Clean Wheels Car Wash
Clean Wheels Car Wash is a 1-state express tunnel operator running 5 US locations, with its largest footprint in North Carolina. Its weighted Google rating has slipped from 4.47★ to 4.07★ since 2024-11, a sustained decline measurable across 277 AI-extracted reviews.
Data updated · May 24, 2026
Key findings
- 5 express tunnel locations across 1 US state (largest footprint in North Carolina).
- Weighted rating drifted from 4.47★ to 4.07★ starting 2024-11 — a sustained chain-wide decline.
- Built from 277 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.
5 locations across 1 states · dot size scales with review volume
Clean Wheels Car Wash is in a measurable rating drift. Rating fell from 4.47★ to 4.07★ starting 2024-11, with wash result quality the leading complaint theme during the window. Operator-level drift analysis like this isn't something an individual Google Maps listing can surface.
Customers continue to praise staff (+0.72) most consistently despite the rating drift. 775 customer reviews underpin the chain-wide read, 277 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
About Clean Wheels Car Wash
How many locations does Clean Wheels Car Wash have?
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What is the average customer rating at Clean Wheels Car Wash?
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What is Clean Wheels Car Wash's damage rate?
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What format of car wash is Clean Wheels Car Wash?
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What do customers like most about Clean Wheels Car Wash?
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Where does Clean Wheels Car Wash have the most locations?
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How easy is it to cancel a Clean Wheels Car Wash membership?
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How have Clean Wheels Car Wash ratings and review volume trended over time?
Monthly review velocity and rating trends are where the drift becomes visible. The series below spans 2024-01 → 2026-04 across 28 months. Peak monthly volume hit 47 in 2026-03. The rating chart shows the timing of the drop most clearly.
Monthly review volume
28 monthsAverage star rating by month
scale 1–5What customers love about Clean Wheels Car Wash
- Staff
- +0.72
- Wash Quality
- +0.59
- Membership Value
- +0.41
- Per-Wash Price
- +0.25
Where customers complain about Clean Wheels Car Wash
No strongly-negative aspect signals.
Aspect score = (pos − neg) / (pos + neg + mixed), range −1 to +1. See per-pillar leaderboards →
Operational health signals
How much competition does Clean Wheels Car Wash face at each site?
Competitive landscape per location: 4.0 avg within 1 mile, 16.0 within 3. Useful context for the drift — denser markets give customers more places to switch to.
Per-site competitor counts use haversine distance against the WashIndex location index; sister sites in the same chain are excluded.
What amenities do customers mention at Clean Wheels Car Wash?
Customer-mentioned amenities at Clean Wheels Car Wash; the percentages show how often each amenity comes up in reviews. Drift periods tend to surface specific amenity complaints (broken vacuums, missing dryers).
Which metros and cities does Clean Wheels Car Wash have locations in?
Clean Wheels Car Wash operates across the metros and cities below. Each link drills into the WashIndex per-metro or per-city market analysis, with Clean Wheels Car Wash's position alongside every other operator.
Alternatives to Clean Wheels Car Wash
The chains that compete with it most directly, compared.
Which states does Clean Wheels Car Wash operate in?
1 state; concentrated in North Carolina (5). Useful context for the drift — whether the rating drop is happening everywhere or concentrated in specific markets.
| State | Locations | Total Reviews | Avg Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 5 | 775 | 4.37 |
What are the top Clean Wheels Car Wash locations by review volume?
All 5 Clean Wheels Car Wash locations below. Expand any row for the site's monthly velocity, competitor rings, and aspect-level signals — useful for attributing the drift.
Chapel Hill, NC 122 Stancell Dr 4.3 278 reviews 1 / 13 / 17
Trade-Area Competitors
- SpongeBuddy Mobile Detail 0.39 mi · 4.6★
Operational Signals
- Wait Time +1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Membership Value +1.00
- Staff +0.73
Monthly Review Velocity
Havelock, NC 528 U.S. Hwy 70 W 4.3 250 reviews 0 / 8 / 5
Trade-Area Competitors
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Staff +0.60
- Wash Quality +0.45
- Wait Time +0.33
Monthly Review Velocity
4.4 116 reviews 4 / 26 / 24
Trade-Area Competitors
- Ocean Air Car Care 0.50 mi · 5.0★
- Dead Hands Detailing LLC 0.59 mi
- GNA Auto Detailing Supplies 0.76 mi · 5.0★
- Green Clean Auto Spa - Tarawa Terrace 0.85 mi · 2.8★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Wash Quality +0.67
- Staff +0.61
- Membership Value +0.46
Monthly Review Velocity
Henderson, NC 1337 Dabney Dr 4.9 82 reviews 6 / 9 / 2
Trade-Area Competitors
- Amoco 0.15 mi · 3.2★
- Autobrite Carwash 0.36 mi
- AutoBrite Car Washes, Inc. 0.46 mi · 4.4★
- CAR WASH 0.55 mi · 1.0★
- Sheetz 0.80 mi · 2.8★
Operational Signals
- Wait Time +1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Staff +0.91
- Wash Quality +0.83
Monthly Review Velocity
4.2 49 reviews 9 / 24 / 76
Trade-Area Competitors
- J B Mobile Car Washing & Towing 0.24 mi · 3.5★
- PRIME SHINE DETAILING 0.30 mi
- Majic Shine Hand Car Wash 0.30 mi · 4.2★
- Hudson Autoworks Collision Center 0.57 mi · 4.9★
- TBKM Detailing 0.69 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Staff +0.80
- Per-Wash Price -0.50
- Wash Quality +0.50
Monthly Review Velocity
Data as of 2026-05-24. Pick a format and click Copy.
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Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 277 customer reviews of Clean Wheels Car Wash locations, processed through WashIndex’s 55-field LLM extraction pipeline. Competitor counts within 1 / 3 / 5 mi rings are computed by haversine distance against the WashIndex location index across the chain’s states and immediately adjacent ones (sister sites in the same chain are excluded). Monthly review and rating trends are pulled from the raw Google Maps review feed. 0 spam-flagged reviews were excluded from the aggregates.
See our full methodology for the extraction pipeline, validation samples, and aggregation logic. Term definitions in the glossary.
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