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SWEngines has a rating of 1.1 stars from 112 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about SWEngines most frequently mention customer service, business days, and warranty department problems. SWEngines ranks 869th among Auto Parts sites.

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Top Positive Review

“SWEngines: a great used engine supplier with good price”

John S.
6/25/18

I met this used engine supplier while seeking an ideal used engine for my car. Though at first it seemed like a scrape, after purchasing one used engine for my car for $8400 total with core charge, I knew they are genuine supplier and unlike others deliver the engines within what they promise. Apart from their used engines for affordable price, they too have many other great things such as their cultured staff, products delivery, quality and more.

Top Critical Review

“No Communication, everyone you talk to lies from the same script”

Joe S.
7/29/24

I was invoiced and paid for a motor 20 days ago, I get the same story every time I call - waiting on shipper. I have left multiple messages for DALE JONES - a manager there and no return call, This place is a joke. Call LKQ or anyine but these folks..

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Thumbnail of user chrisg1474
New Jersey
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August 27th, 2021
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I purchased a used car engine from SWEngines for $1595 with a mileage of ~62K miles. A month later it was delivered to my mechanic's place of business. Because on the delay, I contacted the auto parts/salvage yard as indicated on the bill of lading. In talking to the employee who handles engines sales, he verified the sale to SWEngines and found out the engine has over 180K miles on it.

I would recommend that you get the VIN of the engine you are interested in and before ordering, get a vehicle history report. You will find that company doesn't actually have in their possession the engine you want. They will search the network of auto parts and find an engine nearest to your location. So when you receive the engine, you can verify the VIN again (the VIN is stamped on the engine).

It has been over a month now that I had the engine at my mechanic's waiting for it to be returned and then hopefully, I will get a refund.

I posted a rather detailed account of my experience on reddit, just search for swengines.

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used car engine

Thumbnail of user lynna299
Georgia
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April 27th, 2023

WE ARE A BUSINESS THAT PURCHASED AN ENGINE IN 2021, CALLED THE DAY IT ARRIVED WHICH WAS 12 DAYS LATE ARRIVING, TO ACTIVATE THE WARRANTY AS TOLD TO DO. WELL TODAY 4/27/23 I CALL TO FILE A CLAIM ON THE ENGINE...NO WARRANTY ACTIVATED SO THEREFORE WAS BUMPED TO A 6 MONTH PART ONLY WARRANTY...THE LADAY TODAY WAS VERY RUDE, DIDNT WANT TO HEAR WHAT I HAD TO SAY AND HUNG UP ON ME AFTER ASKING TO SPEAK TO A SUPERVISOR. CALLED BACK WAS ON HOLD FOR OVER 45 MIN.

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Thumbnail of user petere137
North Carolina
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December 30th, 2021

I have had the same experience with this company as everyone that has posted here.
I was sent at first a bad motor that was labeled "for parts only" and then another motor was sent that had 140,000 miles while the sales contract was for a motor with 64,000 miles. After I refused the 2nd motor they refunded part of the money but still kept $1488. This was completely on them to supply me with a motor as advertised but they miserably failed to do so.
I made many calls without getting through to anyone but or no response - within an hour or so of filing a complaint with the State of Wisconsin there was a response from their lawyer who was evidently just
Waiting for this complaint.
They seem to only exist to rip people off. If that is not bad enough they have a lawyer that is corrupt enough to defend them. The State of Wisconsin wants to be rid of them but for some reason have not been successful. Mr Howard Phillips is more than willing to assist anyone with complaints. It may also help to address this to your credit card company and see what they can do to stop honoring sales through companies like this.
If they want to respond that is fine but as usual they will deny they have done anything wrong. If they want the invoice number they will have to look up the invoice themselves.

Tip for consumers:
This company has no intention of selling a quality product

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None - they sent me junk

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Thumbnail of user davidm1584
California
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September 24th, 2018

I purchased an engine from this company "SWEngines". The engine was sent to a Mechanic.
During shipping my car was stolen from my driveway. I spoke with a warranty person who told me to have the Engine rejected when it arrived from my Mechanic. My Mechanic failed to do so but that's another issue. He was going to waive the shipping fee and just charge a 25% restocking fee which he was going to try and have that waived too since I was dealing with the theft and all.
I called and Called trying to see if the Engine had arrived back at the company only to find out weeks later it was still at the mechanics. I asked for Managers and personnel to return my calls. No one did. My wife called and spoke with a sales person who was rude to her and hung up on her.
Today 09/24/2018 I called and Spoke with a "Warranty Manager" who told me he couldn't waive any of the fees if I returned it and then he told me to stop calling. Although he rudely told me to have a good day it was over at that point my blood was boiling.
Reason of review: Return, Exchange or Cancellation Policy.
Monetary Loss: $1495.
Preferred solution: Full refund.
I didn't like: Failed to meeting shipping dates, Service after warranty invoked, Customer service, Unreasonable warranty requirement, Rude staff.

Thumbnail of user jeffm185
New Jersey
1 review
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June 23rd, 2017

I ordered an engine from this company and it cost $8400 total with core charge. I paid for it and was told it would arrive in aprox 5- 10 days. I waited over a 1 1/2 months and still no engine. I called up numerous times and no one every calls back. I get an email indicating its shipping out soon and after another three weeks still no motor. I finally get one person on the phone and tells me they lost it in shipping. He then tells me he will call back on Monday. No call period back, I leave two more messages on Tuesday and not return call. I call again both Thursday and Friday and finally get a person on the phone. The shipper tells me the manager lied and the engine was never shipped as it was found to be defective months prior. The basically used my $8400 as a free loan. I finally get a manager on the phone and hangs up saying they will refund the money as he hangs up. I tried and call back to confirm how and just continues to hang up and laugh as he does it. How can anyone really write a positive review about a company that behaves this way. I own a bunch of large shops and could never think to handle a customer this way, especially one that just wants to confirm how they get the refund back. I could only imagine if the engine was bad when they shipped it out and had to get help for this group a losers to resolve. Good luck with staying in business as you have no clue.

Thumbnail of user dianneh77
Louisiana
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November 4th, 2019

Remanns engines sold me a bad transmission thou SW ENGINES for 840.00 they wouldn't refund my money r replace transmission, wouldn't answer email r phone call they r a fake service that get your money and want refund it after selling u junk

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they give u great warranty pitch to get you buy and don't stand behind there warrant or customer service, they r scammers

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had to buy another transmission from another company

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Thumbnail of user angelv33
Florida
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August 15th, 2020

Previously my father has bought a Hyundai Entourage engine for $1395 that was being shipped to FL that supposedly had 70k miles

The engine was supposedly steam cleaned but upon arrival the engine itself was dirty and rusty all over the engine including the studs itself.

We only inspected the engine on the lift gate, we didn't take the engine out of the lift gate. If the engine came out of the lift gate we will be forced to take this garbage engine they sent. We told the truck driver to take this junk engine back and we requested a full refund.

Upon getting our full refund we called and was told to wait and then they hung up on us a few times. Even when calling back they never picked up which then we had to call our bank to get our refund back and wait MONTHS just to get only $500 back while swengines kept $895

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY AT ALL

DO NOT TRUST THEIR POSITIVE REVIEWS

Thumbnail of user daves522
New York
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November 2nd, 2018

DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY! BUYER BEWARE!
Check Better Business Bureau before you buy. After you see ALL the complaints you will not buy from them. Absolutely horrible, and very expensive experience. This Company is a SCAM! DO NOT BUY!

Thumbnail of user allenh279
Pennsylvania
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October 8th, 2021

You buy a used engine and you get a piece of garbage not even properly secured to a pallet or
Worth your $ to get installed because you'll need to pay to have it taken back out when it doesn't run.
I ordered a used engine from this place without doing proper searching for BBB reviews and customer
Reviews. Just simply type SW engines into a search and you'll instantly see what kind of company this
Is. I cancelled my order once i watched a news clip about these POS. The next day the engine showed up with no tracking or heads up it was coming. They delivered an engine that our local garage said was filthy and had been sitting around outside for a long time. They advised me not to even think about having them install it because there was a good chance it wouldnt run and i would be wasting alot of time and $. They refunded 75% of my money and kept 25% for a restocking fee. Filed a dispute with my POS bank and they found in favor of these turds. Pretty good scam these people have going on. They are NOT accredited by the BBB and they have a $#*! ton of horrible reviews... take our warning and stay clear of these maggots. They pray on unknowing people in distress over having a vehicle with a bad engine! My story matches so many reviews i can't believe PNC bank in Pittsburgh sided with them. I'll be taking my banking elsewhere.

Thumbnail of user stevenh531
Illinois
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July 23rd, 2019

The company lies. They make you believe your getting the correct eng to make model and year car is that your looking for.its B's.not only was eng a different block with different bolt sizes than original eng it also looked like they pulled it out of a junk pile and said Walla good eng with less than 79,000 on it.it was not cleaned, most of the accessories that come with eng we're broke, and the looks of all the gaskets it had well over 130,000 on it and no paperwork to prove it had what they said they were shipping. They are scammers scammers scammers. Found out eng came from Pennsylvania and had over 130,000 on the eng they sent me. I WILL NEVER NEVER NEVER RECOMMEND this company for anything and will make sure what liers they are to all the mechanics who I personal know not to ever ever even consider them and that they should pass the word on. Dont know how they can stay in business with the s@#$ they send out. Your review SW Engines is a big fat 0. Worst company I have ever dealt with. Good luck to anyone who uses them. Your in for a big disappointed and a empty wallet. Look around before you buy an eng or anything.its worth the time and you will find a better product than what SW Engines can give you.

Thumbnail of user dougs655
Michigan
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August 12th, 2021

Was promised a tested motor which took 2 weeks to get it in because I was told it was going through "quality control"! When it finally arrived I had it installed, drove it one week only to discover it had low compression in a cylinder (bad motor). Had to jump through hoops to get a replacement motor shipped, it arrived, had it installed and then was told it would take up to 10 business days to get the reimbursement for the install labor into my account. Today is day 9, received an email telling me that they are only reimbursing $650 of the $1,547.75 charge for the 2nd replacement motor installation which includes the $200 diagnostic test that was required on the defective motor by them in order to be eligible to receive the replacement motor. This is leaving me to cover $897.75 of the cost to install the replacement motor that was their responsibility for because of the defective 1st motor. Their customer service is absolutely horrible, I would not recommend ever doing business with them ever!

Thumbnail of user edwardl333
Maryland
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August 1st, 2020

I bought a 2007 infiniti g35x used transmission. They originally shipped the wrong one, they promptly shipped the correct one, 11 days total. So far so good.

Thumbnail of user angelv77
Florida
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July 1st, 2020

God has the last Word.
On March 4 I purchased a motor from this company they offer. A ******* miles motor or 5 0 k miles warranty when I received on March 12 a big different story the motor look that they have it in a corner on a junk yard they send to me look all rustic upside down with all wiring and connection all bad my motor in my car with ******* miles look in better condition that the one they send it they charge me 1395 plus 75 residential fee for a total of 1470 after 4 months they only refund me 556.25 because they said that I agreed with their terms when in their "terms" said that they can charge a 25% restock fee. They keep 913.75 from me a good sale for them but look okay you can keep it but the only thing I will told You is that is a GOD upstairs that is looking down when your company do bad just think on all the ripoff that you do to all the people. If you should charge me the 25% okay I will understand but you know that you took more almost 70% you didn't know all the sacrifice that I has to do to get that money from family friends because when my car broke down I didn't have the money to purchased that motor I'm disable person I depend from my transportation to go to my doctor appt, pharmacy but you think with 500.00 that yousend me I can get anywhere but that's life thank you very much for all that pain that you Cause me and my family now I don't have motor no car thank you, keep making money like that. Vicente family. Invoice number *******..

Thumbnail of user billyr208
Texas
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February 22nd, 2022

The sad part is that about 5 years ago I bought an engine from them and it turned out to be very good so I decided to use them again and here recently bought another engine in December 2021 I ordered the engine on December 4 2021 did not receive the engine till January 5 2022 and when I did receive it it was shipped poorly full of rust. My mechanic immediately inspected it and discovered that it was no good I then called back could not get in touch with anybody on the warranty department to help me out for some time I finally got a response and asked me to send pictures in order to figure out whether or not they were going to decide how they were going to give me another engine they finally came and picked up the engine on February 3 and I have still not received any information in regards to a refund from them, from what I'm reading from other peoples reviews chances are I'm probably not gonna get a refund back or if not maybe just 75% of it because of their 25% restocking fee if I'm lucky.

Thumbnail of user kennethr46
Texas
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March 7th, 2017

I bought an engine for Nissan Frontier in May 2016. My shop installed engine using SWengines "Required Installation Procedures." That engine was defective, burning 1-2 quarts oil per 1000 miles. I requested new engine. SWengines said it was orignally not coverd by warranty (in one part of warranty is said excessive oil consumption was covered; in the "finer print" it said that issus was not covered.) They required me to obtain $558 of diagnosis from my shop -- they even requested/required a "differential compression test" from the mechanic in a 3-way telephone call. Finally, after many phone calls and emails and about three months, they agreed to replace the defective engine. But SWengines reimbursed only $660 of $2272 (including the $558 diagnosis they required) that it cost me to follow their required installation procedures, and will not warrant the replacement (2nd) engine. It took about 2.5 months to provide the 2nd (replacement) engine, and they never provided details about the mileage or other factors about that engine (luckily it is working well). I would not do business with this company again. I am considering suing for the $1612 I'm out of pocket on the 2nd engine replacement cost. Ken

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Thumbnail of user kjmm
Arizona
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April 1st, 2022

Horrific group of salespeople. Liars. Go anywhere but here. Wrong part. Manager and sales screamed at me and slammed phone down.

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Thumbnail of user edwint58
Texas
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July 8th, 2021

I ordered a 4.7L for a 2010 Ram 1500 on 14 June 2021. I was told 7-14 business days and that part was fine. I got sucked in by the 3 year warrantee, "No core charge" and "No shipping fee". Surprise of surprises when they send me a request for a review just 2 days later.
When it arrived at the shop it had lots of damage by mistreatment! Heater core lines and radiator hoses were cut, instead of just using the proper tool to remove the hose clamps. The shim between the engine and tranny was mangled so bad as to be useless! BOTH valve covers were bashed in on the front portion of the engine and stuffed with rags! Wiring bundles and connectors YANKED with force as to ruin the connectors. Main wiring bundle just cut through and drivers side exhaust line burned off the exhaust manifold, rendering it ALSO USELESS!
I'm not an ASA certified or Master Mechanic, HOWEVER, I've been doing this for years and have NEVER seen such a piece of crap job of pulling an engine!
Pictures available upon request!

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Thumbnail of user fiacret
Pennsylvania
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February 14th, 2022

Transmission for our 2009 Town & Country was no good, every call to SWEngines ended in them hanging up on me. The Transmission was not as they promised. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!

Thumbnail of user davidb6873
Arizona
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October 1st, 2021

I want to know how ordering something is always very simple? Then anything after that is a damn nightmare?!?! Ordered my motor... saw the pics of it, picked it out because of the mileage and overall `appearance. Well ya know, Its everyones excuse now. Covid! It takes 3 weeks to put that motor on a fedex truck! Then fedex screws it up with another week and a half. So im in this for over a month now! Motor finally shows up... I unwrap it to check for damage. Its not even the motor i ordered! In fact, its not the right motor at all! That and its beat to hell! They crated it so bad that it had probably fallen over during transport. The worst part is how they took this thing out of whatever god forsaken vehicle it came from. They did not give a damn! They torched it off, burnt wires all over, just cut everything... did they bother to clean it up?. Nope! Which means they didnt test it, they couldnt have! It came from the bottom of the lake! Their customer service from then on was nothing but transferring me to some ladies house that politely asked me to stop calling, hanging up on me, or just piucking up the phone and putting it right back down! Finally got Sanchito on the phone and he basically told me to go f**k myself. I screamed refund over him and that was about the end of it. Im already disputing the charges... this isnt going to go well

Thumbnail of user jent240
California
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November 3rd, 2023

Engine was damaged during shipping and delayed for 6 weeks. Also upon arrival it had an inoperable cylinder -Zero customer service

Tip for consumers:
This company hides behind it's telephone operators. Long wait times for an answer, long hold times and then either the line is dropped or you get another operator who cannot assist.

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Thumbnail of user rodp96
Washington
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August 17th, 2023

It's been a month and still no engine. They took my $$ and now I'm stuck in the loop of endless of call center hold. I think I've been scammed $3200.

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Thumbnail of user jonathanp784
Arkansas
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November 15th, 2022

The engine sent to me does not run, now this company will not contact me back. Do not do business with SWEngines.

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DO NOT DO Business with this company.

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requested a running engine and did not receiving a running engine, in fact the engine received had more problems than the one I had.

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Thumbnail of user alexanderp243
Oklahoma
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May 12th, 2021
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I ordered an engine for my Toyota Camry
When i ordered my engine it showed all the details ( mileage, year, ect) and they said that it would take some time to run tests before shipping it to me, so i got to the second week and my dad pointed out that they had horrible reviews with this company and i hadn't even checked the reviews and so i decided to give them a chance and they lived up to there reviews as a horrible company so one month after i ordered it i canceled and the shipping guy calls and said "hey i saw that you had canceled your order and i just want to let you know that its here ready to send" and i said "why couldn't you send it last week?" he said "well we just got it 4 days ago!" (that means they take orders for engines they don't even own and order engines for cheap and make you wait for something that you could have ordered on ebay)so i held with my decision and after looked on eBay and found a guy (with over 1200 salls and 98 % good reviews) selling a exact matching engine for $700 and asked if he would lower the price to $600 and so i got the engine for $600 paid on Thursday received my engine on Tuesday i had paid https://www.swengines.com/ $1260 and they refunded me only $950 just a bunch of crapheads

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Thumbnail of user thomash1897
Colorado
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September 22nd, 2021

VERY POOR, never received my engine then was charged a $750 restocking fee. Would never use this company!

Thumbnail of user davidc4998
Arizona
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August 11th, 2021

This is the worst company I've ever dealt with they do not honor the warranty first my engine came rolling around in the back of a pickup it was all damaged then I called they were okay and responding back they sent me another engine and it was in worse conditions I posted pictures all over the place the engine has been glued silicone together and I called him back numerous times spoke with the manager Sancho and he has hung up twice on me and you would think he'd make it priority to figure out what needs to be done next I call him back he doesn't know my name doesn't know anyting doesn't have my invoice number he asked me for my invoice number and he says hold and then he hangs up this is two or three times every time I talk to customer service they say send pictures I send send pictures and they never get back to me this is rip off please be where I'm posting this to beg everybody to shut these people down I've been asking to speak to the owner of this company I don't want managers I don't want anything I want my money back and I want this company to go away and quit screwing people

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