The heavy-duty truck and diesel mechanics worth your business in Surrey — concentrated in the Port Kells industrial district that anchors the city's trucking trade — chosen on reputation, real diesel and heavy-truck capability and track record with fleets and owner-operators.
RemitRight's editorial team selected these shops independently. Businesses cannot pay to be listed and payment never affects ranking — here's how we chose.
By the RemitRight Trades Desk · Updated June 2026 · Sponsored by RemitRight
A longtime Surrey diesel-engine specialist focused on in-house rebuilds, repairs, parts and maintenance for on-highway, marine and industrial engines — Cummins, Caterpillar and Detroit Diesel — with field service and authorized distribution for several propulsion brands. Often the shop other shops send their engine work to.
C1-19325 94 Ave, Surrey, BC V4N 4E6
Visit websiteA diesel diagnostics, repair and performance shop with over 30 years of experience — everything from routine maintenance to complex engine tuning — and courtesy vehicles to keep you moving while they work.
#1 9444 190 St, Surrey, BC V4N 3S2
Visit websiteA commercial-truck specialist and CVSE Designated Inspection Facility running a large multi-bay shop plus mobile service trucks — heavy truck and trailer repair on every major brand (Freightliner, Kenworth, Mack, Peterbilt, Volvo, Western Star) and on garbage trucks, school buses and crane trucks, with extended hours built to cut fleet downtime.
Port Kells, Surrey, BC
Visit websiteAn independent Port Kells diesel truck repair shop with early-morning hours built around working drivers — a no-frills, get-it-done option in the heart of Surrey's trucking district.
9634 192 St, Unit 109, Surrey, BC V4N 4C6
Visit websiteA Port Kells fleet and diesel specialist serving cars, vans, SUVs and light- to medium-duty trucks, with a strong reputation for fleet service and diesel repair and one of the largest review followings in the area.
Port Kells, Surrey, BC
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These are RemitRight's editorial picks — not a paid directory and not a public vote. No business paid to be included, and inclusion cannot be purchased. We applied objective, verifiable criteria:
Customer-review figures change over time and were used as a signal, not republished. Featured a shop and think a detail is off, or run a Surrey heavy-duty or diesel shop that belongs here? Let us know. Run one of these shops? Claim your listing to set your live availability — free.
Commercial vehicles in BC run under the National Safety Code and are overseen by CVSE (Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement). Most commercial trucks and trailers above the regulated weight need a periodic commercial vehicle inspection, performed by a licensed inspector at a Designated Inspection Facility, with the inspection interval depending on the vehicle's class and use.
A current inspection decal is what keeps you legal at a roadside check — and a defect that CVSE flags as out-of-service can pull a truck off the road on the spot. That's why a shop with a strong inspection reputation and quick turnaround is worth more to an operator than a cheap hourly rate: it keeps the truck compliant and earning.
For owner-operators and fleets, the same logic drives preventive maintenance — scheduled service and mobile/roadside coverage cost far less than an unplanned breakdown on the highway. Surrey's heavy-duty trade concentrates in Port Kells — the industrial pocket east of 192 St near the Highway 1 and 15 truck routes — which is where most of these shops sit.
Heavy-duty repair bills are large, and a lot of the work is for fleets and brokers on net-30 terms — so the shops that thrive run a tight back office, not just good bays. Two habits protect the business: get a signed work order or purchase order for every job and the hours before the wrenches turn, and give slow-paying accounts an easy way to clear a big balance — a payment-plan link, so a stuck five-figure invoice turns into a few automatic payments instead of a write-off or a lien.
This guide is sponsored by RemitRight, which does exactly that for trade and trucking businesses across Canada — its AI texts overdue customers and turns balances into automatic payment plans, paid straight to you. It's completely free for your business, on every invoice — never a trial. RemitRight only earns anything when a customer can't pay in full and chooses to split the balance into installments: a small percentage is added that the customer pays, not you. Pay in full and it costs everyone nothing.