Lakewood Transmission & Complete Auto Service

Locally owned, Family Run since 1977
Serving Pierce , Thurston and South King County.

We run our shop with the understanding that people are more important than dollars. While it’s easy to want to get the most profit out of each car that rolls in, most of our employees left highly desired jobs at shops that did this.

Jim Margeson, Locally owned, Family Run since 1977
Serving Pierce , Thurston and South King County.

We run our shop with the understanding that people are more important than dollars. While it’s easy to want to get the most profit out of each car that rolls in, most of our employees left highly desired jobs at shops that did this.

Jim Margeson, owner of Lakewood Transmission and Complete Auto Service was very disheartened at the way other shops were only in it for money. “When I started in auto repair 41 years ago, I’d only worked on my own car before getting my first job. I only wanted to learn what needed to be fixed and how to fix it. I quickly saw that our customers had a similar desire.”

When my wife Karen and I bought this shop in 2015, it was with the mission to make it a place that cared about letting customers make well-informed decisions rather than churning out as many jobs as possible. With this attitude, we’ve seen even better quality work from our staff and or course a lot of happy customers! ...more