Our Partners

Carrsmith Auto Repair knows the importance of being an auto repair shop in the Gainesville area that people can trust. This is in part why our shop belongs to the 1-800-CAR-HELP network. Carrsmith Auto Repair knows that many of those in the greater Gainesville area believe they do not have a reliable and trustworthy auto repair shop they can trust. As a member of 1-800-CAR-HELP, Carrsmith Auto Repair hopes to provide those in the greater Gainesville area with the peace of mind in knowing they have found a auto repair shop in Carrsmith Auto Repair that be trusted and relied upon.

As a member of the 1-800-CAR-HELP network, Carrsmith Auto Repair treats each and every customer with the honesty and respect they deserve and expect. As part of our membership agreement Carrsmith Auto Repair is required to offer our customers the following:

• Maintain a reception area this is customer friendly and clean.
• Thoroughly explain the difference between required and recommended services.
• Provide written repair estimates.
• Only perform work when authorized.
• Invoices that are itemized with completed work as well as providing the inspection replaced parts upon request.
• Work with CarHelp to resolve any disputes through if required.

Additionally as a member of the 1-800-CAR-HELP network Carrsmith Auto Repair incorporates the following best practices for automobile service and repair.

• All repairs have a 12 month or 12,000 mile warranty for parts and labor.
• Carrsmith Auto Repair technicians dedicate themselves to ongoing training and certification to adhere to the best repair practices specified by training authorities and manufacturers.
• All repairs completed with high quality parts
• Compliance with any and all federal and state certification requirements

Carrsmith Auto Repair is proud to be an AAA Approved Auto Repair (AAR) shop serving the greater Gainesville area with a complete range of automotive repair services by a certified and professionally trained team of technicians. AAR was established in 1975 in limited areas. It has been expanded to include more than 5,500 AAA Approved Repair facilities in the United States and Canada. Each year the program continues to expand, adding more approved facilities. Approved Auto Repair is a AAA member benefit designed to help direct a member to a pre-screened reputable automobile repair facility for quality auto repairs. AAR facilities sign agreements to provide reliable, high-quality service performed by ASE certified or manufacturer certified technicians. AAR shops are obligated to perform repairs and services, which comply to industry standards. AAR shops undergo periodic, continual re-inspections in order to uphold AAA’s high standards.

Carrsmith Auto Repair maintains AAA's tough performance standards while providing each of our customers with the professional and courteous service they both expect and deserve. As an AAA Approved Auto Repair shop serving the greater Gainesville area, Carrsmith Auto Repair is required to hire and employ trained automotive repair specialists that have earned certification by ASE, the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. Also as an AAA Approved Auto Repair shop, Carrsmith Auto Repair is also required to use state-of-the art tools and equipment when doing repairs, as well as adhere to the AAA customer service satisfaction criteria.

Carrsmith Auto Repair is pleased to be an auto repair shop in Gainesville that is a member in good standing of the ASA. Being a member of the Automotive Service Assocation, Carrsmith Auto Repair realizes the importance that our customers are for the success of our shop. We strive to make certain that customers' vehicles are serviced properly the first time. As an member of the ASA, Carrsmith Auto Repair leads Gainesville with a repeat customer rate of nearly 80%.

The team of specialists at Carrsmith Auto Repair in Gainesville are all ASE Certified. ASE is a non-profit organization, and one of the largest in the world.

Founded in 1954, the Automatic Transmission Rebuilders Association (ATRA) is an international trade association for the professional automatic transmission repair industry. ATRA is headquartered in Oxnard, California and has over 2,000 members. The ATRA membership consists of more than 2000 repair specialists, students, schools, and suppliers, all supporting the training, research and improvements for transmission repair.

Carrsmith Auto Repair is proud of the fact that our European import repair shop is an authorized Bosch Service Center in Gainesville. To become an authorized Bosch Service Center, our shop had to be recognized for our technical expertise, excellent customer service standards, location, and overall reputation as the best automotive repair shop in Gainesville for the service and repair of European import vehicles.

Carrsmith Auto Repair is a proud member of the Automotive Technicians Network. Our association with iATN helps our shop maintain our reputation as being the best choice for the repair and service of European import cars.

Enjoying a reputation for top-quality products, business innovations and consistently reliable service, Interstate Batteries is the No. 1 replacement brand battery in North America. Now over a billion dollar, privately held corporation, Interstate continues to thrive on our innovation, as well as our good old-fashioned business principles founded on treating others like we would like to be treated.

Carrsmith Auto Repair uses ALLDATA repair shop software to help us run the best automotive repair shop in Gainesville. ALLDATA is the auto repair industry's best auto repair software solution that puts an incredible amount of information at our technicians' fingertips.

The Car Care Council in Bethesda MD is a great online resource that our auto repair shop in Gainesville will often refer our customers to for great information about car care to include resources such as car service schedules, car care videos, car care events in the Gainesville area, and an industry toolbox we use to help repair and service vehicles.

Carrsmith Auto Repair uses new state-of-the-art equipment from Hunter Engineering. Our shops use of this equipment represents a $100k investment that few - if any - independent shops are willing to make. It also represents our Gainesville auto repair shop's commitment to our customers to by demonstrating our respect for our customer’s by providing a level of customer service that shows we value our customer’s time by giving them the option of not having to take their vehicle more than one place to have it serviced. It also demonstrates our willingness to invest in other equipment, which we have like factory proprietary scanning and programming equipment, which few other independent shops will make. This is a one of today's key ingredients to being a true "dealer alternative" in the Gainesville area.

BG is a leading supplier of automotive products, tools & equipment, and services to both dealerships and privately owned autmotive repair shops such as Carrsmith Auto Repair. Carrsmith Auto Repair uses products and equipment supplied by BG when repairing or servicing vehicles at our Gainesville auto repair shop. Our technicians and customers appreciate BG products are they are some of the very best available on the market today. For our customers this equates to dependable service that can be trusted. BG products equips the technicians at our Gainesville area auto repair shop with only the best equipment and products available today, ensuring they get only top-quality maintenance and repair services available. With both BG products and Carrsmith Auto Repair working hard together, our customers can rest assured their vehicles will operate safely and reliably on the roads of the Gainesville area.