Bender Mender Automotive
Auto body & collision repair · Columbia, South Carolina
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About Bender Mender Automotive
Bender Mender Automotive is an auto body and collision repair shop at 7536 Caughman Rd in Columbia, South Carolina. Its Google listing also files it under car battery store. It is one of 61 auto body shops we list in Columbia.
Customers rate it 4.4 out of 5 across 178 Google reviews. That is 0.2 of a star below the 4.6-star average across the 60 rated shops in Columbia. The average shop we list in Columbia carries 132 reviews. Those reviews are 2% of all 8,057 Google reviews written about the shops we list in Columbia, putting it #14 of 61 locally by review volume. 88% of reviewers say they would recommend it.
Listed payment methods are credit cards and debit cards.
What's around this address
Engine Menders is the nearest alternative at 1 mile, close enough to collect a second quote the same morning. 10 of the 61 shops we list in Columbia share ZIP 29209, Bender Mender Automotive among them.
When you can drop a car at Bender Mender Automotive
Read from this shop's published opening hours, compared with every other shop we list in Columbia.
Bender Mender Automotive publishes hours for 5 days a week — Monday to Friday. Its published hours are the same on each of those days: 8 AM–5 PM. It lists Saturday and Sunday as closed.
Bender Mender Automotive does not open on Saturday. 14 of the 53 shops in Columbia that publish hours do, so a weekend drop-off means looking at one of those instead.
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What Bender Mender Automotive is known for, based on its public listing.
Its listing carries only general repair categories, so before calling it is worth knowing what the work usually runs: typical auto body repair costs.
How common Bender Mender Automotive's services are in Columbia
Each category on this shop's listing, counted against the 61 shops we list in Columbia.
- Car battery store2 of 61 shops in Columbia
What customers say
See all reviews on Google178 Google reviews
88%
would recommend
How Bender Mender Automotive compares in Columbia
Standing among the 61 auto body shops listed in Columbia, from Google review data.
#14 of 61
by review volume in Columbia
4.4★ vs 4.6★
this shop vs the Columbia average
#47 of 60
by rating among rated shops in Columbia
Nearby alternatives to Bender Mender Automotive
The closest shops to Bender Mender Automotive, straight-line distance from its address.
| Shop | Rating | Reviews | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bender Mender AutomotiveThis shop | 4.4★ | 178 | — |
| Engine MendersColumbia, SC | 4.8★ | 112 | 1 mi |
| Columbia Discount Auto RepairColumbia, SC | 5.0★ | 1 | 1.2 mi |
| Caliber CollisionColumbia, SC | 4.7★ | 319 | 1.3 mi |
Auto body shops in towns near Columbia
Distance is to the closest listing in each town, measured from this shop's address.
Where to look beyond Columbia — the nearest towns we cover, with how many shops each holds.
- Hopkins, SC1 shop · nearest 6.8 miles
- Cayce, SC4 shops · nearest 7.9 miles
- West Columbia, SC17 shops · nearest 8.3 miles
- Elgin, SC5 shops · nearest 10.7 miles
- Lexington, SC22 shops · nearest 12.7 miles
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