Mohawk Car Wash

I love to see businesses like Mohawk surviving in redeveloped cities. Solana Beach has undergone «Highway 101 Westside Improvement» recently and most of the businesses live in shiny new buildings. Mohawk Car wash is like a breath of fresh air in a cement jungle.
This 4 bay, do it yourself car wash has a prime location on highway 101 and shares a location with Shine Auto detail. It is really convenient for me to stop in and wash or vacuum Black Betty. The wash itself offers a full lineup of car treatments, car wash, foam, polish, high speed wash, etc. There is even a little sink with an old school style hand washing roller system that looks like an antique. I pump the machine full of quarters so I can not attest to the reviews regarding their credit card charges and you should too.
I like to clean my own car and Mohawk makes it easy and fun. Small businesses like this are few and far between, retail rents top $ 32.00 a square foot so most business’ maximize their revenue with expensive food or merchandise. I would like to thank the owners of this humble car wash for not selling out to corporate America.
When I stop or drive by Mohawk it reminds me of days past when people took the time to wash their own cars and businesses did not have gigantic overhead in emerging hip zones.

This place is an ongoing scam. They have overcharged me twice in the last month. I see complaints going back years on this. Use your credit card and press stop and see a $ 6 charge on the machine and then get charged $ 15 on your monthly bill. Be warned: cash only or risk getting scammed. Plus the pink soap is gross.

After reading the reviews because my wife and myself fall victims to the scam with the credit cards. W both washed our cars and used our cards to pay and when we pressed the red flashing button to end the wash my wife was charged $ 4.00 and I took longer and was charged $ 5.25 but to my shock and bewilderment when we reviewed our bank charges as we do daily we were charged $ 60.00? I will never ever go to this establishment again. The bank is going after them on our behalf and we will see what happens.

Ugghhh car wash machine stole my money. Put in $ 2 and then tried to use coins for the rest, which it wouldn’t take and it even ate more of my money. Couldn’t get my money back and had no other cash. Drove away pissed off with a dirty car and $ 2.30 poorer. Bad news bears.

I had something similar happen to me in that I was charged $ 15.00 for a $ 3.50 service. I just called John and he immediately sent over a check. As John mentioned, just be sure to press the red button to ensure that the clock stops so you won’t continue to be charged.

I wanted to write this to let everyone know that I had a problem using my credit card to pay for the car wash. When I was done and hit the RED button the total said $ 5.75 that was on ⁹⁄₂₅. When I checked my bank account today it had a payment pending for $ 15.00. After going on here to find a number to call and seeing all the negative reviews I tried calling the number which is a fax number. I then called my back, told them what happened and they are crediting my account $ 9.25 since I legitimately used $ 5.75.
After I finished with my bank I continued to the filtered part of the review section and saw where the owner had posted that he was sorry for any problems and to please call him on his cell phone so that he could send any refunds he needed to. I did call him and told him what happened and that I had called my bank. He apologized and thanked me for my business and also for calling my bank to take care of it. He said he would have sent me the whole $ 15 but I told him it was not necessary. We had a very nice conversation and I truly believe that he does everything he can to make this as good a car wash as possible and to make sure everything is clean and works properly, which is how I have always found it to be. I am sure things like this happen, it is a self-​serve machine operated business but I think most people on here are being unfair. The owners name is John Lefferdink 619−813−8222. Call him direct or leave a note under the door and I am sure he will fix any problem you had with his establishment
Eric M

WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!!!
I wanted a quick car wash that I could do by myself and ended up with a nightmare. $ 3 minimum which doesnt give you enough time to wash the car and you have to change it from rinse to soap and stuff by yourself. The vacuum was $ 1.25 and it barely sucked anything up, I ended up only vacuuming my front seat.
When I checked my bank account the next day the car wash had charged me for 1) a $ 15 instead of $ 5 and 2) they charged me $ 15 twice for a grand total of $ 30!!!
$ 30 for the worst car wash EVER. I’m currently speaking with my bank in regards of making a claim. Next time I’ll just drive over to PB. Don’t ever come here.

I was also charged $ 15. The instructions say to press the stop button so that the machine stops the time on the charges so it says «you will be charged $ 3.50» but was still charged $ 15. DONT USE CREDIT CARD or you will be ripped off. Will pursue this with my card company and will report them for dishonest practices.

I used my credit card and got charged $ 15 without knowing until I got my statement. I saw many people on the internet with the same issue with this place. They have no answering machine. I’m going to try to get help through the better business bureau so they stop doing this to people. Super dishonest!

Because I have a lowered car, I can’t take my car through a normal car wash any longer so I have to wash the car myself. Since I can’t wash my car at my apartment because there is no wash bay or clean it at my parents’ home any longer, I decided to try the Mohawk do it yourself car wash near their home. They are located on Highway 101 in Solana Beach next to Roberto’s Mexican Restaurant. This place is great because not only do they have a car wash bay and a vacuum to clean the inside of your car with but they also have a detailer on site if you would prefer to have him detail your car. If you run out of cash or don’t have any on you, their wash bays take credit cards. They also don’t rush you if it takes a while for you to finish cleaning your car. It took me a while to clean the underside of my car after a mechanic’s mistake and not once did anyone approach me and tell me to hurry up. I will definitely be coming here again.

I came here for self car wash since my place prohibited residents washing their car in the complex. Get here early, they get packed on weekends!

The soap did not work in the machine the last 3 times I’ve been to Mohawk Car Wash in Solana Beach. I’ve left written messages at the office and no one has ever contacted me. Very disappointed. This is in my neighborhood and I’m a frequent customer. Can someone PLEASE keep the SOAP filled up? and let me know when you do so I can come back. No one answers this number listed in Unilocal.Needs updated.

Standard self car wash, conveniently located in Solana Beach.
There are vacuums for $ 1.25 and the car wash takes $ 3, $ 5, or credit card. $ 3 is not enough time to clean a car reasonably well, however, so go for $ 5 minimum. There are convenient car mat clamps also, so you can rinse those off too.