About Dakota Ridge Auto

Dakota Ridge Complete Automotive opened in 2008 at C470 and Bowles. Owner TJ Cobbett is a Colorado native and a lifelong Littleton resident, and he was there on day one when the building was still a shell with a dirt lot outside.

That is most of what there is to say about the origin story, and the rest of this page is the part that actually affects you: who works on the car, what we are certified in, and how we behave when something goes wrong.

How we work

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  You get told, not soldFindings come in writing, separated into what needs doing now and what can wait. Nothing gets done without your approval, and taking the list to another shop is genuinely fine.
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  Numbers, not adjectivesBrake pads get measured in millimeters. Fluids get tested rather than glanced at. "Getting low" is not a diagnosis.
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  Diagnose before quotingEspecially on the expensive ones. Nobody should be quoted a transmission or a catalytic converter off a test drive.
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  We say when it belongs somewhere elseBody work, heavy performance builds, dealer warranty and recall work. Pointing you to the right shop costs us a job and saves you a bad experience.
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  Four years on the workForty-eight months or 50,000 miles on parts and labor, double the NAPA nationwide standard. Full terms.

Beyond the shop

Dakota Ridge supports more than forty local organizations a year — schools, sports, food drives and community groups across the west side of Littleton. We take on high school interns from Dakota Ridge and Chatfield, and several have been hired on full time. More on that here.

The shop runs on more than 100 rooftop solar panels supplying over 20% of its electricity, and recycles fluids, parts and materials. The detail is here.