IN A NUTSHELL
ABOUT CEDAR PERFORMANCE
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Cedar Performance Transmission and Automotive is a full service auto repair facility, specializing in the repair of automatic and manual transmissions, transfer cases and differentials. Along with a dedicated rebuild facility and state of the art tooling, Cedar Performance retains a crew of highly trained diagnosticians experienced in all areas of auto repair.
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Cedar Performance is operated by Joe Mower, a highly skilled transmission technician with 20+ years rebuilding and diagnostic experience. Joe is well known throughout Southern Utah as one of the leading authorities in the transmission repair industry, consulting and advising many of the repair facilities in the area.
The roots of Cedar Performance stretch back to St George over 24 years ago, to 1992, when David Jeppson established Dave's St George Automotive with a large new building located on Sunset Blvd. Dave's strong work ethic and commitment to quality transmission repair quickly earned him a reputation as a transmission guru, both in Southern Utah and statewide. Over the years many regional repair shops have sought Dave out for expert advice, to purchase parts and to have transmissions repaired or rebuilt for their own customers.
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Dave always operated as a full service auto repair facility specializing in transmission and transfer case repair and built a very large and loyal customer base, now having serviced and repaired over 30,000 vehicles. By 2008 Dave's clientele had grown so large that a bigger building and staff were needed to accommodate the growth and Dave began construction on a larger, new, building located on the lot right next to the original. Along with a new building Dave recognized that his reputation for quality transmission and drive-train repair was what truly set him apart from the pack and Dave's Automotive became St George Transmission.
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With construction completed on his new building in the spring of 2009 Dave established St George Transmission in Cedar City, at 1130 N Main Street, as a satellite to his St George location. One of Dave's leading transmission specialists, Joe Mower, who had been with Dave since 1999, was selected to move to Cedar City as manager. Since opening in 2009 our location has established itself as an integral part of the Cedar City auto repair community as the sole transmission specialty shop in the Iron county area and built on the reputation that Dave established all those years ago.
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After nearly 25 years at the helm of his transmission repair business Dave decided it was time to slow down a little to focus on his family and sold the larger portion of his business in St George. With the sale of St George Transmission a name change for the Cedar location became necessary and on July 18, 2016 Cedar Performance was born. Dave Jeppson remains the sole owner and Cedar Performance is still
operated by Joe Mower. Though our name has changed, our crew remains unchanged and we look forward to serving you as Cedar Performance.