Got to Oceanside location at 4:40 and they didn’t let me in because the guy in the door said that he was all by himself self and this and that hours are from 8 to 5 hours does not say that last call is at 4:40 I didn’t see that on your web page!!!
Called to get a quote to sell a car. Was surprised to reach an outsourced call center instead of Pick your part directly. Communication was very difficult due to a strong accent, and I couldn't understand many of the numerous questions asked. Had to give up on the call without getting a quote. Suggest reviewing your phone support system for local inquiries.
Ask the person up front before wasting your time. A 16" wheel (rubber only is $35.99) a wheel with alloy rim is $94.00 (rim plus rubber) for a 2007 vehicle. There is no prices for rims on their site. Having it shipped off ebay for cheaper.
I’m giving it a two stars only because of the fact that when you call in, they don’t have their call centers in America and that is the worst thing in the world of Business can do. In my opinion. The parts are amazing. Any other thing about it is amazing but the fact that I can’t speak to somebody in America when I call, that’s a problem.
I used to live coming here but employees are jerks now , they must close for people to enter 30 minutes prior to the website and google times posted. I got their 13 minutes prior to 5pm just needing a battery which is next to the register and I was denied
Good prices and well organized yard. Fast and friendly staff. My only junkyard I go to for the past ten years straight now. Local and convenient. I recommend this place more than any other in San Diego county CA.
Really happy with the staff members.
Very nice and polite.
Specially mention to Jesse, so nice, so honest, a very good person and I can tell a hard worker, thank you so much.
For the price of the parts not to happy but it is what it is. At least has some guaranty
Worst experience I’ve ever had. I called them on Friday and they said they could pick up my car Sunday between 1pm and 3pm. I called at 3pm after no one had showed up and the guy told me they would for sure pick it up before closing at 5pm. I never got call apologizing or letting me know they couldn’t come. I wasted almost all my day waiting for them.
Been to the Oceanside location several times and never had a bad experience. Do your homework on parts pricing before you go. There are still bargains to be had in these lots.
Will not recommend this location. I just went there and the long haired guy tried to charge me $400 for a used valve bracket which is $200 brand new online, so I went to the riverside location and spent $25.00 for the exact part.
Nice place but sure has gone up in price, then again hasn't everything in Cali? The mini skid row out front is new to me, makes me sad that our country allows this cuz we are too busy sticking our noses into other countries business.
They've always done what they say they'll do. Mostly there are good parts for a car that's just messed up in other places that yours is already. My headliner sucked but my engine runs, they're Subarus had broken engines, and good headliners, so I got a new headliner. It worked out
Pricing is ridiculous. To start, you must pay $5 dlls to enter the yard. The part prices were the same regardless which car you took it from; now the price varies per car, year,model,left side or right side. I been shopping here for years , but they are pushing customers away.
The yard is very organized, but the prices are a little high. They got me on the warranty charge. Had I known about the option to decline I would have done so. Also the prices they charge are set non negotiable. They should charge on the condition of the parts.
I never post anything but with my experience today 9/15/2023 , I have to make this post publicly to help others. First of all just to enter the junkyard you have to pay a $3.00 fee, so I checked their website for a 2010 Toyota Corolla, which the website says they have 2 of the 2010 Toyota Corolla available a white one and a silver one. The white one shows heavily front end damage and the silver one shows in good shape to include the hood which is what I told them that I was looking for. So I was told where the car was located at which was correct but when I got there the silver Toyota Corolla had no front end at all so I took a picture of the car so that they could update their inventory and they refused to update their inventory, I was just trying to help them so that people going in would not be deceived but it seemed to me that that’s the way they trick or con people into paying for something that was probably taken off months or weeks before you get there so I was very disappointed by the scam that this place is running so if there’s a way to report this establishment to the better business bureau please help, I posted a picture so that you can see the complete front end and hood that in their website says that is there
The website says $22 for a plastic intake tube and $35 for the intake air box. No filter. They tried to charge me $95 for them. Subaru parts online charges $89 for the assembly new. They don’t even honor their own websites prices.
Just want to say to be careful when paying for your parts. They will add the warranty to your total without asking you. You need to tell them before you pay. They should have signs up that say to ask for warranty. The guy at the the gate said most people know, I didn't know.
Horrible experience!I went to the Oceanside location for a module I need for my truck. I went in, paid the admission fee and looked for and found the part I needed. Then I went to the cashier's window to pay for the part. No one was there to take my payment and when I asked if there was someone available I was told that the cashiers were on lunch and they'd be back in 45 minutes. I couldn't believe this! So I decided to leave the place and asked the guy at the entrance to refund me the admission fee. He said: "Sorry, we can't do that." What kind of business does this? This people have no regard for the customers that keep their business open and feeds their employees. As for me, this was the last time I set foot in this joint. This was robbery and a total waste of time. F#$@&* them!!
Last weekend I went there 2 days and spent $15 on entry fees for me and my buddies. The vehicles that they showed online in Oceanside said that the parts would match my vehicle. Come to find out neither one of the parts matched what I had and I tried to return both parts. So they give you 2 receipts a gate receipt and a window receipt and I was somehow missing one of them and they are identical receipts. Right now I am in battle with John from corporate in LA and waiting for his phone call so I can get my money back on the window receipt that I have. 3 days ago it was supposed to be turned into a manager and they were supposed to contact me. I had to call them once again and they said they were going to send out another email. As of today I still have the receipt for the part the sticker on the part and they will not refund my money as of today. Was on hold for 25 minutes to tell me that they were going to call John. John I guess is the district manager of California so we'll see if he returns my call.
So the memorial of the story is, do not misplace your gate receipt because the regular employees stick to their protocol.
John the district manager did get in touch with me and I did get a full refund today from the Oceanside wrecking yard. Martin is the one that handled my receipt and everybody was very polite at the front.
Also if you know the part you are looking for, that will help out immensely before you get to the yard. I highly recommend LKQ in Oceanside.
Hope you never have to call these people. I called to ask why "windows" weren't listed on their price list. The answer? "Not all cars have windows". OK. So I told her I was there 2 weeks ago and all the cars had windows. So she said "Well you'll have to go there to find out if they are for sale". These people really don't want you to contact them. If you don't live within 20 mins then you're rolling the dice.
Huge Place. NO PARTS REMOVAL BY STAFF. Sometimes A Guy is There You Can Hire. large Selection of Parts for Cars, Trucks & SUV's Mostly 10 to 25 Years Old.
& Random Older Vehicle's. Great Place To Get Used Parts for Older Vehicle's.
They’re pleasant on the phone, but, ultimately, they don’t keep their promised schedules. I should have read the reviews before making the first appointment for them to pick up my car; I would have seen how many problems they have keeping their word. Both times I was promised my appointment was secured. I rearranged my work schedule twice, confirmed my appointment the day before the appointment, twice, and was stood up, twice. The last time was this morning. Five days ago I was told that today’s appointment was CONFIRMED because they had to reschedule it. No one showed. No answered my nine phone calls prior to 9:00am (pu was scheduled between 7am-9am). I finally got hold of a manager, Mimi, who said she would file a complaint and have the yard contact me directly. I’ll come back to review the results, if any, from their follow up.
I did just receive a call from their dispatch, Sheila. She has promised to be here this Wednesday between 7am - 9am. I’ll come back and edit my review on Wednesday.
Great place to find parts for your older vehicles if you don't mind them used, having to disassemble and find yourself. $3 entry fee, but parts are priced very reasonable. You should know what you're looking for and should be able to test on-site if needed. Although they do offer a 30 day guarantee and optional (for a price) 90 day I believe. I have found parts here for my vehicles that are a fraction of new or used from other dismantlers online or in house. Best to use their website to give your an idea if they have what you're looking for and vehicle location on the lot.
Apparently they offer a warranty on items that you by there. What they don't offer, or at least didn't in my experience, is to tell you about it. I bought a $50 part, went right outside their gates to my car, and installed it. Turns out the one that I got was bad and didn't work. So, 20 minutes after I bought it, I tried to exchange it for a working one and they told me no. The woman at the booth argued that she told me when she didn't. I always buy the warranty. Always. So, had she offered then I would have had it. The fact is, though, that she was answering questions for someone else in the booth when she rang me up and did not offer a warranty or even tell me about it.
I am attempting to contact someone about this and will update this if anything is done.
This place is a complete rip off they charge more for parts here than they are new. I have been here 3 times and each time the used part was more than new parts. They wanted 4 times the price of a new roof rack. They wanted the same price for a used tire as it cost for a new one. It maybe there just racists against White's. So if your white you won't get any deals here. I say this cause the roof rack they quoted me $200 I had to put back. A Hispanic gentleman outside heard me went in an got it for $25 and paid him for it. My wife went in thinking I miss understood show the receipt and they ask her if she was with that white gentleman. She said yes they tried to charge her more or take our part away from us. Very racists people here.
It's true, the woman at the cash counter hates life and as all about sharing that with you via her poor attitude. This dreamy place consists of mostly overpicked old jalopies and beater cars. You're lucky to find the car you're looking for, and even luckier if the part you need is still there. It's like an elephant graveyard out there. Yet, somehow, they've successfully made a business out of selling this third grade junk for very high prices. Two plastic air vents, two little weatherstrips and a light = $40? Nope. After trudging through the dirty, hot, and chemically saturated isles of dirt and sand between the rows of cars, and then pulling the parts yourself, I'd be willing too pay $10 for the lot. And no more. And this is all after you pay to enter. Just saying. Next time I'll be heading out of the city and east to the lands of scrapyards and junked cars. Where there is such thing as compitition, and where yards have the first dibs in fresh wrecks and newer selections.
Not too bad...
On the one hand, they have a good selection of vehicles, most are complete/nice enough to be usable for parts, and the layout is fairly well organized.
This yard does not turn into a total mud pit like the yards down south by the border. They did a decent job of putting down gravel and grading to keep it passable when it rains.
On the other hand, their prices are definitely too high. Also, the employees all have the personality of a wet paper bag and tend to border on just plain rude.
The area is a bit sketchy, with all the weirdos living in their clapped out vehicles all around there. I've had my vehicle broken into twice while in the yard....and of course no one working at the entrance or milling around saw anything.
Check their website before you go. I paid $3 each to get in and was told they have the car I was looking for. But two different employees directed us in two opposite lots. We ended up walking through each row. Nothing then they checked the website and told us sorry we don't have the car you are looking for. This is my second visit. My last visit, I did get a sensor and I was charged what I would've have paid online for a brand new after market part with the convenience of being delivered to me and warranty. Just make sure you took your tools as they do not offer any tools here like other junkyards by the border in Otay Mesa.
Was professional, helpful, not bad on price, however it was my first time being charged money to just get in ($3.00). However I only have junk yard experience from other states. Was pleased to discover that they have the option to warranty as well. I purchased the 30 day warranty, 90 days just seemed superfluous for the extra money.
Oct 09, 2016
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