Carstar Canada

I do not recommend CarStar 401 Mississauga!

I left there my vehicle for post-collision repair. The repair was done BADLY and they refused to correct it. Moreover,the running boards were damaged at the body shop and they removed them without my permission,they didn't return still usable parts (aluminium parts) to me,they threw them away.

Don't leave your car at this body shop!Avoid this location as far as you can!

When Car Star St.Catharines repaired my car, it was parked outdoors for 2 snow days without installing the rear glass or covering it! After reinstalling the glass, it still leak！ They said to detail clean the car, but it was still very dirty.

This is the working attitude and repair level of car star st. catharines

This company have no respect of the warranty, please go at another place if you need good reparation and a good service.

Hello , I am a Parts Delivery Driver in Windsor,On & I would like to make a complaint about a Car Star Windsor Employee unfortunately I didn't get his full name but he is older guy in office balding on top if his head ( he sits at cubicle behind front desk ) his first name is " Dominic " . He screamed at me and called me " a *** *** " Friday February 11th 2022 when I showed him where part was I dropped off parts just like he asked ... all I said to him was I've told 3 people where the 1 part was and if anyone put parts in wrong place this week because that was first time I had been there this week .. Then when I was walking back to my truck he pulled down his mask and screamed " hey your being a *** *** .. with another carstar employee outside .. and I pulled my phone out to record him & as soon as he seen me pull phone out he went running back inside shop If there are car star windsor cameras in back you can clearly see him yelling at me for doing EXACTLY what he wanted.

I think this is totally unprofessional and absolutely unacceptable to do and to use that kind of language in the workplace and just in general as I am doing My Job and to be called something like this is ridiculous.

I believe some sort of action could be taken against this employee as it is place I deliver to regularly and shouldn't have to worry about being called those names while I am working trying to provide for my family .

Thank you I look forward to hearing from someone and some sort of action to be taken before I have to go any further.

If I could 0 starts i would,

Did work on My truck, and they *** it up no care about peoples safety on road. Even when they know you have kids and take 3 times longer then they should, and don't check over there work.

Put lives in danger, were supposed to replace rim from accident of tire falling off and the pics REPLACED rime THE TIRE WITH". "REPLACED

Carstar is a shoddy business that does bad work. They refused to fix their bad repair that was supposed to have a life time guarantee.

Their life-time guarantee on repairs is worthless sales pitch. These people are rude, and do not stand up to what they advertise. Insurance companies recommend Carstar because they cut corners and do poor repairs that are cheap and save time and materials. The cost savings is passed on to the Insurance Co at the client expense.

Our Government is just as much to blame because they know this is happening in the insurance industry and do nothing. Don't call the BBB because , the BBB is funded by the people who have the BBB sticker on their website and in their window. The BBB in Canada actually PROTECTS bad businesses by playing down the complaint and not actually doing anything for the client.

Worthless BBB! Canada needs a Ralph Nader to start exploiting these terrible companies in Canada that take advantage of people.

About 5 yrs ago, Carstar Lasalle/ Windsor Ontario repaired my pick truck box from an accident claim. My truck is and was spotless, rustproofed new and regular oil spray, goes to Florida for 3-4 mos/yr so it is in excellent shape with no rust.

After 5 yrs, the repair spot ( they used green putty) has lifted and is bubbling and a big hole where they worked on it. This is the ONLY spot on the truck with rust.

Problem 2, I have taken the truck to their shop on the request of the insurance company Intact (they are not much better to deal with) 3 times in the last month and Dennis Carlini the manager will not call me back about the problem. The clerks at the front desk ( the gauntlet) will not give me his phone number so I am stuck wasting my time trying to get anything done.

Welcome to Canada where these types of crooked businesses do repeatedly shoddy work. So much for their "lifetime guarantee" worthless talk and false advertising.

I guess they think we are just going to forget about this , like blind sheep going off a cliff!

There is no quality work and nobody wants to do their job including Dennis Carlini.

This CARSTAR ruined my truck for good, this rust is like cancer and can never be fixed properly now it has started. Early death to my truck which is going to cost me $85,000.00 for a new one. Carstar is a terrible business and should not be promoted by the insurance companies.

I have a couple of experiences with them now and both horrible. The work is terrible and the customer service is just as bad having to fight with them to fix it properly.

I would rate this company negative stars but you have to give them a minimum of one star which is still way too much then this company their protocol deserve.

This Carstar company is just plain DISHONEST!

What concerns me is the thought that others bring their accident damages to a Carstar shop &;;;;;;;;;;;;;; will experience the incompetence , lies & and; negligence that I received . HARD TO BELIEVE BUT TRUE.

My car was rear ended ,my insurance recommended CARSTAR.

Carstar promised to have my car ready in 10 days,they took 72 days and I had to bring it to anther shop to fix all their mistakes,including finding the unibody was bent doors & trunk would not close. They even painted it the wrong color. The worst was they went to court as witness for the insurance company to say the car was in an accident before .[IT WAS NOT} The but Carstar idiots had no paper work just their lies.

I won because I had paper work proving to the court that Carstar people were liers. Be caucious if you go to a Carstar shop ,I would not let them paint my garbage cans,they would probably screw that up.

At Insurance company s direction I took my 2011 Corolla to the Peterborough, ON Carstar, after a minor gender bender the work was fine, what wasn't good was being contacted months later regarding a $250 deductible, which I found odd as my TD policy is $0 deductible. I was finally threatened by a mechanics lien and forced to pay this phony charge. I'm a single parent with a disabled child and found it galling to be extorted in this manner 12 days before Christmas, by these *** Living in a smaller city word spreads quickly about businesses that cheat their customers, and this is only the start of my spreading the truth about Carstars reputation here.

Went to carstar to fix my truck last October 2018 They were 3 weeks late then they said would be done. Said they were going to pay for the days they were late with fixing my vehicle with the car rental ,not only did i get a call from enterprise 9 months later that they refuse to pay for the rental and said to bill the me when they said to the insurance company they would pay but also they left tools in the back of my truck, screwed up my lights, panels were loose and electrical problems started so i had to bring it back again. Poor customer service and thanks for the bill of the rental car they are a joke and i do not recommend them to anyone.

August 6 2013 - Took my 2006 BMW 330i to Nick's Carstar on Doverscourt Road, Toronto. It was hit by a truck and sustained damage to the rear trunk lid, left passenger door, left rear tire rim, and scratches to the driver side door. Frank, who manages the auto body shop said he could fix the damages with a time line of about one week.

Aug 13 2013 - It has been one week and Frank called to say that the left rim was out sourced to company that specializes in grinding down rims, but he was not happy with the results so he sent it bak to be resurfaced, he's not sure when car will be finished.

Aug 22 2013 - Frank called to say he is happy with left rear rim, but had to now paint front left to match. As well, now he is having trouble with door locking with FOB and door handle lights not working after the autobody guys put new left passenger door in. He has sent car to BMW dealership in the township of Vaughn! What?! There are several BMW dealerships in Toronto and Missisauga. He never did explain why my car was driven so far out of town unnecessarily, and to a BMW dealer I have no personal relationship with. I am incensed. The insurance rental is coming to an end (max $1000 while my car is being repaired). Nick's Car Star "feels bad" and has me get a rental for the weekend "on us".

Aug 25 2013 - My car is still at the BMW dealership in Vaughn. apparently when the old man Nick (at least 75 years old) went to pick up my car, there were still issues with it remotely locking. BMW has now diagnosed it as having a bad actuator. Hmmm, wonder how that happened? The part wouldn't be in until later or the next day. Again Frank "feels bad" for all the delays.

Aug 27 2013 - I pick up my car from CarStar, and go over the paint job quickly because I have to get to the hospital in Brampton where my mother has gone after developing a fever from her chemo treatment. I notice that a quarter tank of gas is gone, and the car has been drive about 84km!!! I point it out and I get $25 off my deductible. I leave the shop. On my drive up the 410, my car goes into "limp mode". That means the vehicle automatically decelerated from 120 km/her to 80 km/hr with a red warning light and displaying the image of a thermometer with water below it. I'm like what the *** is happening now. The car has been out of my possession for 21 days, and I get it back for 20 minutes and it is dying on me. I manage to get to Brampton Civic hospital, but know that I'll have to tow it back to Toronto. Now I am suspicious of what Nick's Carstar has done to my car. I check out the paint job in detail and realize very quickly that their are several "fish eye " imperfections in the paint job they've done. As well, they did not fix the trunk lid! The scratches to the lid where still there. I call the insurance appraiser and notified them of the paint issues and the "limp mode" issue. He advised me to tow the car back to Nick's Carstar and he would meet me there the next day. After a hospital visit with my Mom, I got CAA to take my car to the shop at 2:00 a:m, and leave it there overnight. I met with the appraiser at Nick's Carstar at 11:00 a:m that morning. The appraiser agreed that the fisheyes needed to be sanded out and Cogeco would pay for it. They didn't agree with the auto body shop being responsible for the limp mode issue. I scheduled a date for the paint job to be fixed with Nick's carstar, then (again) I had my car towed to a repair facility that I knew would diagnose and fix my car quickly. The problem it turned out, was a broken water pump that had leaked out all the anti-freeze. The broken water-pump issue was probably unrelated to anything Nick's CarStar did, but I'll never know.

Sept 2 2013 - Third time driving car since I got a new water pump, and notice strange sound coming from left rear tire. Car also does not mechanically feel the same as it did when I first drove it from the mechanics. Unfortunately, I was on my way to work at 7pm at night, so I decided I would take it to my trusted mechanic in Missisauga after my 12 hours shift in the morning.

Sept 2 2013 - I start driving my car on the Gardiner Expressway to Mississauga, and have to get off immediately, after not only a warning lamp of a tire issue shows up on the dash, but the noise from the left rear tire is scary at higher speeds, and the car does not feel right. I take the side streets all the way to my mechanic in Mississauga at Tomken and Derry Rd. I am floored when my mechanic tells me that the left rear wheel and the and the front have been been reversed! The wheels are different sizes in the front and the back of most BMW 3 series. Not only that, the wrong torque was used on the left rear wheel, hence the entire wheel could have fell off and that's why it was so noisy and not feeling right!!! CarStar had put the tires on in reverse either accidentally or on purpose. If it was accidentally they are incompetent in even the simplest job an autobody shop should be able to do, if on purpose they are a--wipes who absolutely deserve this review and all the others they are going to get from me. My mechanic put the wheels on correctly for me.

I drove to CarStar and told them about the wheels being put on in reverse, and the wrong torque being used. I told it to Frank and to the old man Nick. I said to old man Nick that had my wheel fallen off and I survived the accident I would have sued him for everything he had and his shop would be gone. He said "well it's time to retire anyway". That's the level of professionalism this place has.

Sept 10 2013 - Went to Nick's Carstar to have the the imperfect paint job that the did corrected. They said I should leave the car, but I said wasn't going anywhere, and I would wait. Old man Nick said I'd be there all day. I said not if they wanted to have a good day I wouldn't. Three hours later, the trunk lid, and all the fish eyes where sanded and buffed out of the paint and I was consulted as part of the process and finally satisfied with what should have been done in the first *** place.

I waited about 3 weeks to post this review in case I had to go back to Nick's Carstar for any other problems that may have arisen with my car resulting from their incompetence or maliciousness. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this autobody place to a 10 year old with a beat up bicycle. The CARSTAR name should be ashamed to associate itself with this low level of workmanship. Cogeco should also be ashamed to have Nick's Carstar on its roster of auto body shops. I've told both organizations about my experience, and they said they would look into my complaints. I won't hold my breath.

April 2014. My car's bumper was minimally damaged. Nick's Carstar was able to retain the original bumper and the work they did was fantastic.

The service from everyone at the front desk and the shop was friendly and helpful.

The work was great -my car looks completely flawless.

The time efficiency was great - my car was ready a day earlier than expected, which saved me money on the rental car.

They kept in touch with me along the way and took the time to let me know what was going on with my car.

I recommend Nick's Carstar fully.