automotive service

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — After months of hard work and dedication from our team, Merlin Complete Auto Care is pleased to announce the launch of its new website at www.merlins.com!

Customer experience is something we value at Merlin Complete Auto Care. We want every customer to have a great impression of our brand and walk away knowing they received the best service. With that in mind, we crafted a brand-new website that is easy to navigate and since you can find all the necessary information you need it saves you time.

Our brand transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. Getting our customers’ cars to 200,000 miles takes lots of care and commitment — and a little bit of magic. Our brand highlights the moments built from “Merlin Magic,” both with the car owner and the technicians that extend the life of the owner’s car. It is these moments that separate a traditional automotive service experience from a magical one.

Some key features of the new site to note are:

• Advanced location searching
• Updated offers by location
• Robust appointment setting
• Franchise opportunities

“We are excited to announce the launch of our new website,” said Valerie Zabriskie, Marketing Director at Merlin Complete Auto Care. “Our goal with this new website is to improve the customer’s journey through clear messaging of all our services and new navigation designed for ease of use.”

Merlin Complete Auto Care invites visitors to explore the new website allowing customers to fully see all the services Merlin has to offer.

GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Ill. — Merlin Complete Auto Care today announced that small business owner, Muffadal Simba, has won a Synchrony Pillars Project award from Synchrony, a premier consumer financial services company. Muffadal Simba has supported the Glendale Heights community through times of change. As a winner he will receive a $10,000 prize to grow his business and honor its resiliency and ability to transform the lives of those in their communities.

“Muffadel Simba’s community service has been a guide that we can all hope to emulate,” said Abraham Nunez, General Manager of Merlin Complete Auto Care. “On behalf of the Merlin team, we are proud of his business and community accomplishments.”

“He has been an inspiration of care and support to those in need in the community of Glendale Heights,” said Valerie Zabriskie, Marketing Director at Merlin Complete Auto Care. “This award is a testament to Muffadel’s extraordinary character; we are proud to have him in the Merlin family.”

“A 2020 Synchrony Pillar is someone who brings bold new thinking to the table, a leader who is passionate about their community and supports it through the ups and downs,” said Neeraj Mehta, CEO, Payment Solutions, Synchrony. “We are honored to recognize this year’s award winners for their successes and how they are changing what’s possible for their business and community.”

About Synchrony

Synchrony is a premier consumer financial services company. We deliver a wide range of specialized financing programs, as well as innovative consumer banking products, across key industries including digital, retail, home, auto, travel, health and pet. Synchrony enables our partners to grow sales and loyalty with consumers. We are one of the largest issuers of private label credit cards in the United States; we also offer co-branded products, installment loans and consumer financing products for small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as healthcare providers.

Synchrony is changing what’s possible through our digital capabilities, deep industry expertise, actionable data insights, frictionless customer experience and customized financing solutions.

For more information, visit www.synchrony.com and Twitter: @Synchrony

Throughout October automotive repair shops across the country are looking to end breast cancer with a unique fundraising campaign.

GENEVA, Ill. — During the month of October, Merlin Complete Auto Care in Glendale Heights, IL, and more than 200 Independent Auto Repair Shops across the US are raising funds for a breast cancer vaccine as part of the Brakes for Breasts fundraiser.

As part of the fundraiser, these auto repair facilities are giving away FREE (quality) brake pads or shoes.  The customer simply pays the labor and any other ancillary parts necessary to complete the brake job and the shops then donate 10% of the brake job directly to Dr. Vincent Tuohy & the Cleveland Clinic Breast Cancer Vaccine Research Fund.

100% of what we donate goes directly to research!  Celebrating our 10^th year and $1,000,000.00!

2020 marks the tenth year for the Brakes For Breasts fundraiser.

2011 Our 1st year – 5 shops in Ohio raised $10,000 
2012 Our 2nd year – 27 shops in 17 states raised $32,848
2013 Our 3^rd year – 66 independent auto repair shops in 27 states raised $66,499
2014 Our 4^th year – 143 independent auto repair shops in 29 states raised $115,236.53
2015 Our 5^th year – 174 independent auto repair shops in 32 states raised $141,868
2016 Our 6^th year – 131 independent auto repair shops in 35 states (most ever!) $125,867.37
2017 Our 7^th year – 114 independent auto repair shops in 34 states raised $114,389.20
2018 Our 8^th year – 138 independent auto repair shops in 34 states and 2 countries raised $141,061.80
2019 Our 9^th year – 141 independent auto repair shops in 38 states and 2 countries raised $194,160.04

To date donation total is $940,931.74!

This Brakes For Breasts fundraiser is different from any other breast cancer fundraising campaigns:

1. Dr. Tuohy at the Cleveland Clinic has actually created a vaccine that has proved effective in laboratory animals in actually preventing breast cancer. Think about polio, eradicated because of a vaccine, a distant memory for most generations. This is the same principle!
2. Dr. Tuohy and his team are rounding the corner and are hoping to start Phase 1 trials in 2020.
3. 100% of the proceeds from the ‘Brakes for Breasts’ fundraiser goes directly to the Cleveland Clinic for research on the Breast Cancer Vaccine.
4. These are just “mom & pop” shops across the country, independent business owners that have joined hands for a great cause.

For more information about the breast cancer vaccine, Dr. Tuohy and a list of participating shops, go to www.brakesforbreasts.com, download our “Brakes for Breasts” app to your smart phone and like us on Facebook!