Looking for a car wash in Fredericksburg, VA? @ The Car Wash is open 24 hours a day at 3110 Spotsylvania Mall Drive, next to Costco and Starbucks at the Spotsylvania Towne Centre. Four self-serve bays and two soft-touch in-bay automatics, running every hour of every day, including nights, weekends and holidays. See the 24 hour car wash page for what that means at 2 a.m.
Getting here
From downtown Fredericksburg, take William Street west — it becomes Plank Road, Route 3 — and stay on it to the Towne Centre. From I-95, exit at Route 3 and head west. From Route 1 on the south side of town, cut across to Route 3 and turn in at the mall.
The wash sits on the Towne Centre lot itself, so there is no narrow side street to navigate and no queue spilling into traffic. Pull in, use the bay you want, and pull out.
Self-serve: you hold the wand
$5 starts the bay, then $1 per minute. You are paying for time, not for a fixed package, so a two-minute rinse after a rainstorm costs two or three dollars and a full going-over costs what it costs.
Each of the four bays runs pre-soak, high-pressure soap, a tri-color foam brush, tire and wheel cleaner, undercarriage rinse, spot-free rinse and a high-power air dryer. You decide where the pressure goes and how long it stays there — which is the whole argument for self-serve over an automatic, particularly on wheels, wheel wells and anything the machine was never going to reach. More on the self-serve bays.
Automatic: stay in the car
Both in-bay automatics are soft-touch, so the equipment travels around a stationary vehicle rather than dragging it along a conveyor. Four packages:
- Basic — $10
- Basic with Rain-X — $13
- Premium — $18
- Premium with Rain-X — $22
Every package ends with a filtered spot-free rinse, so the car dries without the mineral spotting you get from a hose at home. The Rain-X options earn their keep from about October onward, when sunset comes early and a hazy windshield turns every oncoming headlight into glare. More on the automatic wash.
Vacuums
Free with any automatic wash, and free for Unlimited Wash members. No coins, no tokens, no timer counting down while you are still digging under the back seat. More on the vacuums.
Washing often? Do the arithmetic
A single Basic automatic wash is $10 and the Basic Pass is $19.95 a month, unlimited. Two washes and the pass has paid for itself. Premium is $18 a single wash against $29.95 a month for the Premium Pass — same story. If you are washing twice a month or more, the pass is simply cheaper, and vacuum use comes with it every visit. Membership details.
Why 24 hours matters in a commuter town
A lot of Fredericksburg leaves early and gets back late. A wash that closes at six is no use to someone on the 5am I-95 run, and a Saturday-only wash is no use to anyone working weekends. There is no closing time here. If 11pm on a Tuesday is when you have twenty free minutes, the bays are lit and running.
Common questions
Where is @ The Car Wash in Fredericksburg, VA?
3110 Spotsylvania Mall Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22407, on the Spotsylvania Towne Centre lot beside Costco and Starbucks, just off Route 3.
How does paying at a self-serve bay work?
$5 starts the bay and the time then runs at $1 per minute, so you are buying time rather than a fixed package. A short rinse costs a couple of dollars; a full wash costs what it costs.
What is included in an automatic wash?
High-pressure rinse, tri-color foam soap conditioner, wheel cleaner, undercarriage wash, a filtered spot-free rinse and a high-horsepower dryer — plus free use of the vacuum stations. The Rain-X packages add a water-repellent finish on top.
Is there a monthly plan, and is it worth it?
Basic Pass is $19.95 a month and Premium Pass is $29.95, both unlimited. If you wash twice a month or more, the pass costs less than paying per wash.
Can I wash a truck, van or a vehicle with a roof rack?
Use a self-serve bay. You direct the pressure yourself and nothing is sized to a conveyor, which makes the bays the safer choice for anything tall, oversized, or carrying a rack or a load.
Is anyone on site if something goes wrong?
The site runs unattended around the clock, and the equipment is checked daily. If a bay or the automatic gives you trouble, leave a note in a Google review with the bay number and I will sort it out.
Find us
@ The Car Wash
3110 Spotsylvania Mall Dr, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
(540) 388-4904
Open 24 hours, every day
Searching from the county side? The wash is physically in Spotsylvania County, on the Spotsylvania Towne Centre lot — see our Spotsylvania car wash page for directions from Spotsylvania Courthouse, Massaponax and Chancellorsville. Or see everything included on our Services page.