Diesel truck and trailer shop
Truck and Trailer Repair in Indian Trail, NC
Elite Diesel Solutions repairs and maintains diesel trucks and trailers for fleets and owner-operators from a shop at 225 Garmon Rd in Indian Trail, NC, southeast of Charlotte. Customer reviews describe engine and cooling repairs, trailer airbags, electrical faults and mechanics sent out to trucks broken down on the road.
- Heavy-duty parts in stock
- Road calls day or night
- In trucking since 2013
- 1 to 3 year warranty, by part
What happens when a truck breaks down near Charlotte?
A truck that is stopped and a truck that needs planned work are two different calls. Pick the one that fits.
Truck down
Stopped on the road or won't start
The phone is answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and road calls go out day or night. The shop phone rings the owner, Dennis, and he answers it himself. Say where the truck is, the unit number, what it is doing and any code on the dash.
Customer reviews describe batteries, alternator belts, drive tires, compressor governors, brake chambers and coolant leaks fixed where the truck stopped.
Planned work
PM, inspections, repairs and fleet accounts
Book a repair, a PM service or a DOT annual inspection, or talk to the shop about PM on the schedule your fleet sets.
Send the form and the shop calls you back.
Truck and trailer repair services
Every service below is done in-house. Each has its own page: what the work involves, the questions customers ask, and reviews that mention it.
- Fleet MaintenancePreventive maintenance, DOT annual inspections and repairs for company trucks and trailers. One shop that knows every unit.
- Mobile Truck RepairA mechanic comes to the truck where it stopped. Reviews describe batteries, belts, air leaks and brake chambers fixed on the spot.
- Diesel Engine RepairRadiator and coolant leaks, water pumps, misfires, camshafts and major engine work. Semis, box trucks and diesel pickups.
- Truck Transmission RepairClutches, transmissions, driveshafts, axles and power dividers. For the truck that has a load booked tomorrow.
- DPF CleaningDiesel particulate filters, DEF, SCR and EGR faults, and the derates they cause. Emissions systems repaired and put back to work.
- DOT InspectionsAnnual inspections to the federal standard in 49 CFR 396.17, with the report your maintenance file needs.
- Trailer RepairTrailer airbags, leveling valves, patches, lights and wiring. The trailer gets fixed along with the tractor.
- Truck DiagnosticsFault codes, no-starts and electrical faults traced to the cause, including problems other shops could not find.
- Truck Brake RepairAir brakes, compressors, governors, brake chambers and air leaks. Brakes led the vehicle out-of-service violations at CVSA's 2026 Roadcheck.
- Truck Suspension RepairAir springs, leveling valves, shocks, springs and kingpins: the parts that keep a tractor riding level and tracking straight.
What trucks and trailers do you work on?
The shop works on all diesel trucks and trailers: heavy-duty Class 8 tractors, medium-duty trucks such as box trucks, light-duty diesel pickups from Ram, Ford, Chevy and GMC, and trailers. Makes include Freightliner, Peterbilt, Kenworth, Volvo, Mack, International and Western Star. Trucks named in customers' Google reviews include a 2023 Peterbilt 579, a Kenworth T680, a Freightliner Cascadia, Mack trucks, a 26 ft box truck and a 2022 Ram 2500.
Trucks named in reviews
Named as work the shop has done.
Engines
Transmissions
Trailers
Trailer work in reviews
Fleet maintenance
Do you maintain whole fleets?
Yes. Fleet customers bring company trucks and trailers here, and one wrote that they have been bringing their fleet for a few years.
The business runs 55 trucks of its own, local and regional, so the shop knows what a truck off the road costs. Every fleet service is done in-house, and the phone is answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
PM on your schedule
PM A, B and C services, done on the schedule the fleet sets.
DOT annual inspections
Annual inspections for trucks and trailers, to the federal standard in 49 CFR 396.17.
Repairs approved first
The estimate is approved before the work starts.
Road calls for fleet trucks
4 service trucks go out day or night, up to about an hour's drive from the shop.
Drop-off and pickup
The shop is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so a truck can come in or go out at any hour.
Terms for fleets
Net 30 to 45 terms for fleet accounts.
Google reviews
Trucks, trailers, road calls and fleets
Four customers, four kinds of job.
I came in on a Friday with a radiator leak on a semi truck, and they got it fixed and had me back on the road the same day. Very good communication with Dennis and his entire team, super friendly and professional.
Best mechanic in the Charlotte area having been bringing my fleet here for a few years wont go anywhere else.
I couldn't start my truck at 7:30am around 7:40 I look up Elite Diesel … found the problem and fix it … I was on the road at 9:15am
I needed the airbag on my trailer replaced, these guys are know what their doing, they were fast and efficient.
Truck down?
(980) 313-6059Planned work or a fleet account?
Request serviceHow do estimates and approvals work?
A job usually runs like this, whether the truck drives in or a mechanic goes to it.
Drop-off or road call
The truck comes to 225 Garmon Rd, which is open 24 hours a day, or a mechanic goes to the truck, day or night. A road call is billed by the hour, with a two-hour minimum.
Diagnosis
The fault is found and confirmed before parts are ordered. Diagnosis is a flat diagnostic fee, quoted when you call.
Estimate and approval
You get the estimate, and the work starts once you approve it.
Repair
The repair is done in-house. Repairs carry a warranty of 1 to 3 years, depending on the part and its maker's warranty.
Road test
The truck is road tested before it is released.
Payment
Pay by check, card, cash, Zelle, Apple Pay or Cash App. Fleet accounts get net 30 to 45 terms.
The shop by the numbers
- Technicians
- About 20
- Service trucks for road calls
- 4
- Trucks we run ourselves
- 55
- Phone answered
- 24/7
Where is the shop, and is there room to park a tractor-trailer?
The shop is at 225 Garmon Rd Ste K in Indian Trail, off Old Monroe Road between Matthews and Monroe. Garmon Rd meets Old Monroe Road at Southfork Road.
Getting here
- I-485 Exit 51 is US-74, Independence Boulevard. The whole of US-74 is a federally designated truck route.
- The Monroe Expressway toll road has its nearest entrances at Exit 257, Indian Trail-Fairview Road, and Exit 259, Unionville-Indian Trail Road.
Bringing a truck in
- There is plenty of room to park trucks and trailers.
- The shop is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so a truck can be dropped off at any hour.
Sources: NCDOT I-485 map · NCDOT US-74 Corridor U plan · NCDOT Monroe Expressway exits
Towns the shop serves
Trucks come to the Indian Trail shop from across Union County, Charlotte and the South Carolina line, and road calls reach the towns below.
Road calls go out up to about an hour's drive from the shop. A truck can come to the shop from farther out.
Under 20 minutes
20 to 35 minutes
35 to 50 minutes
Drive times from the shop by car with no traffic. A loaded truck takes longer.
Questions
Do you repair semi trucks in Indian Trail and Monroe?
Yes. The shop at 225 Garmon Rd Ste K in Indian Trail works on semi trucks, and downtown Monroe is about 20 minutes away by car. Reviews describe semi work from radiator leaks to a broken axle and a leaking power divider actuator. One customer who broke down in the Monroe area wrote that the crew worked hard and got them going again.
Can Charlotte fleets drop trucks off after hours?
Yes. The shop is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so a Charlotte fleet can drop a truck off at any hour, and there is plenty of room to park trucks and trailers. Call (980) 313-6059 to say what the truck needs.
Do you work on trailers as well as trucks in Union County?
Yes. Trailer jobs in customers' reviews include a replaced trailer airbag, a blown air bag with a failed leveling valve, a patched trailer, and a turn signal fault traced from the tractor back to the trailer. The shop works on dry vans, flatbeds, reefer trailers, dump trailers and the running gear on tankers. See trailer repair for more.
How soon can you look at a truck in the Charlotte area?
The phone is answered 24 hours a day, and road calls go out day or night, up to about an hour's drive from the shop. When a service truck is free, it usually reaches a truck 30 minutes away in 45 minutes to an hour, and on a busy day it takes longer. If a truck is stopped, calling (980) 313-6059 is faster than the form.