About Pete Kelley’s Auto Service

Family-owned auto repair in Phoenix since 1972.

RECOGNIZED BY OUR COMMUNITY

Our Best of the Valley awards reflect the trust and satisfaction of the customers we proudly serve.

OUR TEAM

Five Decades of Honest Auto Care in Phoenix

What Pete started as a neighborhood garage grew into a full-service repair shop serving North Phoenix, Sunnyslope, Moon Valley, Scottsdale and Glendale. The shop is now owned by George Bolis, who has carried the same standard forward rather than reinventing it – because the standard was never the problem.

We are a family-owned auto repair shop in Phoenix in the way that actually matters: the person who owns the business is the person you can talk to. Many of the customers we see today are the children and grandchildren of people Pete worked for. Second- and third-generation families are not a marketing line here. They are most of our Monday morning.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT, EVERY TIME

Every visit starts with a free diagnostic and comprehensive inspection, backed by a written report you can actually understand – followed by a clear estimate before any work begins, so there are no surprises on the final invoice. Every job is handled by ASE-certified technicians and backed by a NAPA AutoCare 24-month / 24,000-mile warranty on parts and labor, honored at NAPA shops nationwide, not just here. We hold an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau and are RepairPal certified, and for repairs that arrive at a bad time, financing is available through Synchrony and NAPA EasyPay.

WHAT FIFTY YEARS ACTUALLY BUYS YOU

Longevity on its own is not a reason to choose a shop. Here is what it means in practice when your car is on our lift:

1

We have seen your problem before.

Five decades of Phoenix vehicles means pattern recognition – we usually know where to look before we start looking, which saves you diagnostic time you would otherwise pay for.

2

We know what survives an Arizona summer.

Cooling systems, batteries, transmission fluid, rubber and plastic all fail differently here than they do anywhere else. We have watched it happen for fifty years, and we recommend intervals that reflect this climate rather than a national average.

3

We will tell you what can wait.

An honest mechanic in Phoenix is one who tells you a repair is not urgent yet. Nobody here works on commission, so there is no reason for us to say otherwise.

4

We align in-house

We are one of the top-rated alignment shops in Phoenix, and that has been part of this business almost since it opened. Most tire stores cannot align at all.

OUR STORY

Every technician at Pete Kelley’s is ASE-certified, and our team stays. That matters more than most people realize – a shop with high turnover is a shop where nobody remembers your vehicle, and continuity is a large part of why our customers keep coming back.

In this video, George introduces the shop, the crew, and the standard we’ve held through five decades of auto repair in Central Phoenix, ASE-certified technicians, honest diagnostics, and written pricing before we touch anything.

For a lot of our customers, we’re the independent auto repair shop in Phoenix they moved to after the warranty ran out and the estimates stopped making sense. We’ll show you the worn part, explain what’s urgent versus what can wait a few thousand miles, and put it in writing first. If your car doesn’t need the repair, we’ll tell you that too.

Phoenix Magazine readers have voted us Best of the Valley three years running, and we hold an A+ BBB rating. Fifty-plus years in the same neighborhood, under the same standard.

Watch George’s introduction, then come see the shop. Call or schedule online and we’ll walk you through what your vehicle actually needs. For bigger jobs, ask us about our financing options.