# Vtec Auto Repair, Irvine CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/irvine/vtec-auto-repair-irvine-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-11.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/irvine/vtec-auto-repair-irvine-ca

## Photos

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## In short

Vtec Auto Repair is an auto repair shop in Irvine, CA. Its AI Score is 35 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Auto repair shop |
| Address | 51 Auto Center Dr #12, Irvine, CA 92618, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 7:30 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (949) 206-9108 |
| Rating | 4.4 across 18 reviews on Google |
| Updated | September 11, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 51 Auto Center Dr #12, Irvine, CA 92618, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Import Specialist since 1998 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Vtec Auto Repair | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (949) 206-9108 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Details | Opening date | 1998 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Vtec

Address: 51 Auto Center Dr #12, Irvine, CA 92618, USA. Phone: (949) 206-9108. Hours: Mon to Fri 7:30 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| Parking Lot (Medium) | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| Parking Lot (Large) | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 3 min walk |
| Parking Lot (Medium) | Parking lot | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.4 average across 18 reviews: Google 18. (Confirmed, read September 11, 2026.)

Vtec Auto Repair is recognized for its honest service and competitive pricing, especially for Japanese vehicles. (AI guess, from 18 reviews.)


### What people like

- Reasonable pricing for Japanese cars
- Fast and high-quality service


### What people do not like

- Impatience from staff during inquiries
- High labor charges reported by some customers


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 1 of the 23 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Not listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Listed |
| MapQuest | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Not listed |


## Questions people ask


### does Vtec ever have cancellations


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### anyone been on a Saturday, were they trading


### the good stuff about this shop, what is it?


### picking between the two, is Irvine Auto the safer bet?


### paying in instalments, is that possible here


### is there a rewards thing at Vtec


### Ballpark for a visit to a mechanic in Irvine?


### last update from here was when?


### anything I should sort out before a first visit at Vtec?


### cheaper than this shop in Irvine without it being sketchy?


### Worth the hype here?


### best auto repair shop in Irvine


### opening hours at Vtec in Irvine, what are they these days?


### Calling Vtec, or is there a better way?


### where exactly is Vtec?


## The AI Score: 35 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Irvine auto repair shops run 24 to 61. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Vtec scores 35, below the Irvine average of 36. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Vtec |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | Does not apply | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. |  |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 14 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 49 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Fair |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | Does not apply | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. |  |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 67 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | Does not apply | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | Does not apply | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. |  |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an auto repair shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Vtec |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vtec Auto Repair | LocalBusiness | #business |  | Subject of this page |
| Irvine, California | City | #city |  | City Vtec is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the auto repair shops in Irvine, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best auto repair shops in Irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine/auto-repair-shop
- Best businesses in Irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJeSDJXZ3p3IARXX_iOooSOLY (accessed Sep 11, 2026)