The Detroit Garage (The Brighton Garage)

The Detroit Garage is a very great place to have your car needs met! I would recommend this auto place as I was 100% satisfied
Apr 11th, 2024

The Brighton Garage (aka. The Detroit Garage) has a great team of honest and thoughtful people on staff. I recently had my car in for diagnosis of on several issues, all were addressed thoroughly (with options on how best to proceed) and for a fair price. Not to mention, quick turnaround time!
Apr 10th, 2024

Great experience for my first visit. Great customer service!
Apr 1st, 2024

Great garage. Clean waiting space and fast friendly service. VERY Honest people and I Thank you.
Mar 18th, 2024

My experience wasn't the best. I brought in a 2011 Cadillac SRX that was throwing a CEL and was sluggish. I knew the catalytic converters were bad as this is what my code reader as telling me. Well, I was a little taken aback when the estimate of over $6,000 came back to me. The $6,000 bill was comprised of replacing 3 catalytic converters and replacing the timing chains. The estimate included pictures of a scan tool displaying P0019 code along with the expected P0420 and P0430 that indicate a bad catalytic converter. Researching the P0019 code, this is specific to the crank position sensor and camshaft position sensor are out of alignment - hence the timing chains needing replacement Needless to say, I was surprised to have this issue and decided to take my vehicle elsewhere for a second opinion. Before I did that, I read the codes again after bringing the car back home and as before the only codes that were showing up were related to the converters - nothing related to timing chains. I then took the vehicle to another shop in town to have them look at it. They read the codes and the ONLY codes were related to the converters - the timing chain codes were not appearing. I had the second shop fix my car. They replaced 2 of the 3 catalytic converters (A and H wanted to replace all 3 for some reason). This bill was less than $2,000 and I have driven the car extensively since then - (approximately 5,000 miles) without any check engine lights. Again, the estimate the A and H gave me was about $6100. My car was effectively 'mechanically totaled' as the repair bill exceeded the value of the car. I reached out to A and H to try and get the copy of the original picture that was taken of the scan tool to confirm it was taken when and where is was supposed to based on the metadata in the file. Unfortunately, they were not able to provide me with that picture. If they had proven the picture was taken when and where it was supposed to have been, I would have felt confident it was, in fact, an issue that came up on my vehicle. Without this, I am wondering if the picture was even of my car's info. When I spoke to them about the timing chain codes and the fact that they were the only ones to have ever seen this code on my vehicle, I was asked if I had changed the oil recently as this can make those codes go away. (Oil was fresh when I took it in - I change the oil religiously when the oil life monitor reaches 50%). Update after owner responded - I did NOT get the original picture I was looking for, just a screen shot from your internal system - no metadata. I am not saying you guys were taking advantage of the situation and recommending unnecessary service, but 5,000 trouble free miles since I DIDN'T have the service performed leads me to believe it wasn't necessary. Picking up the car after not having it fixed, they told my wife that a breakdown was likely if left 'as is. Not cool. Another Update: 4-5 months later, still no sign of the timing chains needing to be replaced as the CEL has not reappeared since the other shop replaced the catalytic converter. I question Brighton Garage's diagnosis for this expensive repair they were recommending. I have put on 50,000 miles since The Brighton Garage told me I needed to spend $3122.65 on a timing chain replacement and another $3500 on catalytic convertors. The timing chain code they told me I had never came back and I had never seen that code on my personal code reader or on code readers that other garages used when diagnosing my issue. I stand by my original review, 50,000 miles later you would expect the issue to come up again. Again, be wary. At this point, i have put 75,000 miles on my Cadillac SRX without timing chain issues after the Brighton Garage told me they needed to be replaced. They claimed that my car was throwing a code that I never saw on my scanner or any other shop could see either. I fully believe they were trying to get me to pay over $3,000 for Service: Engine repair
Apr 2nd, 2024