Solar Car Wash
Solar Car Wash is a 7-location self-serve bay chain operating across 1 US state. Customer ratings have drifted from 3.69★ to 2.98★ since 2025-05, surfacing as a chain-wide signal in 239 AI-extracted reviews.
Data updated · May 24, 2026
Key findings
- 7 self-serve bay locations across 1 US state (largest footprint in California).
- Weighted rating drifted from 3.69★ to 2.98★ starting 2025-05 — a sustained chain-wide decline.
- Built from 239 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.
7 locations across 1 states · dot size scales with review volume
Solar Car Wash is in a measurable rating drift. Rating fell from 3.69★ to 2.98★ starting 2025-05, with refund the leading complaint theme during the window. Operator-level drift analysis like this isn't something an individual Google Maps listing can surface.
Equipment reliability is the sharpest complaint cluster (-0.75, 77 negative mentions). The full review corpus (1,935) and the AI-scored subset (239) together drive the per-aspect signal.
Pricing varies across Solar Car Wash's footprint. Across the 5 of 7 Solar Car Wash locations with published pricing: median single car wash $15 (range $6–$15) — moderate variation across markets.
How much does a Solar Car Wash car wash cost?
Published menu pricing across Solar Car Wash's footprint, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. Pricing varies by location. 5 of 7 tracked locations have usable published pricing (71% coverage).
| Cheapest single car washes in Solar Car Wash | ||
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| 1 | Solar Car Wash Self-Service Start | $6 |
| 2 | Solar Express Car Wash Basic Wash | $15 |
| 3 | Solar Car Wash Basic Wash | $15 |
| 4 | Solar Car Wash Basic Wash | $15 |
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 Solar Car Wash
How many locations does Solar Car Wash have?
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What is the average customer rating at Solar Car Wash?
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What is Solar Car Wash's damage rate?
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What format of car wash is Solar Car Wash?
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What are common complaints about Solar Car Wash?
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Where does Solar Car Wash have the most locations?
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How easy is it to cancel a Solar Car Wash membership?
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How much does a Solar Car Wash car wash cost?
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How have Solar 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: 22 reviews in 2024-10. 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 Solar Car Wash
No strongly-positive aspect signals.
Where customers complain about Solar Car Wash
- Equipment Working
- -0.75
- Per-Wash Price
- -0.43
- Staff
- -0.09
- Wash Quality
- -0.09
Aspect score = (pos − neg) / (pos + neg + mixed), range −1 to +1. See per-pillar leaderboards →
Operational health signals
How much competition does Solar Car Wash face at each site?
Trade-area competitive density at Solar Car Wash sites averages 8.7 car washes within 1 mile and 32.1 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 Solar Car Wash?
Customer-mentioned amenities at Solar 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 Solar Car Wash have locations in?
Solar Car Wash operates across the metros and cities below. Each link drills into the WashIndex per-metro or per-city market analysis, with Solar Car Wash's position alongside every other operator.
Alternatives to Solar Car Wash
The chains that compete with it most directly, compared.
Which states does Solar Car Wash operate in?
1 state; concentrated in California (7). 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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| California | 7 | 1,935 | 3.90 |
What are the top Solar Car Wash locations by review volume?
Per-location drill-down — useful for attributing the drift to specific sites. All 7 locations shown. Expand any row to see per-site monthly velocity and aspect breakdown.
Berkeley, CA 2434 San Pablo Ave 3.9 370 reviews 8 / 36 / 32
Trade-Area Competitors
- Poppy Market 0.61 mi
- 1 Berkeley Auto Detailing 0.63 mi · 4.1★
- Alberty Detail Shop 0.70 mi · 4.9★
- Prime Shiners Mobile Auto Detailing 0.71 mi · 4.9★
- Toyota of Berkeley Certified Collision Center 0.73 mi · 4.2★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Wait Time +0.83
- Equipment Working -0.81
- Per-Wash Price -0.33
Monthly Review Velocity
Richmond, CA 10511 San Pablo Ave 4.1 346 reviews 9 / 27 / 44
Trade-Area Competitors
- Touchless Car Wash & Food Mart 0.11 mi · 3.4★
- TAP2CLEAN AUTO SALON 0.22 mi
- Kee’s Auto Detail 0.57 mi
- Kes’s Auto Detailing 0.57 mi · 5.0★
- Turrini Automotive Detailing 0.64 mi
Operational Signals
- Equipment Working -0.73
- Staff -0.54
- Wait Time +0.33
- Facility Cleanliness +0.20
Monthly Review Velocity
Berkeley, CA 1198 University Ave 3.7 326 reviews 14 / 23 / 34
Trade-Area Competitors
- 1 Berkeley Auto Detailing 0.22 mi · 4.1★
- Alberty Detail Shop 0.24 mi · 4.9★
- AcevesDetailing510 0.39 mi · 5.0★
- Poppy Market 0.41 mi
- Prime Shiners Mobile Auto Detailing 0.46 mi · 4.9★
Operational Signals
- Per-Wash Price -0.67
- Equipment Working -0.67
- Wait Time -0.33
- Staff -0.17
Monthly Review Velocity
Berkeley, CA 6360 Telegraph Ave 4.0 256 reviews 3 / 41 / 48
Trade-Area Competitors
- Cooper Auto Detailing 0.61 mi
- Chevron 0.65 mi · 2.1★
- TQ Car Wash 0.92 mi · 4.4★
Operational Signals
- Wait Time -1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Membership Value -1.00
- Equipment Working -0.75
Monthly Review Velocity
3.9 232 reviews 4 / 51 / 66
Trade-Area Competitors
- Yay Area Mobile Detailing 0.45 mi · 5.0★
- Spraymaster Self Services Car Wash 0.73 mi · 3.7★
- California Mobile Detail 0.74 mi · 5.0★
- Charlotte's Web Car Detailing 0.83 mi · 4.1★
Operational Signals
- Wait Time -1.00
- Equipment Working -0.75
- Staff -0.50
- Wash Quality -0.43
Monthly Review Velocity
Richmond, CA 1097 23rd St 3.8 226 reviews 17 / 24 / 24
Trade-Area Competitors
- Richmond Hand Car Wash 0.15 mi · 4.4★
- Orante's Auto Detail 0.27 mi · 5.0★
- Zeus Car Wash & Detail 0.51 mi · 4.3★
- J&J detail 0.53 mi · 5.0★
- Bay Area Auto Detail 0.54 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Per-Wash Price -1.00
- Equipment Working -1.00
- Staff -0.50
Monthly Review Velocity
Pinole, CA 730 Fifth Ave 3.9 179 reviews 6 / 23 / 22
Trade-Area Competitors
- The alchemist mobile detailing 0.23 mi · 4.7★
- Ocin mobile detailing 0.37 mi · 5.0★
- Bike-werks Motorcycle detailing & Ceramic Coatings 0.50 mi · 4.9★
- Franco's Auto Spa LLC 0.50 mi · 5.0★
- JJ's Elite Details 0.71 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Staff -1.00
- Facility Cleanliness -1.00
- Per-Wash Price -0.71
- Equipment Working -0.71
Monthly Review Velocity
Data as of 2026-05-24. Pick a format and click Copy.
WashIndex. (2026, May 24). Solar Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/solar-car-wash
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Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 239 customer reviews of Solar 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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