A - Car Wash

269 reviews

303 E 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

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A - Car Wash is a Self service car wash located at 303 E 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111. It has received 269 reviews with an average rating of 3.9 stars.

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  • The address of A - Car Wash: 303 E 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

  • A - Car Wash has 3.9 stars from 269 reviews

  • Self service car wash

  • "You Utahnians are spoiled!!! This is literally the best self-service car wash I've ever been to!! Took my rental car here after several days at the Bonneville Salt flat to avoid the cleaning fee"

    "Basic do it yourself car wash"

    "Cheap car wash, but bring change for buying rags or the vacuum"

    "Deeply cleaned my truck here and it went very well"

    "A - Car Wash more like A - Rip Off It seems like this place has a nice little scam going on On Friday Aug"

Reviews

  • Larry H

You Utahnians are spoiled!!! This is literally the best self-service car wash I've ever been to!! Took my rental car here after several days at the Bonneville Salt flat to avoid the cleaning fee. Literally every buttons on the machine works. Took me about 11 mins since I'm freaking good at washing car and it only charged $5.37. And the car came out looking better than when I rent it at the airport. Some of y'all need to learn how to do basic stuffs like washing your own car and read instructions.

  • daniel evans

Basic do it yourself car wash. I've washed my car here at least 100 times and only had a handful of issues with the equipment. Once a broken pressure washer nozzle, once a leaky connection to the house that feeds the washing wand/gun/thing, and once was shorted $5 by the bill changer. There usually are a few homeless people hanging out in the general vicinity, looking through the garbage cans, but they have rarely approached me for money. I keep going here, you probably should too

  • Jhonatan Medri

Cheap car wash, but bring change for buying rags or the vacuum. The first time wasn't good for me because I was learning how to wash my car, so I spent $10. Now, I usually spend $4 to wash my car, and $1 to vacuum it. IMPORTANT: Don't forget to turn off the clock, or you will be charged $10. There are instructions about how to do that. I'm giving them 4 stars because it would be nice if the would provide free rags as other places; however, it's still a good auto service car wash.

  • Connor Milne

Deeply cleaned my truck here and it went very well. Not sure I spent $10.00 at the wash bay though. Went back the next day to wash a few bird droppings off, spent 5 minutes in the bay, the machine said it only cost me $3.00 but now my bank account is saying another $10.00 charge. Maybe I am misunderstanding that there is a $10.00 minimum here, which would be ridiculous. In short, I will NOT be returning here as they incorrectly charged me for an under 5 minute spray down.

  • James Golden

A - Car Wash more like A - Rip Off It seems like this place has a nice little scam going on On Friday Aug. 5 2016 I visited this business to do a quick spray/scrub/rinse and dry in under 6 minutes. I was told that my debit card would be charged $5.25 for my wash. But my transaction statement shows that I was charged $10.00 just like the other reviewer on here. Thank god i did not use the vacuum. I will not return here again and I will get my $4.75 back one way or another

  • Meghan Sheridan

If the owner gets this message I would please like him/her to respond to me. I was charged twice for $10 when I only used the wash for the minimum time of 6 minutes. This is $14 dollars total. One time it worked and I was only charged $3, so I came back and then was charged the $10 again. I please need a refund of my $14. I was desperate or I would not wash my car at your wash. I think both times it was on the second bay from the right facing 300 south.

  • Alex Maxwell

June 16, 2021: 2nd stall from the right did not work with quarters. I put two in but nothing happened. I could see they were stuck in return slot. I was able to get it started using a credit card but it stole my 50 cents lol. No worries, machines usually work well and have good pressure and clean water. Clean water is the most important. I hate when soap gets mixed in on the wash. Wish they had a warm water option in the winter.

  • Michaela Brown

Cheap to wash car. Owner is awesome! Very friendly and keeps clean best they can with the nearby transient population. Most sprayers have been newly updated. All wash stations work well. Vacuums work good too. The only thing I noticed that hindered my car washing is when vacuuming the machines only take quarters. Money machines only give dollar coins. But the washing stations accept everything. Even cards.

  • R Admin

Wish I had found this car wash earlier. Love it! I changed a $5 bill at the change machine and got 5 $1 coins. $2 got me 4 minutes in the self service car wash. That gave me plenty of time to soap, rinse, wax and spot free rinse my car (don't bother with the pre-wash, it barely does anything). What a bargain! My car looks great. Will be coming back here any time any of my cars need a wash. Thanks so much!

  • Barry

This place has gone downhill. The last three times I’ve washed here my car is still dirty with spots and streaks everywhere. Car had a film of dust on it. First I thought it was wax or their dryer but the last two times I didn’t use wax, just soap and rinsed with water and hand dried. Still dirty with dirty water stains and film all over it. Their vacuums don’t suck either Go somewhere else

  • Jeff S

Easy in and out design; drive in, wash bay, vaccuum bay, drive out and on your way. Location is key and price is unbeatable downtown. Generally it's kept pretty clean, which is probably a challenge because it's so busy and the area lends itself to a lot of transient foot traffic. It's been there forever, and I hope it's there long into the future.

  • Parker Williams

Edit: the $10.00 credit card charge is only initial and adjusts after a day or two. Original: Like others have said, BEWARE this carwash as it will overcharge your credit card. Yesterday I washed my truck. After I pushed the button to end the carwash cycle, the LED display said $4.00. Next second on my phone I see the charge was actually $10.00.

  • Blake Cox

The worst car wash I’ve ever used. I put a $5 bill in the money changer to wash my car, and it gave me 3 gold dollars, and a single quarter in return... The car wash doesn’t even take gold coins and it shorted me $1.75... nobody is on-site, and their “suggestion box” is a hole in a random door that no longer has a door knob... Avoid this place.

  • Cassandra Simmons

Our car hadn't been vacuumed in a while, so I took it here to clean it out. I had to exchange bills for dollar tokens at the machine, but the machine was provided and so that was actually quite convenient. I'd never been to a place like this before, but it worked and the price seemed reasonable ($1 = 4 minutes of high-powered vacuuming).

  • vipin verma

I just rinsed my car. Put the knob to stop and pressed the stop machine on card reader. Screen showed me $3 cost but on my account I got charged for $10. Car wash is goos but there payment system is really pain. It's very common that you will overcharged due to poor cash and card machines. There is no phone number available to complain.

  • Derek Allenbach

Reviews on this place are going to be tailored towards what experience people are looking for. With that being said, this place is a ‘self-wash and dry’ location where you do it yourself. All the equipment works great and my car looked extremely clean afterwards. This place did EXACTLY what I wanted it to do. For sure will use again.

  • Andy Martin

Favorite car wash in the area. Never had issues. To the people that complain about it being $10, if you’re using your card, it’ll show $10 on your account temporarily but then it should adjust to how much it actually was. Also I think it’s cheaper to use your card over coins. Better ratio with the time/money if that makes sense

  • David Rushing

This is a great self-serve carwash. I think I only spent $5 for 10 minutes. That's quite a bit less than I'm used to at these types of places. The foaming brush and spot free rinse did a great job on my car. And this is the first self-serve carwash that I've been to that has vacuums built in the same boat as the washing tools.

  • Skylar Shyu

For everyone complaining about $10 being charged instead of $2-3, it's called a "hold" on your credit card... the same kind of hold when you pump gas and give a hotel your CC for incidentals. And you need to shut the machine off before you leave if your time hasn't expired, so the next person doesn't wash with your session.

  • Jamie Eden

My most favorite car/motorcycle wash.......for several reasons; they have a big bill (20) changer and then you turn those into dollar coins & use them for the wash, blow dryer!! Great for bikes, big, wet, hairy dogs, a must for the detail oriented. Usually not much of a wait and its always organic. DIY and feel fantastic.

  • Carly Taylor

It says $3 car wash but you actually get charged $10. Don’t use your card unless you want to be overcharged. Also, when I was pulling out I noticed that the car wash is called “Ute car wash” with an image of a Native American. Ummm, get with the times and stop being racist! Ever heard of the phrase “read the room”

  • Ty

This just happened today Tuesday May 9th 2023, put $10 in one of the bays facing third South and got about a minute of wash time before the machine told me I was out of money. Could not find a way to contact the owner; I'm never going there again and this review stays up until the owner makes it right.

  • J Scott Barnard

This is just a decent car wash is not one of the best the water pressure is a little low the hoses can hit your car and there’s a lot of times there’s moderate debris or worse inside the car washing stalls also you get some beggars panhandlers asking for money and it seems like the timers might be off

  • Michael Kooy

Fairly priced, well maintained, and can fit larger vehicles. Always wind up here to wash my absurdly large service van and it comes out nice and sparkly every time. The air dryer thing is a nice touch as I can't stand trying to towel dry this big ol thing and it doesn't leave water spots!

  • Ji Bright

Decent car wash when vacuums don't steal your money. And no way to contact anyone when the machines steal your money. I'd rather pay a little more and deal with someone who is willing to let you contact them when there is a problem than a shady owner who won't be bothered by customers

  • Jason Potapenko

Good location for me, open 24hrs, clean, inexpensive. Homeless cruise through here often checking garbage cans but I've never had a problem they've always been nice folks. I sometimes bring something for them like clothes I don't wear when the weather starts getting cold.

  • Jordan Bradley

Classic, old school, do-it-yourself car wash. The owners keep it clean, well stocked, and fully operational. Lots of different sized bays, including huge ones for RVs. Tons of vacuums and vending machines with buffing towels, Etc. I have been using this place for decades

  • Roberto Osornio

The water sprinkler does not have enpugh presure to rinse the car. Therefore you end up paying more to get your car washed. In addition the amount of time is short. I payed 9 dls to get my car washed las time. It is the same amount I would spend in an automated car wash.

  • Cait Fern Henderson

I spent about 8 minutes washing and was charged $10.00. I was still left with spots all over my car, so I spent another 5 minutes scrubbing by hand at home. For the amount of money, I could have it cleaned for me, much more quickly and effectively.

  • Kathy Decker

I like it because it's very close to where I live. I also like taking care of my car myself. Normally, it's kept clean and orderly, but the other day, as I drove up to a "bay" there were big chunks of mud still in the bay .... probably from

  • Keenan Peters

I had a slight problem with the cash machine but the owner was able to get back to me super fast and return me with my money! The car wash is cheap and super easy to use and now my car looks very nice! Would recommend.

  • Samuel willis

Charged 10$ instead of 1.25$!!!! What a SCAM!!!!! Do not use a card here, use coins only! The price is supposed to be 1.25$ for 5 minutes. Seriously wonder how much money they’ve ripped from customers. Mind-boggling.

  • Neal Carleton

Good car wash I do have to say this only if ur willing to wait just because its in the. Heart of the city and most people that wash their car wait tell a nice day that means a lot of cars being cleaned.

  • Ethan Lowe

Thought I was getting charged $10. Seems like that’s just a hold fee. Changed to $3 after a week. Good service. They should let people know that though. Noticed it confused me and a lot of customers.

  • scott stirling

It's a self service car wash, if you use the credit card option your card will be charged $10.00 in a few days the actual cost will reflect on your card. The owner walks the property daily, nice guy.

  • Quentin Kimber

Swiped my card, went to washing...water so cold and soap didn't work, couldn't even get the bugs off of windshield. There were "signs" that read " No annoying buzzers, no scrambling to put more

  • heather Nelson

Charged my card $10 for what was supposed to be a $1.00 vacuum for for minutes. There’s no phone to contact them to get it resolved. I’ll be disputing it with my bank and won’t be coming back.

  • Daniel Hansen

Overcharged me 20$ after I left the carwash. Its a shame that there is no attendant on duty either. It sucks this is my first problem with them and now I have to take my car somewhere else.

  • Eddy Renteria

Great service!! Does anyone know their phone number of if they have cameras? I left my backpack the vacuums with a laptop with all my wedding pictures and earbuds ☹️ would you help me out??

  • Sage Harmsen

Overcharging and dishonest. EDIT: I looked online and after i posted the review the charge changed from $10 to $3.50 like it was suppose to be. Not sure if that's how their software works.

  • Lily Keith

I love this place, I come here around once or twice a month to do a full deep clean on my car and I’m always happy with everything working and I never end up accidentally spending too much

  • Matt Laub

Love this wash. Clean and product is full. For washing my bike, the air dryer is amazing and saves me a ton of time when drying and reduces water spotting in all the hard to reach areas.

  • Troy Beck

credit card machine was only posted charged me $2 maybe three and then realize it's been charging me 10 bucks every time even though it says it's cheaper after you push stop

  • Martin Erickson

The price per min is good, i put in $5 and got i think 9 min. I found a dispenser that had cheap shamies for 25c and one was able to dry my suv after i was done washing it.

  • Max C

Check out the racist caricature on their sign. Tens of millions indigenous peoples genocided, their land stolen and this is what the owner does? Absolutely disgusting.

  • S

Same situation as many others, was told I'd be charged $3 for a quick rinse and was charged $10. Not sure how this place is getting away with doing this for years.

  • Andrew Grimes

Put $10 in the change machine, got 9 $1 coins and a SeaQuest token. The SeaQuest token did not work in their car wash or vacuum. But otherwise a decent car wash.

  • Amanda Garrow

One star because water and soap sprayer works. No more stars because the credit card machine robs you by overcharging, and apparently the change machines do too.

  • Bumble Bee

An older carwash, but everything works well, and the price is good. I have used vacuums all over the city, and this place has the most powerful vacuums in town!

  • Leighanna Kimber

I wish I could give it a zero. Started washing my car got the soap on and it quit on me after charging me $10. Wanted me to put more $ in. I was using a card!

  • Vetricia Jones

Safe place to wash your car in the middle of the night. Not trashy, very clean and has plenty of light. I felt perfectly comfortable washing my car there.

  • Alex Chagovetz

Good clean self service car wash with 6 bays and some heavy duty vacuums. Also features a snack machine. The bays take cash or card which is another plus.

  • Jonathan Simpson

EYE LOVE EVERY KARWASH EYE INKOUNTER. THE SEKRET IS 2 THINK ABOUT HOW UR LIFE IS GOING, THEN PUT THAT ENERGY N2 UR WASH. KLEAN KAR, KLEAN LIFE....SORT OV.

  • Louis Perkins

I use this car wash a lot and there's usually not enough soap coming out of the sprayer so the dirt doesn't come as well. Please increase soap output.

  • Rob (Rob)

I always stop here to wash the car. Equipment always works like it is supposed to with no issues. It doesn't get it perfect, but not bad for 5 bucks

  • McAdams

Scam!!! They charged me 10 dollars for the $1 vacuum!! Some ppl may not notice the charge on their accounts and it’s a win win for this company.

  • Mitch Morris

Great wash and didn’t eat my quarters like some washes. $3.25 and a little elbow grease to wash my car. Cool new feature of hand air dryer

  • Javier Alva

Poor pressure whater. Time very limited. The brush it's to dry Everything is limited. Just don't go to this place find more places.

  • Moses L.

This car wash is one of the best I've been to. Reasonably priced, good location, and even has small and large vacuum hoses. 5/5

  • Taylor Hawk

The car wash did not work, but my credit card was charged $10. The employee working there did not help us. Very disappointing.

  • Kameron Follmer

I was charged $37 last night for two swipes which should be a maximum of $20 and that's if I did full time on both. THIEF

  • Dev

10$ to use the vaccume for like 5 minutes. At least you can wash your own car? I feel scammed for using the vaccume tho.

  • Mona Lisa Garcia

This place is open & operating 24/7/365. It's brightly lit & I've never had a problem with any of the machines! Awesome!

  • nicholas padilla

I put in a 20 bill to get change so I could wash my car and the machine just took my money and didn't give anything back

  • Ronnie Chacon

It's a great place to wash your car I like it for the car blower it helps on drying less and cleaned car and tires!...

  • Gerald Crawford

Not good at all. No soap,wax amd the water is very hard. Stay away. Go to the car wash located on 379 east 2100 south

  • Kim Anderson

Good location and good value. Vacuums have large and small hoses and suction is good. Car wash hoses all worked well.

  • Dylan McDonnell

Great car wash, but would be better if homeless people didnt come up and ask for money as you're washing your car.

  • Trinity Roberts

The car wash change machine and vending machine stole $5.00. very unhappy no wonder no one it wasn't busy.

  • Annika Lohrke

The best self wash in SLC. Cheep, fully equipped with everything one could possibly want for a self- wash

  • Tori Pratt

This car wash was incredible. My new favorite spot. Vacuums were strong. I washed and vacuumed for 4$

  • David Bell

I would give this car wash zero stars if I could. I tried to break a $20 and didn’t get any change.

  • Eugene VD

This is the best self service car wash I've been to. Excellent service. My car is so clean …

  • Rose Andrus

Said it cost $3.50 on card reader after checking account charged me $10.00 for 3 minutes of time.

  • Joe Cutillo

Change dispenser ate my $20 after the credit card wouldn't work. Screw this place. Go elsewhere.

  • Matt Wilburn

99% sure my Credit Card # was phished (stolen) here and used online minutes later - June 2020

  • Erik Nelson

Best self service car wash! They have dryers, and never run out of soap. I keep coming back.

  • Zane Nelson

Sweet little downtown self serve car wash. Well maintained unlike allot of other self serve

  • James Sutherland

A great do it yourself car wash - one of the best in the city. Takes cash or credit cards.

  • Jon Taylor

Has a card reader, clean brushes and the pressure was perfect. Got my Flex washed for 5$.

  • Veganic Perspective

Convenient location But be sure to bring money so they don't over charge your card …

  • Jason D Brown

I've been coming here for so long. Seems like it's a deja-vu through each and every time

  • Bob G

Gotta keep my car looking great. This is the best self car wash in the area. Hands down

  • Michelle Peterson

It's a little tricky to turn around and get out of, but the wash equipment works fine.

  • joergen pilz

Always have had good service at this location. Good price and usually maintained well.

  • Matt Beckstead

I love taking my car for a wash here. Convenient & easy to use. Very reasonable cost.

  • Scott Booth

Good place for a quick wash. The vaccum didnt have much suction but did a decent job.

  • Gabriel Valdez

Only car wash we're I can Rinse a shamy most of the car wash don't have water runing

  • Austin Taylor

Easily the best car was in the downtown area. Well maintained and only $2 to start.

  • Vic Back

Charged me 10$ twice for using the vacuum. The sign said the price was $1.25. Scam!

  • Peter Hemingway

It’s a self spray wash so about as expected. I was able to get most of the mud off

  • james holm

Great wash with hand blower to give your Harley or car a BJ... NEVER TO BUSY clean

  • Amelia “Millie” Heiner

$1 vacuums but don't like that they still use a Native American for their logo. :(

  • DC Crist

VACUUM CHARGES $10 DO NOT USE CREDIT CARD... SCAM. SCAM. SCAM SCAM. SCAM. SCAM.

  • Jesse K

High pressure soap and rinse worked great. Seems like a reasonable price too.

  • Chava Lee

Love the place and plenty of room for your vehicle and the price was worth it

  • Callie Kavros

Overcharged me $7.00. said they only charged $3.00 but they charged me 10.00!

  • Daniel Might

Good but cuts out after 10 minutes. I couldn’t finish my truck in that time.

  • julie mendez

I have been to car washes from coast to coast, ute carwash is the best.....

  • Dominic Welch

Charge screen at the car wash said $5.76 but my card statement said $10.

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