Clearwave Car Wash
Clearwave Car Wash is a 6-location express tunnel chain operating across 2 US states. Its weighted Google rating has slipped from 3.97★ to 3.49★ since 2025-01, a sustained decline measurable across 596 AI-extracted reviews.
Data updated · May 24, 2026
Key findings
- 6 express tunnel locations across 2 US states (largest footprint in Illinois).
- Weighted rating drifted from 3.97★ to 3.49★ starting 2025-01 — a sustained chain-wide decline.
- Built from 596 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.
6 locations across 2 states · dot size scales with review volume
Review-time analysis flags Clearwave Car Wash as showing an active rating drift. Rating fell from 3.97★ to 3.49★ starting 2025-01, with membership the leading complaint theme during the window. Read the monthly velocity chart alongside the rating chart — the two together usually reveal whether the drift is a quality story or a customer-mix story.
Customers continue to praise staff (+0.33) most consistently despite the rating drift. Complaints cluster around equipment reliability — score -0.66 across 76 mentions. The full review corpus (2,551) and the AI-scored subset (596) together drive the per-aspect signal.
Pricing varies across Clearwave Car Wash's footprint. Across the 6 of 6 Clearwave Car Wash locations with published pricing: median single car wash $9 (range $8–$9), median unlimited membership $25 per month (range $25 to $25 per month) — remarkably consistent across markets on the membership side. Cheapest tier tracked at any Clearwave Car Wash: $25 per month at Clearwave Car Wash (Best Car Wash Taylor MI).
How much does a Clearwave Car Wash car wash cost?
Published menu pricing across Clearwave Car Wash's footprint, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. Pricing varies by location. 6 of 6 tracked locations have usable published pricing (100% coverage).
| Unlimited membership tiers at Clearwave Car Wash | |||
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| 1 | Best Car Wash St Charles IL | 6 locations | $25 per mo |
| 2 | Best Car Wash Roseville | 2 locations | $25 per mo |
| Single wash menu at Clearwave Car Wash | |||
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| 1 | Best Car Wash St Charles IL | 6 locations | $9 |
| 2 | Best Car Wash Roseville | 2 locations | $9 |
Pricing scraped from operator websites where published; the WashIndex AI calling agent rings up locations that don’t publish menus online to capture pricing directly.
About Clearwave Car Wash
How many locations does Clearwave Car Wash have?
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What is the average customer rating at Clearwave Car Wash?
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What is Clearwave Car Wash's damage rate?
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What format of car wash is Clearwave Car Wash?
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What do customers like most about Clearwave Car Wash?
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What are common complaints about Clearwave Car Wash?
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Where does Clearwave Car Wash have the most locations?
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How easy is it to cancel a Clearwave Car Wash membership?
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How much does a Clearwave Car Wash car wash cost?
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How much does a Clearwave Car Wash unlimited membership cost?
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Where can I find the cheapest Clearwave Car Wash membership?
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How have Clearwave Car Wash ratings and review volume trended over time?
28 months of monthly review velocity and rating data underpin the drift detection. Peak review volume: 73 reviews in 2026-04. The rating line below makes the inflection point easy to spot — the volume bars show whether customer flow tracked with the quality shift.
Monthly review volume
28 monthsAverage star rating by month
scale 1–5What customers love about Clearwave Car Wash
- Staff
- +0.33
- Wait Time
- +0.27
- Wash Quality
- +0.12
Where customers complain about Clearwave Car Wash
- Equipment Working
- -0.66
- Membership Value
- -0.31
- Per-Wash Price
- -0.22
Aspect score = (pos − neg) / (pos + neg + mixed), range −1 to +1. See per-pillar leaderboards →
Operational health signals
How much competition does Clearwave Car Wash face at each site?
Trade-area competitive density at Clearwave Car Wash sites averages 6.3 car washes within 1 mile and 42.2 within 3. In a drift scenario, dense competitive sets accelerate customer-switching when quality slips.
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 Clearwave Car Wash?
Amenity mentions across 596 reviews. The amenities cited most often in the drift window often differ from the chain's all-time pattern.
Which metros and cities does Clearwave Car Wash have locations in?
Clearwave Car Wash operates across the metros and cities below. Each link drills into the WashIndex per-metro or per-city market analysis, with Clearwave Car Wash's position alongside every other operator.
Alternatives to Clearwave Car Wash
The chains that compete with it most directly, compared.
Which states does Clearwave Car Wash operate in?
2 states; anchored in Illinois (3) and Michigan (3). Useful context for the drift — whether the rating drop is happening everywhere or concentrated in specific markets.
| State | Locations | Total Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Illinois | 3 | 1,024 | 4.09 |
| Michigan | 3 | 1,527 | 4.02 |
What are the top Clearwave Car Wash locations by review volume?
The per-location table is the most useful section for diagnosing chain-wide drift. Each row carries the site's own rating trajectory; the chain-wide drift may concentrate in just a handful of sites.
Taylor, MI 27145 Eureka Rd 4.1 734 reviews 3 / 16 / 39
Trade-Area Competitors
- Hyper Gloss Car Detailing 0.31 mi · 5.0★
- E&Rdetailspa 0.77 mi
- Contact - KleenCar 0.99 mi
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Equipment Working -0.71
- Per-Wash Price -0.50
- Membership Value -0.31
Monthly Review Velocity
Alsip, IL 12121 S Pulaski Rd 4.3 495 reviews 8 / 42 / 84
Trade-Area Competitors
- bp 0.29 mi · 5.0★
- Wash On Wheels Mobile Auto Detail 0.37 mi · 4.6★
- QPW Truck Wash 0.52 mi · 4.7★
- Quality Pressure Washing 0.53 mi · 4.4★
- DONE RIGHT MOBILE DETAILING 0.68 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Staff +0.61
- Wash Quality +0.50
- Wait Time +0.43
Monthly Review Velocity
Roseville, MI 28900 Groesbeck Hwy 4.0 438 reviews 4 / 48 / 83
Trade-Area Competitors
- Amoco 0.07 mi · 3.0★
- H2O Car & Dog Wash 0.54 mi · 4.2★
- Razor Touchless 0.54 mi · 3.8★
- Jerry Clean Mobile Detailing LLC 0.81 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Equipment Working -0.84
- Membership Value -0.37
- Per-Wash Price -0.35
Monthly Review Velocity
Lincoln Park, MI 3727 Dix Hwy 3.9 355 reviews 12 / 76 / 56
Trade-Area Competitors
- Magic Tint 0.22 mi · 4.8★
- Self Serve Car Wash 0.39 mi · 3.2★
- Rocket splash car wash 0.40 mi · 4.3★
- Supreme Auto Wash (Express In & Out) 0.40 mi · 5.0★
- The Detail Spot 0.40 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +0.50
- Equipment Working -0.47
- Staff +0.30
- Wait Time +0.29
Monthly Review Velocity
Palos Heights, IL 12101 S Ridgeland Ave 4.0 266 reviews 2 / 46 / 105
Trade-Area Competitors
- Kraken's Mobile Detailing LLC 0.51 mi · 5.0★
- Dreamland Truck wash and Mobile Truck Wash 0.73 mi · 4.3★
Operational Signals
- Wash Quality +0.58
- Staff +0.51
- Equipment Working -0.50
- Facility Cleanliness +0.50
Monthly Review Velocity
3.8 263 reviews 9 / 25 / 40
Trade-Area Competitors
- Glosswerxs custom BodyShop & Detail 0.08 mi · 4.9★
- Touchless Automatic 0.23 mi · 4.0★
- Tyler Car Wash 0.23 mi · 4.5★
- D5 Car Detailing 0.41 mi · 4.9★
- Black Label Auto Detailing 0.43 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Equipment Working -0.78
- Wait Time +0.50
- Membership Value -0.46
Monthly Review Velocity
Data as of 2026-05-24. Pick a format and click Copy.
WashIndex. (2026, May 24). Clearwave Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/clearwave-car-wash
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Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 596 customer reviews of Clearwave 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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