WD's Auto-Motives LLC — Local services in Camp Verde

I took my 2004 Ford Ranger, 4WD truck to WD Auto-Motives based on a recommendation from a very good garage in Cottonwood where I previously had some work done. The driveline from the transfer case to the front differential was going bad, slinging grease all over the bottom of the truck so I had to get it repaired as soon as possible. I have good intuition about mechanics, and I was immediately impressed with Wyatt's detailed knowledge and understanding of the problem. You could tell he is at the knowledge level of a master mechanic if not higher. Wyatt owns the garage and has lower overhead than most garages, so he can charge less. Also he is very efficient at doing repairs and has more freedom to schedule and prioritize work. He ordered the parts for the drive line, and did the repair exactly on schedule. The repair was done exactly when he said it would be done. I was impressed with that.

My truck has 240,000 miles on it, and is starting to need repairs more frequently. I do a lot of off-roading, which adds more wear and tear. Recently I was pulling into my driveway and could smell a strong gasoline smell. I looked underneath my truck and to my horror, gasoline was running down the outside frame onto the ground. Never had a vehicle do that before. You get the feeling like you've been gut punched. I took the chance of rushing my truck over to Wyatt's garage (several miles away) late in the afternoon hoping that the truck would not completely break down on the way or catch on fire. Wyatt saw me pull in, immediately crawled under the truck without even pulling it into the garage. He quickly diagnosed the problem as a broken fuel filter line, then jury rigged a fix on the spot. I was so relieved. Wyatt scheduled me in for the next morning and did the full repair. I was so grateful to him that he had handled my emergency on the spot. That's one of the most important things to me about a garage and a mechanic----being there for me when I need them most. Wyatt passed that test with flying colors.

Anyhow I would highly recommend Wyatt for all of your...

Wyatt is first of all very honest, secondly he knows cars and does everything in his power to fix what's wrong with them. He has gone over and above to help me with problems that prevented me from driving to the shop to get repaired. Wyatt has found real problems with one of my trucks that I did not even know about but he did not repair them until he talked to me and because I know he is an honest man, I know that what he had found was not something he had made up. He took the time to show me exactly what was wrong and why. In one case, he knew that another shop had done some work on my truck and left a real problem with what I had paid to have them do, he recommended that I take it back to the other shop to complete the job and was willing to talk to the other shop if need be should the try to squirm out of finishing the repair. The other guys corrected their oversight and thanks to Wyatt it is now fixed correctly at no additional cost to me.

You will not find a better mechanic, its easy to make him a friend.

That said, I make it sound like Wyatt is super human, he is not, he is capable of installing a part that fails shortly after installation and I'm sure that, if pressed would be able to tell you about some repair from the past that did not go the way that he would like, those things happen but with Wyatt, given the opportunity, you can count on the fact that he will make it right. You will be a satisfied customer. WD's is not a cut-rate fly by night shop and as such, prices his work competitively, which allows him to be there for the long term and I do not hold this against him, I'm glad to know that he is able to pay his bills so that he can be there for me the next time I need him.

Did I say that I recommend Wyatt and give him my...

We were on a cross country vacation when our waterpump started going out - we pulled up a list of repair shops and started making calls but with it being a Fri no one would even talk to us until we called Wyatt - he told us to come on over and he would fit us in which is exactly what he did - not only did he stop what he was working on when we got there but did an excellent job replacing our waterpump as well as giving our car a basic look over to make sure everything was good so we could continue our journey - Wyatt was great - his prices are very fair and the service is top notch - wish there were more people and repair shops like his around - 5 stars for sure -...