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Bob Baker Mazda

4.0 (379 reviews)

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Jacob S.

First of all, I really hate car shopping ... Like, really really hard car shopping. Used vs new, a dozen brands with a thousand marketing terms, etc. Most dealers are awful, but Bob Baker Mazda was great. Relatively low stress, and extremely efficient. Fred was polite and got me in and out about as fast as I could hope for. Bonus points for offering me a free mask during COVID - I had forgotten mine in my old car but they took care of me. Obviously, dealing with the finance department is never fun. Make up your mind before going in if you want/don't want extended warranties, etc. I was a little disappointed that the way they described some of their packages was a tad misleading once you actually read the fine print, but I suppose they have to make money somewhere. Additionally, the rear window wasn't super foggy on the inside when I received it. It didn't occur to me until I got home or I would have made them fix it. The window is so cramped it took a good 15 minutes to clean it myself. They missed a couple spots on the inside as well, but these were easy enough for me to handle. When I went back to later to actually pick the car up, Fred took a few minute to show me around the new features and answer my questions which was nice. All in all I'm going to only take one star off. Substantially better than my Honda and Toyota experience, slightly better than Hyundai and Kia, and about on par with the dedicated Mazda dealers in SoCal.

Allison R.

Purchased a new Carbon Edition cx-5 from Fred, and wow; what and exceptional experience. I will now buy all my cars here with him. Thank you again for your professionalism and expertise. Allison Rosander

The dealership. Brought car for service
Gabe J.

Had an appointment for regular maintenance. Oil change, filters, etc. Customer service changed from a few months ago, lots of new people, new procedures. You used to drive in for service and someone would greet you and take information from your car. Now you drive in, walk to service desk and it's confusing where to go, all sorts of people behind monitors and on the phone. You wait for someone to see your standing in front of someone's desk then finally will tell you to go elsewhere. After they took my info I asked where I could wait, they said the trailer you drove by is where you can wait. They did have someone to tell me to find a chair and sit & they had coffee and water. I do love that they video their recommendations and provide a list with prices, but normally too high than I can get elsewhere. Among a few things they recommended, tires were the priciest but they seemed to have similar pricing to what I found so I was going to say yes, but after researching the tires, found they were poor quality and could get better quality for same price. I was texted to go to service desk in 15 minutes and again, confusing on where to go, until someone sees you just standing someone will ask to help when they are finished with work they are doing. They used to wash your car after a maintenance service but they don't do that anymore. I prepaid for maintenance and have to come here, I have 1 more than I'll go somewhere closer and hopefully it's a better experience like it used to be at #BobBakerMazda in Carlsbad. I rated it a 3 because no one was rude so an extra star for that, plus the sales guy in the trailer was nice enough to show me empty chairs of where I could sit, that was nice, worth an extra star.

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Darryl G.

We just purchased a used car from Bob Baker Mazda, and we couldn't be happier. From the first interaction with somebody over the phone, test driving the car, through purchasing, right the way through to the service department, we were met with nothing but absolute professionalism and courtesy. Max was a pleasure to work with - And he made the process of buying a car quite enjoyable.

Thanks Fred and Bob Baker Mazda!
Katherine W.

What a wonderful car buying experience!! A special thank you to Fred! My boyfriend and I are young and this is my first time buying a car. That being said, I was pretty nervous. Didn't know what to expect, didn't want to get overcharged or scammed, etc. All those worries went away when we met Fred. He made the process so easy and was so kind! We had a lot of questions and he answered them all honestly and in-depth. When it was time to actually buy the car, once again I was so nervous but he walked us through it and was so very helpful. Thank you so so so much Fred, because of you we got our dream car :) So Fred was wonderful, but the Bob Baker dealership as a whole was also great. We got AMAZING deals and financing on our brand new car and no trickery was involved at all. I say that because when I was researching car buying, I came across lots of videos and articles on how to spot fake/unnecessary fees and charges that dealerships sometimes tack onto the car bill. I went in ready to spot those charges and negotiate them out of the contract but they were nowhere to be found! Overall I am so happy with my experience and LOVE LOVE LOVE my CX-30

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Bob Baker Mazda - autorepair - Updated October 2026

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