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Sparkle Self Serve Car Wash
602 SE 117th Ave, Vancouver, WA 98683, United States
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Sparkle Self Serve Car Wash

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Br
Review №1

The rubber from the spray hoses always leaves marks all over the car that later need to be polished out. I wont use this carwash anymore because they need new spray hoses that dont leave black marks all over everything.

As
Review №2

Employees are a little nosy, but I can assume it’s more than warranted on their end. Garbage is always all over the place and overflowing in the garbage cans..

Aa
Review №3

Great place to wash your car, I had never used one of these self-service stations before and it was straightforward and easy to learn/use. Love the fact that you can use a card and don’t have to feed it quarters! I was a little confused at first because I thought there might be some way to dry your car at this place too, but there wasn’t one that I could see. I would recommend bringing towels to dry off after you’re done!

Ro
Review №4

No more feeding the timer with dollar bills, they accept credit cards! My car was very dirty and big covered from a long road trip. Was able to get it sparkling clean here!

Je
Review №5

Posted signs: $3 for a 4 minute car wash.Used my debit card for payment.Washed my car for 4 minutes, was charged $10.Switched over to soap while power washing. No soap.Complete ripoff.

AJ
Review №6

Clean. Soap for wash was good. Water pressure was strong. Vacuum worked well. Nice area to dry. Quiet area.

Ge
Review №7

It was ASOLUTELY cerial (as in Al Gore), and I like my cerial. I eat it a lot, I think it tasts good. It good. Oh no, I spilt my milk...I gotta go! All clean now and good as NEW! - Thanks Sparkle Self Serve, your G-r-e-a-t!(Gosh darn-it, I spilt my milk again ;-)

Ti
Review №8

Not on a main road and kind of hidden. But the good thing is they take credit cards so you dont have to feed quarters into a machine that beeps at you.

ki
Review №9

Have used this car wash a few times to wash my car and have noticed it automatically takes two extra dollars after you push the stop button. First time it took me $6 I got a purchase notification of $8 on the next time I did $8 and it gave me another notification of $10. I only noticed this detailed because it self-serve car washes I tried to keep my expenses down to $6

J
Review №10

Everything is always in good working order and being able to use a card instead of cash is the best. Day or night its been the best place to wash any car

Ja
Review №11

Did what we needed it to do, nice that they take cards as coins are getting more rare.

Tr
Review №12

I was so pleased when I pulled in and someone had paid it forward. I was able to completely wash my car for nothing. Thank you for the car wash.

Be
Review №13

The attendant when he was there was mildly rude to me. Im going to rack that up to a bad day but other than that very happy with the results.

Ti
Review №14

Ive complained to the new owner about the quality of the vacuum and the vagrants living there at night and loosing money in the machines and he seemed to be genuinly concerned. I live in the neighborhood and used the carwash twice weekly in the past but since the place changed hands and even with complaints the owner is not making the effort to make sure customers are happy. I will go another 5 miles now to do it myself with the biggest concern being my personal safety. This biz will fall if he doesnt pull his head out and take the necessary steps to eliminate these common and basic problems. Dont waste your money.

Ch
Review №15

Visiting to the area and stopped in here to wash the bug guts and bird doodoo off the windshield. I was able to use my debit card and the pricing for time allowed was quite reasonable .Mission accomplished though the darned birds are on a mission of their own.

Al
Review №16

Great self serve car wash, I prefer this car wash compared to the other self serves because of there equipment generally doesnt work.

J.
Review №17

I go here all the time to wash my work truck and personal vehicles. Id give it 5 stars if the vacuums and vending worked even 5 out of ten times but usually they are empty or they eat your money

me
Review №18

I had to swipe my card several time before it started and it charged me $20. I think I was over charged but I didn’t know how to get my money back. I wasn’t too happy with it either as when I got home their was a strange residue on my car. I also couldn’t pay for the interior cleaning. I’d like to say I’d go back but I don’t want that to happen again. It could be me and I did stoning wrong but $20 for me cleaning my own car is a bit much

TI
Review №19

It has been a while since Ive been to one of these I mean a self service car wash and take your card or your cash but dont take any quarters😁 WoW!!!I am changing my review! Here is an owner who cares so much about his customers that he actually has Answered everyone who has ever given him a review! Thank you for taking good care of your property and your customers !

Al
Review №20

The vacuum doesnt work very well.

Ch
Review №21

Less busy in the evening. All stations work properly.

DA
Review №22

Change machine not working vending machine tried ripping me off there was an employee there to refund me

J
Review №23

Its good but they might want to figure out a better way to police there Wash Bays. Was washing my car tonight around 10 pm and noticed someone using the next wash bay as there personal garage. They had there Audi parked in it w/the entire front end removed.

Ma
Review №24

Easy access, easy operation, excellent water pressure, good lighting, and a fair price

De
Review №25

Best vacuums around by far! The self serve carwash is also much nicer on your paint than the hard bristles at automatic washes. They have a soft foam brush that gets your car super clean (and is long enough for us short people so we can reach the tops of our cars!)

Br
Review №26

Great carwash good prices always clean and they have a carpet shampooer thats awesome, I use this place all the time and I will continue to use it. Keep up the good work

th
Review №27

Great place to go when car washes wont wash your car for whatever petty reason they have. Only downside is you have to push the stop button too many times. I was charged extra for it not stopping when i pushed the button

Ju
Review №28

Close to home free vacuuming coin

Vl
Review №29

Awesome self service was. Prefer to come here over other washes that are closer to me. Management is very responsive and helpful. Perfect place for us car guys to give our rides the care and attention they deserve.

Sc
Review №30

I ended up in Vancouver after taking an Uber food delivery up here and came across this car wash and thought to myself what a nice day it is, and how my car needs to be washed. I attempted to use my debit card to pay for the wash, but it did not accept my card nor did it react to my card at all. I tried about 10 to 20 times with no results. I found the gentleman who works here or runs the place and informed him of this. He tried running a card through it and no luck, so he gave me a 5 minutes of credit on the car wash. I wasnt able to quite get what I needed done in 5 minutes and so I went to get dollar bills from the gentleman with the quarters I happened to have, because it took dollars. He declined the dollars and ran another five minute credit on there so I finished my car wash. I went to go tip the gentleman and he declined that as well. I just want to comment on the professionalism of the gentleman who runs this place and the quality of the equipment as everything worked really well and my car looks sparkling clean!

Be
Review №31

Theres always somebody getting their car cleaned. Reasonable on prices as well

Er
Review №32

One of the only car washes that actually work. Never had any issues or complaints with anything there. Its definitely got way better than it used to be. It was drug central and had garbage everywhere,but now its a clean safe place to wash your car.

Kr
Review №33

I like the convenience and the price! The stalls are always clean and the equipment is in good shape! I will continue to visit :)

ah
Review №34

Nice, clean...convenient location.Appreciate couple useful vending items, (lg towel, etc).Don’t seem to be many decent self-service washes left around.Helpful for various types of vehicles. This time needed a self-serve wash to avoid recently damaged tail light.Thx Sparkle 🙂

An
Review №35

It was as impressive as a self service car wash can be

Da
Review №36

Does a good job. Glad I can use a credit card now.

ro
Review №37

Used the wash and unit said total was $4.25. Debit card came in as $15.25. What a rip off.

Li
Review №38

We need more of these places everywhere. I love that I can use my debit card instead of dumping 200 quarters in the machine.

Ky
Review №39

Super good strong vacuum, and they have one that can take card no matter the time, so that was super convenient. Trash cans were maintenances really good too.

Co
Review №40

The Vacuum to the far right doesn’t work. Also Do not swipe more than once. It will charge for every swipe.Not a big deal but 3.00 later no working vacuum :) only wanted to swipe once. Beware so you just don’t give away dollars for things that don’t work! Hope this is helpful.

Jo
Review №41

I had a small issue. I called the number and the owner picked up right away and made it right. A++

Me
Review №42

Cant even dry afterward

Da
Review №43

Clean. Excellent selection of washing implements.

K.
Review №44

Washed and dried my car fairly same price as other car washes like this one

Mi
Review №45

Very convenient to take plastic, no more jumping back and forth to plug in quarters when the timer runs out. LOL not sure why the foam soap smells like strawberries. Kinda weird but not unpleasant! May I suggest that directional arrows be painted on the pavement? I got stuck in the parking lot and had to figure out to go around the end of the building.

Ti
Review №46

This place is Way Cool! Bring a buddy with you to man the switches on the wall that turn from pre-soak, to sudzy brush, to high pressure rinse, to wheel wells and wheel cleaning solution setting, and then overall body wax for the whole car setting! You can even clean your floor mats with these clips they have on the wall to hold them while you soak them and scrub em down and rinse them off. We didnt use this setting but it has an engine cleaning solution too! Keep your ride sparkling inside and out😄👏🤗excellent!! Pay with card or cash... very easy and get a little workout into your day, grandma always said if you want something done right you gotta do it your self!!! Self service auto cleaning is THE BEST WAY TO GO!!! GO ON get your self satisfaction, we used about 13 minutes timed by timer you can watch for only $3 tonight!!!

Al
Review №47

What more could you want from a 24hr car wash. Great people who keep the place going.

Br
Review №48

Garbage did great

Ch
Review №49

REALLY BAD HARD WATER. dont go here unless you bring something to squeegee the water off otherwise you will end up with hard water spots everywhere. But one of the only places Ive found that you can use a card on the vacuum.

G
Review №50

They are alright. Used to be way better. They have gone down hill a bit.

Pa
Review №51

Was good

J
Review №52

Out of order. Charges for time not given. Avoid this place.

Ja
Review №53

Machine just ate my 5 dollar bill and theres no contact info to resolve this issue. Not sure who owns this place but they should be ashamed of themselves. I will be looking into this further because these type of businesses and owners that own them need to be dealt with.

Je
Review №54

Accepts cash and debit. Self clean car wash. Has machines for cleaning/smelling products. Cheap and easy to use

Ta
Review №55

Should have a change machine available.

JC
Review №56

Busy all night with a lot of drug dealing happening here feel bad for some of the other people just trying to get a car wash also seen a police officer parked across the street but yet does nothing he might be just talking a breather to him or her self not sure

RA
Review №57

Uses your Credit Card now... which caught me off guard. Had already made change at the Bill-Changer. Credit card is easier. You just have to remeber to press the green button on the credit card scanner when youre done to stop the charge from continuing. Dont know what it charged me? So I dont know if the cost is the same as before?

El
Review №58

I was charged $20 for a few minutes. Won’t be going back!

Wo
Review №59

Got out to vacuum my car & found nails all over the ground, the vacuum had nails rattling around in it, I would like to see an employee cleaning up the ground

Ri
Review №60

Place was dirty with previous person leaving trash. And credit card charged $20 when only used for 5 mins!!! Crazy , never again.

Co
Review №61

Great self service carwash and one of the few that has a carpet shampooer.

Ju
Review №62

I would give 5 stars, but I just wasted money on a vacuum with NO suction at all. So sad.

Sc
Review №63

$15 for 4-5 minutes?!?!? Insane, I wont be going back here. One near my house had never cost me more than about $5.

Je
Review №64

Great clean car wash

To
Review №65

Its a great car wash everything works. and remember you can always use your debit card to get your car washed here.

Br
Review №66

Come here all the time to wash my tow truck. The owner is super nice!

Po
Review №67

I didnt get sparkly buts thats ok

Ah
Review №68

Decent fairly clean self-carwash open 24 hours. dont get much time for each quarter but good otherwise.

Pa
Review №69

The machine ate my money so I wasted $3 in quarters at this place. Plus there is no contact number to call to report any issues. Sparkle car wash will never get my business again.

Br
Review №70

The vacuumes actually have good suction!!

Br
Review №71

Thankful they have top loaders.... very clean. Washed great!!!

Gh
Review №72

Kinda expensive

Je
Review №73

All in all great little self service car wash

Ma
Review №74

Pretty standard self service wash. Only accepts coins to operate, but has a change machine.

ma
Review №75

Love the place

sm
Review №76

It’s not as I can get my car wash.

Du
Review №77

Cheaper to go to an automatic wash. Soap left residue on my rig. Wont be going back.

Mi
Review №78

Laid back, easy going and off the beaten path

Ad
Review №79

Had the best car wash of my life! Will come back every week.

Ka
Review №80

The most friendly staff and best equipment around!

Mi
Review №81

A dump site! Dirtier then a truck stop urinal!! Change machine would not accept any bills another customer and I tryed for 10 mins with 17 different bills in between us. Nothing sparkling about this S**thole! I suggest the self serve carwash on mill plain or 1st and 164th....hey owner..you should sell it to someone who cares about the business.

Je
Review №82

A++++ would use change machine again

Sh
Review №83

Great water pressure. Clean facility.

Wi
Review №84

Clean nice

jo
Review №85

Clean vacuums work well car wash wand brush all work well on-site extras like towels Armor All so forth so on air fresheners

da
Review №86

Only place Ive washed my pick up truck at, that the wand out put was like using a power washer

da
Review №87

Best place to wash youre car

Da
Review №88

Nice place to clean your car

ad
Review №89

The owners racist I was literally just vacuuming out my car my cars decent doesnt look bad or anything like that this guy comes up to me and my pregnant wife and says we have to go somewhere else

Sa
Review №90

Nothing works. I went to there to clean the inside of my car and the machines are out of the wipes so I lost quarters just for that so I figured I’d settle to just vacuum my car and the vacuum doesn’t work either! If it’s closed for the season or something then put up a notice maybe? There is also trash scattered and spread everywhere.

Am
Review №91

Dirty very nasty dirty

Wi
Review №92

Works!

Al
Review №93

Need more minutes on the vacuums

Ch
Review №94

Watched three drug deals while I washed my car. Dont go here at night.

Fr
Review №95

Not to cost effective for a do it yourself carwash.

St
Review №96

Have $$$machine for car wash. No need for quarters...

Ph
Review №97

It was very dirty

Je
Review №98

Soap brush didnt have soap coming out of it and timers on the machines ran way too fast $5 went within 2 minutes very horrible experience

De
Review №99

Fantastic wash & vac

Jo
Review №100

Nylon bristle brushes scratched the mess out of my brand new vehicle.

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  • Address:602 SE 117th Ave, Vancouver, WA 98683, United States
  • Phone:+1 619-309-8973
Categories
  • Car wash
Working hours
  • Monday:Open 24 hours
  • Tuesday:Open 24 hours
  • Wednesday:Open 24 hours
  • Thursday:Open 24 hours
  • Friday:Open 24 hours
  • Saturday:Open 24 hours
  • Sunday:Open 24 hours
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