Grand Ledge Foreign & Domestic
641 W Jefferson St, Mulliken, MI 48861, us
(517) 627-5011
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About this shop
- Hours
- Specialties
- Reminds you when routine maintenance is needed
- Loaners
- No
- Notes
Score card
They are always honest | 3.4/5 |
They are competent | 4.4/5 |
Their repair price is reasonable | 4.1/5 |
They complete the work in a timely manner | 4.2/5 |
They respond well when they screw something up | 3.2/5 |
They take the time to explain the problems and necessary repairs | 4.1/5 |
They treat male and female customers in the same manner | 5.0/5 |
They are always honest | 3.4/5 |
I would use this mechanic again | N/A |
I would recommend this mechanic to others | N/A |
They fix the problem the first time | 4.0/5 |
The shop is located in a safe neighborhood | 5.0/5 |
The hours of operation are convenient for customers | 4.3/5 |
They are near public transportation (or provide loaners, shuttle bus, rides as needed) | 4.7/5 |
Reviews
May 02, 2002
When seeking a quote on a clutch, these guys knew I was being jerked around by my dealership,Williams Auto World, who I had trusted up to now. Williams said I'd need a new clutch by the end of the month, and these guys told me on the phone it couldn't be right but asked to look at the car to be sure. Sure enough they saved me over $2k worth of work my car never needed. They really know what they're talking about too, I'll never take my car anywhere else.
Nov 06, 2011
Nov 06, 2011
Mar 22, 2005
I've been going to Roy and Chris for almost 20 years and am
lucky they are so close. Good mechanics and good people.
(Roy comes and plows me out for free when we get a heavy
fall of snow!) Their prices are always reasonable and I
feel very safe in their hands.
Oct 29, 2006
I've been taking my cars to Roy Smith and the guys at
Foreign Car for many years. They have fixed everything I've
thrown at them, and lots of things I didn't know about. My
cars are always in good running condition, thanks to Roy and
crew. I wouldn't think of buying a car without having Roy
look it over for me first.
A few months ago, after a particularly long period of rain,
my husband's Subaru Forester developed an annoying
electrical problem. (My husband is an electrical engineer,
so you would think that he understands electrical systems.
Not so. I had a headlight that was out for 9 months. There
was a problem in the wire harness somewhere. David promised
to fix it and he did actually look at it one day, but after
I got pulled over for the third time, I took it to Roy. He
found the problem and fixed it in an hour.)
Anyhow, the Subaru's parking lights would not turn off. We
checked all the fuses and looked in the manual for
information but couldn't find the answer. After all the
rain, the best guess we could come up with was wet wires. So
we would pull the battery cable off everytime we parked, to
avoid draining the battery. This went on for two months.
Finally, David was driving near Roy's shop and he pulled in
and asked Roy to check the parking lights. He explained the
problem and what we were doing to correct it.
Roy watched as David turned the car off and removed the
keys. The parking lights stayed on. Then Roy started
laughing. He asked David if he wanted the 10 cent fix or the
$100 fix. David asked for the dime advice. Roy reached into
the car and depressed a little switch on the steering
column. The lights turned off.
Roy explained that he had a Subaru that suffered from the
same problem. He tore apart the dash and the steering
column, he replaced the fuses and the wire harness, and the
light stayed on. Finally, he looked in the manual and
discovered that there was a switch on the steering column
that you would never know was there if you didn't know it
was there. It can be tripped by your elbow when you clean
your windshield, causing the lights to stay on all the time.
There have been a few times in the past that I have been
unfaithful. Roy is a demanding mechanic and I don't always
have time to oil the door hinges, so I confess: I have
strayed. I have been seduced by the pull through bays and
the clean floors and the clean uniforms of the dealership, a
time or two. But I always come back to Roy and his little
shop in Grand Ledge. The same guys have worked there for
years. They will buy the computer chip for their diagnostic
computer that I alone need, so that they can tell me why my
check engine light is coming on every 100 miles. They ride
me home in the tow truck when I drop off and stay late for
me to pick up my car. They are very patient when they
explain to me, for the 99th time, that unless I clean the
mud out of my wheels at least once a year (I live on a dirt
road), my car will thunk and pull to the left. Then they
wash it for me.
They don't fiddle with the radio. They leave the keys under
the floormat if I can't get to the shop before they close.
They let me see what the problem is while the car is on the
lift, even though the insurance company would bar me from
the shop floor.
I treasure my car shop. I think I'll bake them some brownies
right now.
Nov 06, 2011
Oct 27, 2011
We have moved out to Mulliken. It is only a 8 minutes farther
than the old shop on Jefferson.
We still give people rides home, and we now have a loaner car, a
blue Ford Taurus 2000. Also, there is now a waiting room and
barbed wire fence protecting everyone's cars or trucks. Roy
Smith, the old owner retired, and his son, Chris Smith, has
taken over, but Roy still does our towing.
If you are trying to find us on GPS Tom Tom, please don't. We
don't want you getting lost, because the GPS is backwards and will
take you to a middle of a field somewhere. Look us up on
Google for Foreign Car Service, our new name!

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