Cool Air Auto inc

Extremely knowledgeable good honest shop. We've worked with Cool Air Auto for about 15 years supplying parts to them. I've always been impressed with how professional Richard is. He knows his stuff, from transmissions to timing belt kits to whatever you need done - he will take good care of you.

If you are looking for an auto repair shop that offers a waiting room with Wi-Fi, cable TV, free coffee and popcorn, and piped in music, this is not the place for you. If, on the other hand, You are looking for very competitive prices, friendly employees and your work done correctly, then I would recommend Cool Air auto repair. My first experience with them was a good one when I went for an oil change once my warranty ran out on my VW. They were right on time getting me in for my appointment, and I found them extremely polite, friendly, and perfectly willing to answer any questions. I hope I don't need many repairs right away, now that I'm no longer under warranty, but I do know I will give Cool Air a call first and will not go back to my Volkswagen dealer. I don't want to pay for the fancy stuff, just the repairs on my car.

Richard, At Cool Air VW is a very honest guy and did a great job working on my 2015 passat. I would highly recommend him to anyone.

I got my timing belt service completed on my TDI here. Everything seems to be running fine and Richard’s pricing was great and he seems to be a nice honest guy. I let him know It might be a bit tricky for me to pick the car up before they close, and he offered to make other arrangements for me to pick it up or even drop it off at my house for me (I’m not far from to the shop) if I needed him to. Great service.

Brought my car into Cool Air Auto for a second opinion. Richard got in my vehicle with me and helped diagnose the issues. Ultimately, we determined that it would be best to for me to try and do the repairs on my own. He provided some expert guidance and insight. He also did not charge me for his services. His competitors in Kansas City quoted me about ~10k for the same issues. Would highly recommend this shop for your TDI. Worth traveling for.

Very honest and experienced with VW.

Made sure to go above and beyond to make sure the repairs needed really did fix a difficult problem. Will definitely use for our VW passat in the future.

Richard is a genius when it comes to VW & diesel vehicles. Highly recommend this shop. Even if you are not close to Belton, it is worth the drive to have him work on your vehicle.

Richard worked on my 2013 Toureg TDI and made sure to do a great job, saved me allot of money vs what the dealership would charge. He’s becoming a Toureg expert.

I have had great experience using Cool Air Auto and Richard is very thorough, very honest and very professional. He has saved me a lot of money over the last couple of years and completed his work in a very timely manner. So before you go to a dealership and try to get your car fixed, I would highly recommend getting an estimate from Richard first as he will most likely be able to save you money and complete the work much faster than a dealership.

I have a '11 Jetta TDI and go to Cool Air Auto if I have any issues. They are a nationally known shop that is active on TDI forums, and they see a ton of these cars. Richard is very honest, thorough, and professional. I'd highly recommend them for any service

I wrote Richard via email regarding advice on a TDI car that I was interested in purchasing. He was extremely quick in response and gave a very useful and insight advice regarding the prospective car. Saved me alot of money since a friend of mine recommended an pre purchase inspection at an Audi dealer that would've cost almost $200. If I were to own a VW or a TDI product, I would definitely take it to Richard for service. Extremely highly recommended

I've had my 03 Golf TDI into Cool Air Auto twice now. The first was for a head replacement. Everything went awesome and Richard was more than helpful and informative. He had it going in a week or so and it ran better than ever. Today I stopped by due to horrible tick in my injection pump that was more than annoying since I was trying to hit the road tomorrow. Richard replaced the pump in two hours with a working unit he had laying around. I would recommend him to anyone within driving distance. Great all around service and pricing.

Richard has been our TDI mechanic for quite some time, he knows what he's doing, quality work and very affordable rates. He's honest and upfront about everything. Highly recommend to everyone!

I have a 2006 TDI Beetle. It was having otherworldly intermittent problems. A local VW Dealer said that we needed a new transmission and wanted $6000 to start work. No doubt it would have cost much more in the end. They will never get our business for anything. Then a well known independent VW repair shop looked at it and said it was beyond their expertise and recommended CoolAirVW. I’m glad they did.

Richard had the car for quite a while. He told us it would be some time before he could get to it. Later we talked and he said it might be the computer in the transmission. He also said he was going to do some more diagnostic work to make sure. In the end it was a broken wire. Richard could have stuck with the computer story and charged us $2000 plus. We would have never known. Instead we paid him less than $300. Richard is a good, honest mechanic. The Beetle runs great.

Thanks Richard.

I met Richard many years ago at a VW TDI club function. He has helped me get over 400k miles on a 2003 VW Jetta TDI (new owner is still driving it) and another 230k miles on my current VW new beetle TDI. He also has worked on my other gas engine vehicles for problems such as AC issues and a faulty fuel level sending unit. I recommend him to all my friends.

Richard was great his effort to share the knowledge made it easy to get the job done. Even tho we spent days through emails and time differences (Richard is 6+ hrs ahead of me) he was sure to send me the correct part I needed. He caught several typos and even a big mistake that I was asking for parts for the wrong transmission type. I put the VIN in a website and it told me I had a O1M when that was not true. Thanks Richard you saved me a week or more. Plus $100s from the dealership.

Couldn't be happier with my experience at Cool Air. Richard took the time to do a thorough job and didn't jump to conclusions. A dealer had tried to sell me a used trans at several thousand dollars. Richard could have done the same, but instead made repairs at a fraction of the cost. I was greatly relieved to have his help. A good business with a reliable and trustworthy owner/mechanic. I highly recommend Cool Air.

369,000 Mile Visit - I wasn’t sure what was causing the Jetta not to perform at high RPM and at times to shut the turbo down. We discussed different ideas and thoughts. Richard started troubleshooting. It didn’t take him long to figure out 2 simple problems. A vacuum leak and a simple adjustment on the turbo linkage. It also needed an EGR value but we know that when we started. Just another example of Richard’s knowledge and expertise to identify and troubleshoot the problem and how ethical he is to fix today’s problems and not take advantage of the situation. Thanks -

2002 VW Jetta TDI 311,000 Miles - Now 324,000 Mile Update
324,000 Mile Visit
Another pleasurable experience with Richard and the guys at Cool Air Auto. I scheduled a timing belt maintenance, it was due 324,000 miles. I waited for the car since I live about 1.5 hours away. The guys were great, it took about 6 hours, but I always feel I get a great deal and sometimes more than I paid for. They had problems with the bolts stripping out on the engine mount. The changed out the block and got me back on the road without increasing the overall price. They also told me the Alternator was week and needed to be replaced. Good to know right before winter, I didn’t want to get stuck in the cold. I changed the Alternator the next day, it was covered under warranty. I know I wouldn’t have been treated that good at the dealer I used to go to. To me Cool Air Auto is worth the drive, I’ll be back the next time the Jetta needs something.

311,000 Mile Visit -
The Jetta was having a ruff idle and a flatness or hesitation at higher RPM under load. The last time it was at the dealer they told me the Intake manifold was getting clogged and I should make plans to get it cleaned. I was assuming the manifold was the issue since it has been 190,000 miles since it was done. The dealer wanted $750.00 to preform the work. I was research the job on the Internet when I came across Richard and his shop. He was spoke very highly of on the TDI forum and had great reviews on the Internet. I decided I would have Richard preform the work and scheduled an appointment.

Upon inspecting the manifold Richard rated it's dirtiness a 2 on the 10 scale and recommended not to do the work at this time and we discussed the issues I was having. He adjusted the injector pump which took care of the ruff idle and suggested looking into the MAF sensor for the hesitation issue. Instead of paying to troubleshoot the issue I choose to just replace the sensor myself. I figured the cost of the sensor would probably be close to the cost of troubleshooting and in the end I might have to buy the sensor anyway.

I appreciated Richard's honesty for not doing work I didn't need and his knowledge and expertise to quickly identify and fix my particular issues. Now the Jetta runs better than it has in a long time at a cost of $175.00 instead of $750.00 to the dealer to work on something that would not have fixed either issue. I will return to Richard's shop in the future as needs arise.

Richard and his staff took great care of a special project I gave them. I knew they worked on VW Tiptronic transmissions but I didn't know if they would be able to help me with my 1992 Porsche 968 Tiptronic. Richard told me to bring it down, gave me a few different options for repair, and then made my old car drive like new! They even replace the rack and pinion on that car and its better be than ever! I highly recommend seeing Cool Air Auto for your VW AND Porsche needs.

I've taken my 2000 Golf TDI to Richard at Cool Air Auto a couple of times. Most recently I was on my way out to Colorado and had turbo boost issues through the flint hills. Searching the web had me convinced the turbo was going out so I turned around and brought it to his shop, expecting to pay an arm and a leg for a new turbo. He got me in right away to diagnose it... 30 minutes and $30 later he'd found and fixed a boost piping leak and I was back on the road. Even fixed a faulty brake pad wear sensor while I was in.

If you have a TDI I highly recommend Richard's shop. I found him on a list of trusted TDI gurus and he's definitely lived up to the title.