Golden is forty minutes on 6th Ave. We see a lot of older Tacomas, 4Runners, and Outbacks from up there — the kind of vehicles that get used hard and need a shop that knows what running through the foothills does to a transmission.
How to find us
6th Ave east to I-70. Tow available if your vehicle isn't driveable.
Same shop, every service we offer.
Engine Repair & Replacement
Diagnostic-first. We'll tell you whether it needs fixing or replacing.
Transmission Rebuild, Repair & Service
In-house rebuilds, three generations deep. We'll tell you straight.
Full Tune-Up Service
The maintenance most shops skip — done the way it should be.
Brake Repair, Pads & Rotors
Same-day on most vehicles. We don't upsell brake jobs.
Suspension, Shocks & Struts
If it bounces, drifts, or wanders — that's us.
Differential Service & Repair
On a four-wheel drive, this is the part nobody thinks about until it fails.
Full Vehicle Diagnostic
Other shops sell the fix. We sell finding the problem first.
Fleet service in Golden
Golden has municipal and public-works vehicles, the Colorado School of Mines campus, and industrial operations around the Coors brewery. Work here often means foothill grades, plus highway runs on US-6 and CO-93.
Don's Garage works on light and medium-duty commercial fleets, including heavy-duty pickups, cargo vans, SUVs, and service vehicles up to medium-duty box trucks. Transmission and drivetrain work is the specialty, and transmissions take real strain on grades and under load. We rebuild in-house, and we'll tell you straight whether a rebuild or a replacement makes sense before we start. We also do brakes, suspension, and engine repair, and every service comes with itemized documentation of what was done. Fleet managers can also ask us for a preventive maintenance schedule built around how each vehicle is actually used. Heavy-duty Class 7-8 tractors are outside our scope.
For a Golden fleet, US-6 east leads to I-70, which is the corridor where 5515 Washington St sits.
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