These Are Limerick, Pottstown's Best Auto Repair Shops: Analysis

LIMERICK, PA — Finding a good mechanic can save you money and time.

A new analysis by the nonprofit Delaware Valley Consumers' Checkbook looks at more than 380 auto repair shops in the region, including several in the Limerick and Pottstown area, to determine which offer the best service based on price and quality.

The following Limerick and Pottstown area shops were included in the analysis: Firestone Complete Auto Care, John Kennedy Ford Mazda, Pep Boys, Sawchuk's Garage, Piazza Honda of Pottstown, Tri-County Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Tri-County Toyota Scion, Wes Jackson Automotive, New Street Auto Service, and Skippack Automotive.

Checkbook's evaluations of hundreds of shops in the Delaware Valley area include its ratings for quality and price. Its ratings are based on more than 8,500 reviews by local consumers, consumer agency complaint records, more than 1,500 price checks by its undercover shoppers, and other sources.

According to the researchers at Checkbook, New Street has the best prices, offering a 31 percent lower cost than average. Wes Jackson takes home the overall quality award, meanwhile, earning a 100 percent rating based on 13 reviews.

Checkbook is offering free access to its ratings of area repair shops to Patch readers in the Delaware Valley area through April 1 via this link: https://www.checkbook.org/PatchDEL/autorepair

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With reporting from Patch correspondent Kara Seymour