Best auto repair shop in Northwood, New Hampshire (NH) 2024

I was hoping to find that Northwood Garage was the place I could start bringing my vehicles since we just moved into Lee last year. I brought my truck to them for an inspection and to look into a few other issues the truck was having. It failed inspection for 3 easy fixes which is fine. I decided to save $100 and fix them myself. I go back and they charge me a $25 re-inspection fee which I had never heard of before. I called around to other shops and dealers and none of them ever charge such a fee. They charged me $55.42 to diagnose a front end wobble, a steering wheel shake( Which I told the guy at the desk that it was most likely the steering shaft bearing which is a known issue on these trucks) and a shimmy i get going in reverse. I'm told it needs a steering stabilizer to fix the wobble. I have them install it. I don't think anyone drove the truck after they replaced the stabilizer because on my way home from the garage the wobble was worse and my right front brake caliper was locked up and smoking. i paid $290.42 and got a truck that's inspected and doesn't drive any better than when I brought it in. I also feel like they wanted to punish me for doing the easy fixes myself. EDIT: Replacing the front calipers fixed all the issues I brought the truck in for. I asked them to check the brake system and they told me it was fine. When I took out the brake pads they were all completely cracked on both sides. Not something that happens over night. They also wanted to charge me $90 to replace a spin-on transmission filter that was leaking. I asked if it was just loose and they told me it wasn't and that the filter was bad. I brought it to another garage in town and it was just loose. I'm not sure if they even really looked at my truck Services: Vehicle Inspection, Steering & suspension repair ~Dave