Services Offered
AC service FNG
What I like
A neat and thorough job of repair. They are good at diagnosis too. And they do a quite painstaking and neat job.
What I don't like
The final minor details, which were delegated to their junior mechanic (still in his teens) could do with a bit of work. So expect to do a final check for yourself and point out any issues you notice, they will be promptly and courteously rectified.
This is right on the busy North Usman Road and the shop is a tiny hole in the wall so parking is very limited. Anyway major AC repair work that involves stripping the dashboard takes at least 6+ hours, and he usually has one or two cars that are being worked on, so call ahead and fix up an appointment.
What I've bought from him
In my case, I had gone to change the evaporator coil on my Scorpio, which had developed a leak, leading to reduced gas levels and low cooling.
He offered a coil he had in stock for much cheaper (probably third party or reconditioned from some other vehicle) but I took an Uber to General Patters Road, where ML Automobiles, a large Mahindra authorized dealer, supplied an OEM evaporator @ Rs.6550. Labour + gas topup costs paid to S.Jagannathan came to Rs.5500.
Final minor works delegated to the teen mechanic needed some double checking. For example, a panel was left unfitted, and a setting on the aircon needed to be changed so that the AC compressor would kick in immediately rather than just letting the blower start and blow hot air in my face for 30 seconds.
Pointing these out led to the head mechanic / owner Mr.Vasant putting in prompt and neat fixes that took under ten minutes, and he then gave a rather gentle reminder to the junior mechanic that he needs more attention to detail.
But that's fine - the job was done, and done very well, all said and done. I am a satisfied customer, and another local BHPian friend I recommended this chap to went there to get his Civic coil replaced the very next day (all this was late last week), he said he was quite happy with the service as well.
Contact Information
S Jagannathan Auto Air Conditioners
New # 66, North Usman Road, T Nagar, Chennai 17
Landmarks
Opposite Repco Bank, and 4 buildings down the road from the Croma store.
Contact
J Prakash Jana (proprietor). 98848 56703
Google Maps
The shop is opposite this location marked here.
https://goo.gl/maps/YQiXffYyEiu