BUSINESS FEATURE
BY KAREN CHANEY
Automotive Tech Bart Goddard is replacing a power steering pump.
TOP THREE SERVICES The owners of Baker’s Spring Valley Automotive picked their most popular services.
Check engine light diagnostic (starting at $135 )
Oil changes (starting at $56.95 )
Brothers Jordon Baker (left) and Jared Baker co-own Baker’s Spring Valley Automotive with their father, Reginald.
Service Tech Brian Wilson performs an oil change for a customer at Baker’s Spring Valley Automotive. (Photos by Karen Chaney/Community Impact)
Baker’s Spring Valley Automotive Second generation carries on father’s legacy from behind the wheel of longtime family business W hen Jared and Jordon Baker were children, they worked in their wash windows. That was our job as kids.”
Brake pad replacements (starting at $245 ) include resurfacing rotors.
The shop’s services include everything from state inspections to engine replacements and all points in between. “I usually tell people we do everything but paint and body,” Jared said. Jared said he feels successful as it pertains to the business when he reads customer reviews that express gratitude for going above and beyond. “I feel successful when a customer says I’m getting my opportunity because three or four of their neighbors referred us,” Jordon said. “Then I feel like I’m doing things right.”
Baker’s Spring Valley Automotive 7821 Spring Valley Road, Dallas 972-239-3775 www.bakersautomotiveinc.com Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.-Sun. closed
Jared worked in the shop until he graduated from high school. After college, he followed a 20-year career in nance. After high school, Jordon contin- ued working in the shop. He was a mechanic for almost 15 years and racked up multiple Automotive Service Excellence certi cations. In 2019, when Jordon and Reg decided to open a second location on Spring Valley Road, Jared accepted an o er to return to the family business. “I told [Jared], ‘We’re going to buy a shop, and you could be a big part of it,’” Jordon said.
dad’s automotive shop in Dallas. Although their career paths initially went in di erent directions, those paths eventually merged again when they opened Baker’s Spring Valley Automotive in 2020. Their dad, Reginald “Reg” Baker, started working at Neiman’s Automotive in Lake Highlands in 1969. He bought the shop in 1989, and it is now named Baker’s Lake Highlands Automotive. “Our original shop was a full-ser- vice gas station,” Jordon said. “We would pump gas, check tires and
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