 1300HP. James, Tal and Sean are able to answer if not find the answer you need!

Erik Sandstrom

★★★★★

10 years ago

These guys are great and you can tell by all the exotics they have in their shop at all times. They've done wonders for me and are very reasonable when it comes to price and quality of work. They always go above and beyond the normal call of duty.

jobless mike

★☆☆☆☆

5 years ago

I have a specific Jaguar with a Performance Engine and with performance work done on the car explaining my issue to the mechanic who contacted me from the Tela secretary service that they run snapped at me and said if you don't let me talk I can't help you and all I was trying to explain to him as what my issue with my car is I don't know how he would be able to help me if I wouldn't be able to explain the issue I'm going through I'm willing to spend a certain amount of money on doing my car not an issue I have multiple Jaguars and the fact that this gentleman has no patience whatsoever when it comes down to somebody spending their hard-earned money on work shows me how unprofessional and how Unbecoming that shop is no wonder jba has been rated so much higher than ACG also if you go to their shop and no one is actually in their location and they have a sign on the door to call their teleservices which is not even directly related to the shop itself