Yao Auto Repair (Formerly Yang Auto Repair)

Yao auto repair has very friendly and knowledgeable service personnel who helped me with filling my claim. They had a catalytic converter and did my repair work immediately after the claim was approved. Very nice people to work with and did a great job.

I am so happy I went to Yao! A thief stole my catalytic converters shortly before I planned to go on a big road trip. Janice behind the desk did amazing work dealing with my insurance and making sure the estimate was accurate. She also helped ensure that the repairs got done on a quick timeline so I was able to go on my trip.

The technicians were wonderful too. They had to do a lot of custom fabricating because drop-in parts were on back order. These guys are incredible welders and they created a custom pipe/converter assembly that works great and will last a long time. They also added anti-theft protection with beefy rebar and steel cable that hopefully deter the next would-be thief.

I could not be a happier customer and highly recommend Yao Auto Repair to anyone who needs exhaust work.

I BROUGHT MY OWN HIGH PERFORMANCE MUFFLER IN & THEY CHARGED ME $120.00 TO WELD IT ALL UP..EXCELLENT WORK AND VERY NICE PEOPLE 👍 I WOULD DEFINITELY GO THERE AGAIN IF I NEED ANYTHING ELSE FIXED IN THE NEAR FUTURE 👍

I don’t leave many reviews BUT I had to in this situation. I’m working on an old car and needed ALOT of custom exhaust work to accommodate with new transmission and crossmember. Not only did they accommodate but I was able to do it as a walk-in and at a great price!!! Very good work as well!!! Thank you for helping me out! The New Owners are great!!!! I must add other muffler shops in the area turned the job down as it was a lot of work but not this family owned business, THEY DID AMAZING !!!

Yang Auto is located in a pretty risky area of Oakland. I asked the person about going for a walk in their neighborhood—and he discouraged me from doing it.

I took my partner’s car in to have a cable welded on to make it more difficult to steal the catalytic converter from his 2010 Prius. Stealing catalytic converters is big business these days – – with the precious metals now worth way more than gold. Thieves are stealing catalytic converter’s here in Oakland, and all over the US. We have been reading about the quick removal of catalytic converter’s all over Oakland – – usually in the middle of the night. Sometimes they even remove them in a parking lot in the middle of the day. And it happens very quickly. Next thing you know—your car doesn’t have a catalytic converter. It’s better to protect your catalytic converter, instead of having to replace it which can be $3000 or so.

Sandman’s shop installs range from $250-$800 to protect your catalyst converter. We were able to get steel cables welded on to the our Prius for $180. It’s the best price we’ve seen. The hope is that if someone goes to steal the catalytic converter, they will see that it’s not worth their while and they will move onto the next car.

So, we went to Yang Auto Repair because they have the best price that we’ve seen to protect a catalytic converter.