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Otto Service is a family-owned Honda, Acura, Toyota, and Lexus specialist on Blue Ridge Boulevard, near the Kansas City–Raytown line. The business dates its start to 1977 and a home garage; it built the current shop on Blue Ridge in 1998 and is owned today by Alan, Andrew, and Terri Otto. It is a rare thing in the metro: an independent that services four Japanese marques and declines everything else.

Description

Otto Service is an independent automotive repair shop at 9301 Blue Ridge Boulevard, on the Kansas City, Missouri side of the Raytown boundary. It is a marque specialist: the business markets itself exclusively on Honda, Acura, Toyota, and Lexus service, a narrow lane that few metro independents commit to and one that positions the shop as a dealer alternative for owners of those four brands.12

The shop is family-owned and named for the family that runs it. Alan Otto and Andrew Otto are recorded as owners; Terri Otto appears as a principal and is the voice of the company’s public account of itself.34 The business dates its origin to 1977 and to a home garage — “our story started in 1977 with a home garage and a dream” — and states it built the present Blue Ridge Boulevard facility in 1998.1

Otto Service backs its work with a two-year/24,000-mile warranty and offers loaner vehicles and financing, and the shop’s public presentation emphasises the customer-facing side of a family shop: a waiting room with wi-fi, wheelchair access, and a children’s play area described as non-negotiable when the space was fitted out.14 The business holds an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau while not being BBB-accredited.3

Goods and services

  • Honda, Acura, Toyota, and Lexus repair and maintenance — the shop’s declared specialty12
  • Advanced diagnostics1
  • Engine and transmission replacement1
  • Brakes and suspension1
  • Wheel alignments1
  • Tire service1
  • Oil and fluid services1
  • Customer supports: 2-year / 24,000-mile repair warranty, loaner vehicles, financing1

History

Otto Service records its start as June 1, 1977, operating out of a home garage.13 The family’s own framing of the founding is a single line on the company’s site, attributed to Terri Otto: the story began in 1977 with a home garage and a dream.1 The founder is not named separately from the current owners in any source located in this pass.

The business built its current facility at 9301 Blue Ridge Boulevard in 1998.1 The present legal entity, Otto Service of Kansas City, Inc., was incorporated on July 18, 2000.3 The company’s own contact page carries the line “Est. 2001,” which sits against the 1977 start date used everywhere else on the same site — most plausibly the incorporation-era date of the current corporation rather than a second founding, but the two dates are not reconciled by any source and are recorded here unreconciled.153

The shop is a member of the Raytown Chamber of Commerce, listed under automobile service and repair, notwithstanding its Kansas City postal address.6

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Otto Service — official site — asserts: family owned and operated for over four decades, serving greater Kansas City since 1977; founding quotation attributed to Terri Otto — “Our story started in 1977 with a home garage and a dream”; exclusive specialisation in Honda, Acura, Toyota, and Lexus; construction of the current Blue Ridge location in 1998; service list — oil and fluid services, transmission and engine replacement, brakes and suspension, wheel alignments, tire services, advanced diagnostics; 2-year/24,000-mile warranty; loaner vehicles; financing. Primary currency evidence (accessed 2026-08-14). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15

  2. Otto Service — official services page — asserts: the shop’s service scope is presented around repair and maintenance of Honda, Acura, Toyota, and Lexus vehicles. ↩ ↩2

  3. Better Business Bureau — business profile, Otto Service of Kansas City, Inc — asserts: legal name Otto Service of Kansas City, Inc.; date business started June 1, 1977; date incorporated July 18, 2000; principals Alan Otto (owner), Andrew Otto (owner), and Terri Otto; address 9301 Blue Ridge Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64138-3845; phone (816) 358-4454; BBB file opened June 12, 2008; A+ rating; not BBB accredited; categories auto repairs and auto services. Sole source for the named owners, the legal entity name, and the incorporation date. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. Otto Service — official “About” page — asserts: Andrew Otto and Terri Otto identified as owners; staff — Jerry (head technician), Matt, Charles, and Richard (technicians), Keith (service advisor); customer-facing amenities including waiting room with wi-fi, wheelchair accessibility, and a children’s play area, framed as family-motivated requirements. ↩ ↩2

  5. Otto Service — official contact page — asserts: address 9301 Blue Ridge Blvd, Kansas City, Missouri 64138; phone (816) 358-4454; hours Monday through Friday 7:30 AM–5:00 PM, closed Saturday and Sunday; the site’s own “Est. 2001” line. Companion pages: about — ottoservicekc.com; services — ottoservicekc.com ↩

  6. Raytown Chamber of Commerce — member directory listing, Otto Service, category “Automobile Service & Repair” — asserts: current Raytown Chamber membership and categorisation as an automobile service and repair business. Third-party confirmation of active operation and of civic-association standing in Raytown despite the Kansas City postal address. ↩

Categories

On the record — ks.city/registry/otto-service · record updated 2026-08-14