# Melendez Auto Repair, La Habra CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/la-habra/melendez-auto-repair-la-habra-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/la-habra/melendez-auto-repair-la-habra-ca ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtxp3l0p1i82yens7dpr5bdg%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtxp3l0p1i82yens7dpr5bdg%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtxp3l0p1i82yens7dpr5bdg%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtxp3l0p1i82yens7dpr5bdg%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtxp3l0p1i82yens7dpr5bdg%2F4.jpg) ## In short Melendez Auto Repair is an auto repair shop in La Habra, CA. Its AI Score is 32 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 | La Habra, CA 90631, USA | | Phone | (562) 676-0704 | | Rating | 3.7 across 12 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 | La Habra, CA 90631, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | La Habra, CA 90631 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Melendez Auto Repair | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (562) 676-0704 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Team | La Habra, CA | | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team 1 person is named on this page. ### La Habra, CA | Field | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | ## Visiting Melendez Add your hours so AI can say when you're open Address: La Habra, CA 90631, USA. Phone: (562) 676-0704. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | La Habra-Walnut | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | J's Pizza | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk | | La Habra-Walnut | Transit station | 1 min walk | | La Perla MEXICAN FOOD | Restaurant | 2 min walk | | King Burritos Negrete | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk | | La Habra-Walnut | Bus stop | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 3.7 average across 12 reviews: Google 12. (Confirmed, read September 11, 2026.) Melendez Auto Repair is noted for its honest mechanics like Freddie and Kat, but some customers report unsatisfactory repair outcomes. (AI guess, from 12 reviews.) ### What people like - Good prices and professional quality ### What people do not like - Repairs that did not resolve issues - Charges for ineffective services ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### best auto repair shop in La Habra ### how do I reach Melendez to sort something out? ### picking between the two, is I V the safer bet? ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? ### does Melendez ever have cancellations ### Coffee near this shop on La Habra? ### genuinely, what is good about this one ### going rate for mechanics locally, any idea ### Whereabouts is this shop? ### walking in for a first visit, what happens ### is there a way to spread the cost here ### anything new from Melendez lately? ### do regulars get anything here ### cheaper than Melendez in La Habra without it being sketchy? ### what does Melendez in La Habra actually get right? ## The AI Score: 32 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. La Habra auto repair shops run 15 to 52. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Melendez scores 32, below the La Habra average of 33. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Melendez | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 40 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 69 | 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. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | Does not apply | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 60 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Fair | | 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 Melendez | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Melendez Auto Repair | LocalBusiness | #business | | Subject of this page | | La Habra, CA | Person | #team-la-habra | | | | La Habra, California | City | #city | | City Melendez 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 La Habra, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best auto repair shops in La Habra: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/la-habra/auto-repair-shop - Best businesses in La Habra: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/la-habra ### 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 - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view ### 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:ChIJfeCBFMoq3YAR_ioj-hKTP0A (accessed Sep 11, 2026)