First off, I believe that allowing both repairs and inspection/emission at the same establishment to be a conflict of interest, especially during a poor economy, and Japanese Auto Repair certainly demonstrates that. \r
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Second, I've never seen a another auto repair shop with so many LDS magazines and pictures in the waiting area as Japanese Auto Repair.\r
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Last year Japanese Auto Repair (all employees Hispanic) passed my car for inspection/emissions with no repairs needed. A week later my alternator failed. Had it replaced at another business. This year I had my car inspected at Japanese Auto Repair again and they passed it with no needed repairs. Again, exactly a week later my 11-month-old alternator failed. The other repair shop that installed it replaced it under warranty and said they had never seen an alternator fail like that - total bearing failure. The pulley was tilted at an angle, throwing the belt off.\r
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I had my second car inspected at Japanese Auto Repair lat year and the
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