Sorry for your problems. I think the best approach would be to ask abscate member or other members who may reside in long island to recommend a trustworthy shop. If you dont have experience working on cars, it might get costly(price of tools, space to work on car, mistakes that come with learning ne...

For $100 I'd expect the codes (and no laughter, but he did what he did). That's some red meat for us here on MVS. Can you get those and post them?