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# Horacio Auto Service & Brakes, Lake Forest CA: Brakes

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/lake-forest/horacio-auto-service-and-brakes-lake-forest-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

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

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## In short

Horacio Auto Service & Brakes is an auto repair shop in Lake Forest, CA. Its AI Score is 42 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 | 23211 Cherry Ave h, Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 6 PM · Sat 8 AM to 3 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (949) 770-4669 |
| Rating | 4.7 across 85 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Brakes |
| 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 | 23211 Cherry Ave h, Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Here at Horacio Auto Service & Brakes we take pride in providing quality car care in Lake Forest, Ca and have been for over 20 years. We are a family owned business delivering honest and professional automotive repair and auto maintenance services to the people of Lake Forest and surrounding areas. All our ASE certified technicians at Horacio Auto Service & Brakes employ today's latest automotive technology and are equipped to handle all major and minor repairs on foreign and domestic vehicles. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sat 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Horacio Auto Service & Brakes | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (949) 770-4669 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Auto repair | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Brakes | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Complete auto repair | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Diagnostics | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Electrical | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Tire service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Tires wheels | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Transmission repair | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Underhood repair | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Brake service | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/horacioauto | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/horacioautoservice | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://horacioauto.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 7 services Horacio Auto Service & Brakes offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brakes |  |  |  | From their website |
| Diagnostics |  |  |  | From their website |
| Auto repair |  |  |  | From their website |
| Tires wheels |  |  |  | From their website |
| Electrical |  |  |  | From their website |
| Complete auto repair |  |  |  | From their website |
| Transmission repair |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

- Brakes: 20% of reviews (AI guess)


## The team

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## Visiting Horacio Auto Service & Brakes

Address: 23211 Cherry Ave h, Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA. Phone: (949) 770-4669. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 6 PM · Sat 8 AM to 3 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Here at Horacio Auto Service & Brakes we take pride in providing quality car care in Lake Forest, Ca and have been for over 20 years. We are a family owned business delivering honest and professional automotive repair and auto maintenance services to the people of Lake Forest and surrounding areas. All our ASE certified technicians at Horacio Auto Service & Brakes employ today's latest automotive technology and are equipped to handle all major and minor repairs on foreign and domestic vehicles."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| Jeronimo-Cherry | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| Jeronimo-Cherry | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Parking Lot (Large) | Parking lot | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.7 average across 85 reviews: Google 85. (Confirmed, read September 11, 2026.)

Horacio Auto Service & Brakes stands out for its transparent pricing and personalized customer care, though some customers have raised concerns about service consistency. (AI guess, from 85 reviews.)


### What people like

- Transparent pricing
- Quick engine replacements
- Efficient oil changes
- Thorough brake services
- Friendly customer service from Horacio and Evelyn


### What people do not like

- Inconsistent communication about repairs
- High costs for certain services
- Concerns about warranty on older vehicles


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### going rate for mechanics locally, any idea


### Are the hours on Google right for Horacio Auto Service & Brakes in Lake Forest?


### bad experiences here, anyone?


### where does this shop post updates


### how do I reach Horacio Auto Service & Brakes to sort something out?


### best auto repair shop in Lake Forest


### planning a Sunday visit, is that a wasted trip


### address for Horacio Auto Service & Brakes, anyone have it?


### what does this shop actually get right?


### Horacio Auto Service & Brakes or Lee's?


### worth it or not, what do the regulars say


## The AI Score: 42 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Lake Forest auto repair shops run 24 to 42. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Horacio Auto Service & Brakes scores 42, above the Lake Forest average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Horacio Auto Service & Brakes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | 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. | Fair |
| 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 | 6 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 75 | 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 | 50 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 63 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

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 Horacio Auto Service & Brakes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Horacio Auto Service & Brakes | LocalBusiness | #business | http://horacioauto.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Lake Forest, California | City | #city |  | City Horacio Auto Service & Brakes 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 Lake Forest, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best auto repair shops in Lake Forest: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/lake-forest/auto-repair-shop
- Best businesses in Lake Forest: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/lake-forest


### 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:ChIJi1ZMMQDp3IARcp6ulxnIQ7U (accessed Sep 11, 2026)
- [2] horacioauto.com, https://horacioauto.com/transmission-repair (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] horacioauto.com, https://horacioauto.com/diagnostics (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] horacioauto.com, https://horacioauto.com/auto-repair (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [5] horacioauto.com, https://horacioauto.com/electrical (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [6] horacioauto.com, https://horacioauto.com/brakes (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [7] horacioauto.com, https://horacioauto.com/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [8] horacioauto.com, https://horacioauto.com/tires-%2F-wheels (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [9] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 20, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [10] horacioauto.com, http://horacioauto.com/ (accessed Oct 20, 2026)