Pearl Car Wash City Heights

Who doesn’t love washing their car!!! This is conveniently located right off of the 805 and 94 freeway, I like the fact that it’s open ²⁴⁄₇. For $ 16 you can get a good cash wash and vacuum, of course you need to put in some elbow grease to clean the inside of your car.
As far as the cash wash itself, you can choose to do it by hand with their brush and pressure hose. If not, opt for their touch less or soft brush automated wash (what I do personally) you just can’t seem to beat it, as well as the price.
My only down fall to this place is that depending on the direction you’re coming from, it may be a little bit of a hassle getting in.

This car wash gets two stars because yes it’s self serve, open 24 hrs, and only a few years old that’s been updated… however the automatic machine car wash gets no stars because IT WILL SCRATCH YOUR CAR! The roller brush are made of plastic creating scuffs marks so if you want scratches in your car use it if you don’t do it manually.

So does 3 mins really cost $ 15? Checked my bank account and that’s what they took! Trying to get a hold of them, but their phone has been busy all day.

Scam… Ran my cc in machine. It got to $ 9. — ok $ 9.
Then just looked and they charged my account $ 15.
Beware!

This place gets four stars because it is open ²⁴⁄₇ even on holidays and my favorite taco truck is next door. Lol They have it do it yourself stations or you can go through the automatic car washes (ranging from three to $ 12). They have vacuums in the back which are a dollar for 3 to 4 minutes depending on your options. Be sure to bring your own towels and interior cleaning supplies or you will probably wind up paying for the vending machine supply can get pricey.

Used the self wash. The wash itself was ok. Got scammed on my credit card for 15 dollars when I ran it through. According to the time I should have only been charged for around 8 dollars. I will not be coming back to this car wash

This review is for the hand washing stations
I like that it’s open 24 hours and in my opinions ones of the best hand washing stations in city heights; there’s plenty of stations and cleaner. I like that their vacuums are multi functioned. They accept debit cards but try to bring cash, if you do pay with card go to the main token machine so that you avoid that 15 $ and get 10 $ worth of coins instead. The only con is that it’s 3 coins for about 3 min wash and it’s impossible unless you have a team of 3 washing.

The $ 12 wash scratches the crap out of your car and doesn’t dry it thoroughly. Basically it’s an awful drive thru machine. One of the worst in the city. I tried to get a receipt but it didn’t print out. So I have zero proof I got a wash. Texted the manager he replied once but didn’t respond after. I called he didn’t answer. I did the hand wash before that and the $ 3 advertisement is garbage because in reality it’s more like 8 – 10 if you want to actually clean your car.

If I could give this crappy car wash a negative one stars I would but unfortunately I have to at least give them one star. This is the worst car wash I have ever been to in my entire life and I’ve been to a lot of them. Okay so first of all I pull up into the car wash and I’m like okay you have several options that you can choose from like basic deluxe whatever type of wash that you want. So I chose the one that was touch free I went through the car wash and when I came out my car still had spots and dirt all over it so then I decided to use the hand wash one because maybe since I used the touch free car wash it didn’t work as well and I hand washed it myself using their crappy soap and it still came out with spots even after me drying it off using a towel which I had to get out of their vending machine which if you swipe your card to get coins for will give you $ 10 of freaking coins who needs $ 10 worth of freaking coins to a crappy car wash. If I were you I would stay away from this car wash it’s literally the worst waste of money and I saw another review that said try the basic wash and you’ll get better results well considering that I had all these extra coins that only work at this stupid car wash so I had to go back to spend the stupid coins, so I tried the basic wash and you know what? my car still came out looking worse than it did when I went in I literally could wipe a towel across it and have chunks of dirt still on my car worst experience ever

I come here all the way from downtown because it’s the only decent machine car wash around that is easy to get to. To be completely honest the machines don’t always get all of spots and poop on my car. It often leaves me with blue residue which is super annoying. One time I thought going for the deluxe wash would help, but it didn’t. I find the best wash is actually the basic because the deluxe leaves all the poop and then coats it with wax. If you want a better try the self car wash, the price isn’t too bad. Don’t be alarmed when you see the 15 dollar charge they refund it as soon as they get their 3+ dollars. All in all it’s an okay car wash. Just don’t come by at night, it’s in the best areas in San Diego.
Plus side– the owner is really fast with refunds, just contact them of the machine is busted or it ate your money.

yup handwash is definitely my only choice from now on.
Scratched up car and broken foglight lenses.
Touch free haha okay.
good one.

Not a bad car wash. At least I haven’t encountered any problems.
I’ve been coming here pretty much since they opened. I mainly use the machine wash because I have an old car and I really don’t want to put in the time or effort of hand washing my car. It’s not too bad price wise, about $ 8-​$ 12 per wash (depending on which option). I usually choose the $ 10 option, mainly because it seems like note bang for my buck vs the $ 8.
I do know Boyfran and his family does frequent the $ 2-​$ 3 self wash section. So it must be worth the $ 2-​$ 3, right? Lol…
Anyways, I’m sure I’ll be back soon :)

This place is great! Affordable too! I come here to get my car washed and smog and they were really friendly and efficient! I will definitely be coming back!

This is my second time here and I didn’t really have a problem. I came for a quick wash because my car was in dire need. The station that I pulled into already had some credits left so i didn’t have to pay yet. I rinsed and soaped my car for like 15 minutes without paying that was awesome. I don’t know if the person before me put too much money in but I’m thankful. Almost through my soap cycle my credit ended. The man that works there walked by saw me «struggling» I guess lol without soap and asked if I wanted a free car wash. Heck yes. He put in some money and almost finished my car without paying. I only had to pay $ 2 to dry my car. I was in a hurry cause I had to pee so yea lol. The reason I didn’t give them 5 stars is cause I really didn’t use all the services they had so I don’t know if they’re good and I wished we had more time to wash before our credit is out. The sign says $ 2 car wash but it’s more like $ 2 per cycle. Rinse .soap … Dry… Etc…
Next time I come I’m gonna try the automatic one. It’s in the «hood» but it’s not that scary unless you come at midnight or something

Located in the heart of the Hood of City Heights! Open 24 hours? Check! Takes Credit Cards? Chiiiizeck! Excellent drive through wash… I’ve had better at a Shell Gas Station. Fail! I’ve given the drive through wash a handful of tries (mostly the 2^nd to highest price) and I’m over it. Save tour money.
Most of the time I come out with dirt and such still on my car. The dryer is horrible. I end up hand drying my car… To find… even more dirt it missed. I haven’t tried the do-​it-​yourself wash, which is probably way better, but quite frankly I’m not too sold on actually getting out of my car in this area. Buddy system maybe? ;)

I have used this car wash several times in the past. The last time I went there the automatic dryer came crashing on to the back of my car. I immediately drove out and found this person who walks around and he said I must have backed up my car I told him it was in park and he said it not possible. I said it was in park he could care less so I left. I tryed to contact the manager but the number is not in service. I manage housing in that area and will tell my resident not to go there. They will not even admit it might be the machine.