Manila Motorworks is now located at

105 W 18th St

(between National City Blvd & Roosevelt Ave) behind National City Smog Check. It appears as one business split into two.

National City, CA 91950



Please stay AWAY from this place! The owner Danny Esteban, of this business scammed me for my money, $3000 worth, and I won judgment in small claims court for the faulty repairs he did to my vehicle and repairs he said he did, but never were really done.



I took my car in for a tune-up and later the owner Danny, called to tell me I also needed to change my injectors. Well I agreed but the funny thing was he only wanted cash. Anyway I went ahead and gave him the ok to fix the injectors. A few days later I picked up my vehicle only to find that it now was not driving normal. So I immediately took it back. Later I got a phone call and apparently there were other things that needed to get fixed. Well this time he kept my car for 2 freaken months. Yes! According to Danny, the parts he ordered were taking a while to arrive. Then his mechanic got sick, and then that same mechanics father got sick and so forth. I got every excuse he could think of. So many promises that my vehicle was going to be ready on multiple dates and I would make arrangements for transportation to get to his shop and only to find my broken vehicle sitting in a parking lot full of other broken vehicles waiting to get serviced. Sad thing was that he already had $3000 worth of my money. You would think that for that amount I'd be #1 priority and express shipping on whatever parts he ordered. But true story was after almost 5 months I finally got my vehicle back and its still broken. Ive taken it to a dealership just around the corner from where he has his shop. Only to find out that all the work he said he did either he didn't do or it was faulty, meaning it all had to get re-done! I've attempted to come to an agreement with him and he won't answer my calls or speak to me in person. So I had no choice but to file a claim in small claims court which I won judgement because he never showed up. Tells you a lot!



To top it off, he is still conducting business with a business license that holds a delinquent status. (Meaning that he CAN NOT conduct business with an expired license)



Please don't make the mistake like I did, of taking your vehicle to places like this one without looking for consumer reviews.



You have been warned! PLEASE STAY AWAY!!!!!!!