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Monro has specialized in automotive maintenance and repair services since 1957. Its services include brake repair, oil changes and tire services. The company uses certified technicians and quality parts with the aim to ensure vehicle performance and safety.

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  • Transparent pricing and no upselling
  • High-quality repairs and parts
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  • Inconsistent service quality
  • Poor communication from management

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    Reviewed May 19, 2026

    I am so disgusted by not only Monro in Old Saybrook but corporate as well. Long story short, they kept "fixing" my O2 sensors but the problem still persisted. Turns out I needed a new cad, but they couldn't diagnose it properly so I paid all this money for 4 new sensors. On a recorded line I was promised a full refund by Liam the store manager. After calling repeatedly (recorded) I was told my refund should have already hit my account and was unsure why I hadn't received it yet. I continued to call and check in and it still was not processed.

    Then he said one bill was being processed but not the other and would submit that one again. I then found out from someone else that they no longer handle refunds in that way and they must be approved by upper management. I continued to call (currently at 13 phone conversations since March) I was given the VP Bart **'s number, who did not answer my calls or return my voicemails. I also tried calling their district number that I was given from Liam as well. Nobody cares. I told Liam that I would need to be updated throughout the process, and yet I didn't hear back.

    I physically went to the store to tell him I'm still going to figure this out. He promised he would advocate for my refund because he thought his guys did the job wrong. He said he was going to process it through worker error to hopefully get me my money I was promised. Since then, he has not returned my messages that I left with the assistant. I called corporate today and they said one claim was denied, and not up for further discussion. Just repeating that over and over like a robot. I'm hoping someone from the company who actually cares will see this and help me. Please.

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    Reviewed April 20, 2026

    Regarding store #180 in Albany. Excellent service. I had a flat tire and was hoping to have it plugged as opposed to getting a new tire. They did just that, showing me a video of the hole in the tire and the hissing sound it made. Quick service and very professional. I would recommend this store for auto service.

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      PricePunctuality & SpeedMaintenanceRates

      Reviewed March 25, 2026

      Do NOT use!!!! I wish I could give -0!!! I had front pads and rotors done on June 16, 2024. I also had front calipers done on December 26, 2024 had to have them redone today originally they were gonna cost $1200 but I had a fight with the guy because there’s less than 16,000 miles put on my car since August 16 and routers and brakes pads and calipers are supposed to last anywhere from 30 to 70 or 70 to 100,000 miles I drive 5 miles back-and-forth to work a day. There’s no reason why my brakes should be so bad! My brakes have been screeching ever since they did them in the summer of 2024 and every time I bring my car in for an oil change I asked them to check them.

      The last time they were checked was on November 21 of 2025 and they said my brakes were fine. I brought them in today, five months later and I have no pads it’s metal on metal. The rotors were destroyed and the calipers were destroyed. I have only driven my car 16,621 miles since all this work was done (yes I keep very detailed receipts) so he knocked it down to $800 but my breaks feel like crap! I find it interesting that every woman gives it a zero review something to think about!!!!

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      Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaff

      Reviewed March 6, 2026

      THESE PEOPLE ARE SCAMMERS. DO NOT GO TO MONRO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! From their in store employees to their corporate structure these people will go out of their way to try and scam you. If you try to call them they will put you on hold for about 10 minutes then hang up, or just hang up on you in general. Spent about a hour on the phone trying to speak to a manager and got the run around over and over and over. All this not to even mention how much they overcharge for regular services! It does not cost $500 an axle to do your brakes like the man on the phone told someone who called! Not only rude to me but condescending to other patrons while I was there. They will hold your keys hostage and force money out of you under duress. Only thing I should have done is called the cops to get my keys. Scammers through and through, DO NOT GO HERE!!!! EMPLOYEES TO CORPORATE THEY WILL TRY EVERYTHING TO SCAM YOU.

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      Reviewed Jan. 7, 2026

      I went to get a muffler check because it was loud. I was told by Caleb the manager 54.00 just to look. I told him they don't charge for just looking a exhaust. He put my car on lift and it only needed resonator. He saw off muffler resonator and said he had to order parts. I ask why did you take everything apart you don't have parts. He said he ordered them so I was stuck. I couldn't even leave. It took 3 hours for parts. I was charged 599.00 for muffler and 399.00 resonator, 400.00 labor, my total 1400. He quoted around 800.00. Customer service no help. I will also report this to attorney general. I question manager, he said no mistake, corporate does that. Do not go there. Rip off

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      Maintenance

      Reviewed Dec. 30, 2025

      Don't ever take your car here. They don't even know how to fix mufflers little alone anything else. Go to jacks muffler. I took it there to get my muffler fixed and when I left it was louder than it was when I came in there and when I left they made sure I had an oil leak.

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      Reviewed Nov. 12, 2025

      I had the worst experience ever. On August 5th, I called the Tire Choice In Castro Valley, California and inquired about the oil change and tire rotation. I told them that I have Volkswagen Passat, a European car that uses Euro full synthetic oil for diesel motors and wanted to know if they have that oil. They told me, they have oil, it would be $150 and the wait is about 45 minutes. After 5 hours, they put synthetic 0W20 oil and they even didn't rotate the tires even though that was advertised that is included in the oil change. From beginning of the process, the person at front desk, manager J. ** was condescending. So, on August 6th, I called Volkswagen Service, gave them my car information, and asked what type of oil this car needs. They told me that my car uses 5W30 or 5W40. After that I drove to Tire Choice and asked to talk to manager, J. ** and told him about the error.

      I asked for my money to be reimbursed or that he puts the correct oil in my car. He immediately became defensive, condescending, and argued that they put correct oil in my car. The manager refused to give me money back or to correct the error. He was still arguing with me until I called the other professional from Volkswagen service, who confirmed also what oil should be put into a Passat diesel motor. The manager refused to give me money back but did agree to correct the error and put correct oil in the car. After another 4 hours, they didn't replace the oil. I observed that he only added approximately 10 oz of oil and not the required 4.5 quarts.

      When I checked the oil level for safety, it was way over MAX level which can cause car’s engine to blow from too much pressure. I had to find another service provider to change the oil again, since this company had proven to be distrust worthy. So, not that this service put wrong oil and possibly cause damage to my motor and expensive repair if I didn't discover their mistake, but also they overfill my motor and possibly cause my motor to blow out. The worst possible service ever, I will never return or recommend this place to anyone. Stay away from this place.

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      Reviewed Nov. 7, 2025

      Company is a joke. DM is a lousy leader hr department. Well when there's a real issue they ignore it. If anyone reads this taking your car there is a mistake. During calls they will tell us to take you for all your money, sell services that they dont actually do, like coolant flushes, brake flushes so on. Big scam, brakes pads and rotors lol 800 bucks, don't be dumb. Take it somewhere else. Give your business to the mom and pop shops not the corporate shit shows, no real techs or talent. Why would you want your car worked on by someone that doesn't know how to use a screw driver lol

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      Reviewed Aug. 3, 2025

      I went to Munro brake service in Jenison, Michigan to get new brakes and rotors. I go I drop my car off. Everything seems OK. Later a guy calls and says, "Hey you need new calipers because they’re stuck," and I was confused. I said I didn’t have problems with my calipers before and he said, "Oh yeah," and "We’re gonna have to keep your car for 10 days for the part to come in," and I was shocked and said what the heck I’m not gonna do that. He also said it was gonna be around $1000 extra. I was like nope and he said, "Oh forget it. You don’t need new calipers. We just forgot to unclip this area." Sorry it was like when I said no way in heck I’m gonna pay within 30 seconds. They were perfectly fine then I get my car back. I go when I pay think everything‘s fine. He tells me. "Hey there’s some tar or stuff on your brakes. It’s gonna take a few days to wear off." I was like OK.

      I’ve never had this really before and other brake shops of any other car I had but that’s fine so two or three days goes by and I’m driving my car and I feel a shake when I drive on the highway. Well I have to commute. I thought that was weird so I thought well it’s probably the stuff going off my brakes. No, it wasn’t. So I contact them and say my rotors are shaking my car when I go to stop to get off the highway. And he said, "Oh well you’re braking too hard." I was confused. I had literally had my car four days so I said, "I want you guys to check it. The warped rotors are causing this. You guys put warped rotors on my car." He said OK.

      This person Dan tells me to bring it in schedule me for 8 AM so my wife has a week off so she goes with me to drop off my car so she’s waiting outside. I get in. I said, "Hey, I have an appointment at 8 o’clock to drop my car off. You guys are going to change out the rotors since they’re warped." The guy looks at me and says, "We don’t have any appointment for you," so again, I’m confused.

      I explain to him who I talk to and this guy is like, "Well sorry. We don’t have an appointment," and I asked to talk to the manager and he looks at me and says I’m the manager so I explained to him my situation and he said his name was Tim and so I talked to him and say well this is what’s happening. He says, "Well if you leave your car here for us to look at our brake job you have to pay for all labor." Of course I’m looking at. I’m thinking what do you mean you are checking the work you just did four days ago that I’ve already paid for? He said, "Well if we have to check our work you have to pay for the labor." I was shocked. So I asked, "What are you talking about?" He said, "Well by the looks of it you got the silver package." What the heck what is a package?

      At this point I think he’s making stuff up so he says, "Yeah you didn’t get the gold package," which was like 1000 or more than what I paid so he said, "So you have to pay for your labor for any checks we do on your car even after we do the job." I grabbed my keys and I said, "I’m done. I am leaving. I I don’t trust you now." I left. I contacted the owner of this location and wrote them and explained my situation. Waited a week. Never heard anything. Went online. Contacted the corporation. Customer service explained my situation. Told them what had happened and asked them to give me a call because I wanted to figure out this situation so I can get my car repaired properly.

      2 1/2 weeks go by almost 3 weeks now still have not heard from the corporation so apparently they don’t care about their customers either. Now I’m stuck with a car that I paid for rotors and brakes and now I have to drive it on a highway where every time I even go to break slightly the whole car Shakes because they will not honor their work. I do not trust them. I will never go back to this place. I feel like if I bring it back it’s just gonna get worse or there could be retaliation in my opinion. If the owner of that location won’t contact me and apologize for the bad service and do what’s right and the corporation itself will not talk to me or do what’s right then this is not the company that I want to deal with and I will never ever ever recommend anyone else deal with.

      I kick myself in the butt, thinking I should’ve went to a shop that I trusted, but they had a wait time of two weeks and I needed to take a trip for work so I couldn’t wait two weeks. But I will never do work with this company again ever ever and I will never recommend it to anyone for the rest of my life. When you have a gut reaction that you shouldn’t leave your car there after seeing the people that work there and after talking to them go with your gut reaction. Do not use that place. That’s my opinion. That was my experience. Maybe there’s people out there that I’ve had a wonderful experience but this is the second time in 15 years that I’ve had an experience with this place and I’ll never go back.

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      Reviewed July 29, 2025

      Please see photos. They were to change my rack and pinion. They said it would be done in one day, no problem. They tried to remove parts that should not have been removed causing frame damage to the vehicle that the dealership cannot repair. The vehicle is now totaled. They did not put the parts on that they removed correctly, shoved it outside and told me to Take the car to Ford. This is the result of Monro. They fixed my other car which broke at the same time and were very proud to drive that car while slap shifting the transmission 70 miles per hour on a busy highway. But nice guys they are, didn’t charge for the destroying my vehicle. I call their Claims Dept. and opened a claim. We will see how this plays out.

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