# Montiel Auto Repairs, Lake Forest CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/lake-forest/montiel-auto-repairs-lake-forest-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/lake-forest/montiel-auto-repairs-lake-forest-ca

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## In short

Montiel Auto Repairs is an auto repair shop in Lake Forest, CA. Its AI Score is 33 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 | 23131 Orange Ave E, Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 6 AM to 4 AM · Sat 6 AM to 12 AM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (949) 891-3954 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 17 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Monday |
| 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 | 23131 Orange Ave E, Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | We do general automóvil repair All mechanic repair and body and paint American Asian and European cars Including Tesla call 949 891-3953 Best work best price in town Head lights renew as well | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 6:00 AM to 4:00 AM · Sat 6:00 AM to 12:00 AM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Montiel Auto Repairs | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (949) 891-3954 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 6:00 AM to 4:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 6:00 AM to 4:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 6:00 AM to 4:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 6:00 AM to 4:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 6:00 AM to 4:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 6:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Montiel

Address: 23131 Orange Ave E, Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA. Phone: (949) 891-3954. Hours: Mon to Fri 6 AM to 4 AM · Sat 6 AM to 12 AM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "We do general automóvil repair All mechanic repair and body and paint American Asian and European cars Including Tesla call 949 891-3953 Best work best price in town Head lights renew as well"


### When to go

Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Tuesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

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


## Reputation

4.8 average across 17 reviews: Google 17. (Confirmed, read September 11, 2026.)

Montiel Auto Repairs stands out for its decades-long reputation for honesty and fair pricing, led by Edwin Montiel. (AI guess, from 17 reviews.)


### What people like

- Quality repair work on BMWs
- Long-standing family trust


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### which one, Montiel or Horacio Auto?


### how much is a first visit around here


### Are the hours on Google right for Montiel in Lake Forest?


### Worth the hype here?


### cancellation list here, is there one


### first visit here, what do I need to bring?


### points or member pricing at Montiel, worth signing up?


### where exactly is Montiel?


### do they do payment plans at Montiel?


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


### the good stuff about Montiel, what is it?


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


### quietest day to hit this shop?


### last update from here was when?


### anything good on Orange to kill time near this shop?


### best auto repair shop in Lake Forest


## The AI Score: 33 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. Montiel scores 33, above the Lake Forest average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Montiel |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 74 | 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 | 72 | 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 Montiel |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Montiel Auto Repairs | LocalBusiness | #business |  | Subject of this page |
| Lake Forest, California | City | #city |  | City Montiel 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:ChIJSb9p7__o3IARpVCdhzjVPtE (accessed Sep 11, 2026)