Mr. Brake: A Family Brake Shop in Spring Valley Since 1978
Mark Thuet runs Mr. Brake on South Jones Boulevard, a brake-and-clutch shop that has been family-owned in the same Spring Valley footprint since 1978. Customer reviews repeatedly note that Thuet takes the time to teach drivers how their brake system actually works rather than upselling parts — an unusual posture for the trade. Mr. Brake holds one of the longer continuous review histories of any brake shop in the Las Vegas Valley, with over 770 verified Yelp reviews accumulated since the early 2010s.
The Mr. Brake shop at 3305 South Jones Boulevard handles brake service, rotor and pad replacement, shock and strut work, and clutch repair. The Jones and Desert Inn corridor in Spring Valley sits at the intersection of older and newer southwest valley residential development, putting Mr. Brake in easy reach of homeowners across the central and southwest valley submarkets.
Mr. Brake in the Las Vegas Valley
Mr. Brake predates most of the modern Spring Valley build-out — when the shop opened in 1978, the surrounding residential grid had not yet filled in. Forty-plus years of continuous family operation in brake service is exceptionally rare in any market, and in the Las Vegas Valley’s churn-heavy automotive trade it puts Mr. Brake in a category of one or two valley shops at most.
- Trade
- Brake & Clutch Repair
- Owner
- Mark Thuet
- Founded
- 1978
- Address
- 3305 S Jones Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89146
- Phone
- (702) 873-7018
- Website
- mrbrakelasvegas.com