Elite Automotive Center – Fargo, ND
Elite Automotive Center
What to expect
Ratings across platforms
Figures confirmed directly on each platform at our last review (Google 4.7/276, Birdeye 4.7/372, SureCritic 4.9/183). We only publish figures we can confirm.
About Elite Automotive Center
Elite Automotive Center is southwest Fargo’s shop. Since 2013 it has worked from its black-and-blue building at 3201 39th Street South — west of I-29, in the middle of the Urban Plains–Anderson Park growth corridor — and built a 4.7 rating across 276 Google reviews doing it. Owners Philip Korbel and Brian Teberg aren’t names on a wall, either; customers mention them by first name in reviews going back a decade.
The credentials are real and current. Elite is a NAPA AutoCare Center staffed by ASE-certified technicians with 50+ combined years of experience, and repairs carry a 36-month / 36,000-mile nationwide warranty — a full year and 12,000 miles more coverage than the standard NAPA term carried by the other NAPA shop in this field. Scope is stated plainly: American and Asian cars and light-duty pickups, plus fleet work. No heavy-duty diesel — and they’ll tell you that up front.
What reviewers describe, over and over, is a shop that treats the estimate as a promise. One customer’s bill came in $200 under the quote. Another was told by a dealership he needed a new engine; Elite found a bad $5 seal. The written inspection reports are detailed, the advice separates what’s urgent from what can wait, and nobody pushes the extras. The waiting room backs it up — a kids’ play corner, coffee and snacks, free Wi-Fi — with a shuttle, after-hours drop-off, text-to-pay, and NAPA EasyPay financing for the bigger jobs.
Elite serves the west-of-the-interstate neighborhoods — Anderson Park, Urban Plains, Woodhaven, Prairie Rose, Frontier and Maple Valley — plus Horace, West Fargo and the wider metro. Fargo has other excellent independents and we credit them on the market page: Certified Auto Repair east of I-29 carries a higher rating, and Fix It Forward more reviews. West of the interstate, though, Elite is the established shop in the neighborhood — and the numbers behind it hold up on three separate review platforms.
Why we rank it #1 in southwest Fargo
Elite Automotive Center is the definitive #1 for southwest Fargo for three reasons. Geography: it is the established full-service independent based west of I-29 in south Fargo — the closest shop to Anderson Park, Urban Plains, Woodhaven and the Osgood-side neighborhoods. Coverage: its NAPA-backed 36-month/36,000-mile nationwide warranty is a full year and 12,000 miles beyond the other NAPA AutoCare shop in this field. Track record: 4.7 across 276 Google reviews, corroborated by a 4.9 on SureCritic and a 4.7 across 372 reviews on Birdeye, under the same two owners since 2013. The field has heavyweights and we show their numbers: Certified Auto Repair (4.8, 333 reviews) east of the interstate and Fix It Forward (4.9, 1,102 reviews, 7-year warranty) to the south are both excellent shops — on the west side, Elite is the one in the neighborhood.
Services offered
What customers say
“Won't screw you over with stuff you don't really need. I took a vehicle to them after taking it to a dealership shop that said I needed a new engine. They found the real problem, a bad seal. A $5 seal and a few dollars to install it, and the car has been fine ever since. I trust these guys with all of my vehicles now.”
“Friendly employees. More knowledgeable than the dealership I used to frequent for work on my 2014 Impala. I was very impressed with Elite. I will recommend them to all of my friends, family, and acquaintances. The written, detailed description of the work done was excellent. Plus, the bill was 200 dollars LESS than their estimate.”
“We are new to Fargo and a friend of ours suggested Elite for our car maintenance. They were right! My car required much more work than we anticipated and the workers at Elite made it as painless as possible and answered every question along the way. I believe they are genuine people and are only suggesting and charging for what is necessary. Also they have a very kid friendly waiting room.”
“I've worked with them since I've moved to Fargo about ten years ago. I have tried a couple of the shops that advertise on radio nonstop. I've always came back to Elite. Brian/Phil and crew are always fair to work with, do honest work, and I like their extended hours for us working folk.”
Verified Google reviews. Elite Automotive Center holds a 4.7 rating across 276 Google reviews.
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Business hours
| Monday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Thursday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |