Thao Auto Repair Auto repair & auto body · San Diego
Bring this in Oil change $45 · full synthetic $60

Bring this in

Oil change

Conventional$45up to 5 qt
Full synthetic$60up to 5 qt

Plus sales tax and any disposal fee, itemized on your invoice. Not an out-the-door price.

  • New filter, every time
  • Multi-point inspection on the lift
  • Tire pressures set, tread measured
  • Fluids topped to the correct spec
Expires 12.31.26 Thao’s Auto Repair
(619) 640-4606
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Expires December 31, 2026. One vehicle per visit. Most cars and light trucks.

Quarts beyond five, diesel engines, and European engines that require a specific manufacturer approval are priced separately — the extra cost may be substantial. We tell you before we start, never after. Some engines must have full synthetic; if yours is one we will say so rather than put the wrong oil in it.

You get a written estimate and you authorize it before any work is done. If the job changes, you get a revised figure to approve.

Home / Service area

Auto repair for North Park and the neighborhoods around it.

We are a shop on El Cajon Blvd, not a mobile service. These are the places our customers drive in from, and how they get here.

Based inNorth Park
OnEl Cajon Blvd
Trading sinceOver 40 years
Repair, body, machineOne site

Bring the car here and it stays in one place. Repair, body work and the machine shop are all on this site, so a job needing two of the three never leaves the building or waits in another shop's queue.

North ParkThe shop's own neighborhood

We are on El Cajon Blvd between 34th and Ohio, so for most of North Park this is a walk home and a bus back.

University HeightsWest along El Cajon Blvd

Straight down the boulevard, no freeway. Park Blvd and Texas St both feed in.

Normal HeightsEast along El Cajon Blvd

Adams Ave or the boulevard — a few minutes either way.

City HeightsEast on El Cajon Blvd

The same road the whole way. Fairmount and 40th both drop onto it.

KensingtonOff Adams Ave

Down Marlborough or Fairmount to the boulevard.

TalmadgeAbove El Cajon Blvd

Euclid or 49th down to the boulevard, then west.

HillcrestWest past University Heights

Washington St to Park Blvd, or the boulevard the whole way.

South ParkSouth of the 805

Up 30th or Juniper. Close enough to leave the car and walk to breakfast.

Golden HillSouthwest toward downtown

30th St straight up, or the 94 to the 805.

College AreaEast toward SDSU

El Cajon Blvd runs from our door to the campus.

Mission ValleyNorth down Texas St

Texas St or the 805 to the 8 — ten minutes without traffic.

La MesaFurther east on the boulevard

The same El Cajon Blvd, all the way out.

3400 El Cajon BlvdNorth Park, San Diego, CA 92104Open in Google Maps
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Tell us the symptom. We will tell you the next opening.

The chat narrows the symptom down with you so the call is short and the desk knows what to pull before you arrive. It will not diagnose your car in a chat window, and it does not book for you — the last step is a phone call, to a person.

Call (619) 640-4606

Where we are

3400 El Cajon Blvd
San Diego, CA 92104

Mon–Fri · 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM

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