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KleenKar Car Wash

KleenKar Car Wash is a 4-location self-serve bay chain operating across 1 US state. Customer ratings have drifted from 4.80★ to 4.38★ since 2025-09, surfacing as a chain-wide signal in 64 AI-extracted reviews.

kleenkarcarwash.com Self-Serve Bay

Data updated · May 24, 2026

Key findings

  • 4 self-serve bay locations across 1 US state (largest footprint in New Jersey).
  • Weighted rating drifted from 4.80★ to 4.38★ starting 2025-09 — a sustained chain-wide decline.
  • Built from 64 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.

4 locations across 1 states · dot size scales with review volume

Executive Summary auto-generated from review signals

KleenKar Car Wash is in a measurable rating drift. Rating fell from 4.80★ to 4.38★ starting 2025-09. 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.

64 AI-extracted reviews feed the cross-location aspect breakdown below.

Frequently Asked Questions

About KleenKar Car Wash

How many locations does KleenKar Car Wash have?

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KleenKar Car Wash operates 4 car wash locations in New Jersey only.

What is the average customer rating at KleenKar Car Wash?

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KleenKar Car Wash's review-weighted average rating is 4.62★ across 602 Google reviews from 4 locations.

What format of car wash is KleenKar Car Wash?

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KleenKar Car Wash is predominantly a Self-Serve Bay chain, with secondary presence in Express Tunnel.

Where does KleenKar Car Wash have the most locations?

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KleenKar Car Wash's largest state by location count is New Jersey with 4 sites (averaging 4.62★ across 602 reviews).
Locations
4
States Served
1
Total Reviews
1K
Avg Rating
4.62
Damage Rate
0.0%
Cancel Friction
0.0%
of mem-mentioning reviews
01 Trends Over Time

How have KleenKar 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 9 in 2024-07. The rating chart shows the timing of the drop most clearly.

Monthly review volume

28 months
975202024-012024-042024-072024-102025-012025-042025-072025-102026-012026-04

Average star rating by month

scale 1–5
1.02.03.04.05.02024-012024-042024-072024-102025-012025-042025-072025-102026-012026-04

What customers love about KleenKar Car Wash

Wash Quality
+0.88

Where customers complain about KleenKar 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

Damage Claim Rate
0.0%
Reviewer-reported vehicle damage
Membership Mention Rate
4.7%
Share of reviews discussing the program
Cancellation Friction
0.0%
Of mem-mentioning reviews
Upsell Pressure
0.0%
Reviewer complaints about pushy sales
02 Competitive Landscape

How much competition does KleenKar Car Wash face at each site?

Competitive landscape per location: 0.5 avg within 1 mile, 6.0 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.

Within 1 mile
0.5
avg · median 1
Within 1 – 3 miles
6.0
avg · median 5
Within 3 – 5 miles
17.3
avg · median 19
03 Amenities Mentioned

What amenities do customers mention at KleenKar Car Wash?

Amenities most frequently mentioned in KleenKar Car Wash reviews — useful context for the drift, since amenity-related complaints often surface when broader quality slips.

Paid Vacuums
9.4% of reviews
Free Vacuums
3.1% of reviews
Air Dryer
1.6% of reviews
04 Geographic Footprint

Which states does KleenKar Car Wash operate in?

KleenKar Car Wash's 4-location footprint spans 1 state; concentrated in New Jersey (4). The drift may or may not be uniform across the footprint — the state-level breakdown below is the first cut on geographic attribution.

State Locations Total Reviews Avg Rating
New Jersey 4 602 4.62
05 Per-Location Drill-Down

What are the top KleenKar Car Wash locations by review volume?

Per-location drill-down — useful for attributing the drift to specific sites. All 4 locations shown. Expand any row to see per-site monthly velocity and aspect breakdown.

Williamstown, NJ 1110 S Main St
4.6 409 reviews Comp 0 / 3 / 19

Trade-Area Competitors

Within 1 mi 0
1 – 3 mi 3 (4.6★)
3 – 5 mi 19 (4.9★)

Operational Signals

Damage rate
Cancel friction
Mem mention rate
Scored reviews 30
Most-distinctive aspects
  • Wait Time +1.00
  • Facility Cleanliness +1.00
  • Membership Value +1.00
  • Wash Quality +0.88

Monthly Review Velocity

2024-01 2026-04
Sicklerville, NJ 497 Williamstown Rd
4.6 77 reviews Comp 1 / 11 / 19

Trade-Area Competitors

Within 1 mi 1 (5.0★)
1 – 3 mi 11 (4.8★)
3 – 5 mi 19 (4.7★)
Nearest competitors (≤ 1 mi)
  • Diamond Detailing Mobile Car Detailing 0.23 mi · 5.0★

Operational Signals

Damage rate
Cancel friction
Mem mention rate
Scored reviews 13
Most-distinctive aspects
  • Wash Quality +1.00
  • Equipment Working +1.00
  • Facility Cleanliness +1.00
  • Staff +0.75

Monthly Review Velocity

2024-01 2026-03
Williamstown, NJ 35 Sicklerville Rd
4.7 68 reviews Comp 1 / 7 / 13

Trade-Area Competitors

Within 1 mi 1 (4.0★)
1 – 3 mi 7 (4.9★)
3 – 5 mi 13 (4.9★)
Nearest competitors (≤ 1 mi)
  • Autosheen Soft Cloth Car Wash 0.12 mi · 4.0★

Operational Signals

Damage rate
Cancel friction
Mem mention rate
Scored reviews 6
Most-distinctive aspects
  • Per-Wash Price +1.00
  • Wash Quality +1.00
  • Equipment Working +1.00
  • Facility Cleanliness +1.00

Monthly Review Velocity

2024-01 2026-03
Clayton, NJ 585 S Delsea Dr
4.7 48 reviews Comp 0 / 3 / 18

Trade-Area Competitors

Within 1 mi 0
1 – 3 mi 3 (4.0★)
3 – 5 mi 18 (4.3★)

Operational Signals

Damage rate
Cancel friction
Mem mention rate
Scored reviews 15
Most-distinctive aspects
  • Wait Time -1.00
  • Equipment Working +1.00
  • Facility Cleanliness +1.00
  • Wash Quality +0.71

Monthly Review Velocity

2024-01 2026-04
Cite this page

Data as of 2026-05-24. Pick a format and click Copy.

APA
WashIndex. (2026, May 24). KleenKar Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/kleenkar-car-wash
Chicago
WashIndex. "KleenKar Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile." WashIndex. Last modified May 24, 2026. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/kleenkar-car-wash.
MLA
"KleenKar Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile." WashIndex, May. 24, 2026, https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/kleenkar-car-wash.
BibTeX
@misc{washindex_car_wash_chains_kleenkar_car_wash_2026,
  title  = {{KleenKar Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile}},
  author = {{WashIndex}},
  year   = {2026},
  month  = {May},
  url    = {https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/kleenkar-car-wash},
  urldate = {2026-05-24},
}

About this profile

Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 64 customer reviews of KleenKar 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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