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3.5 (93 reviews)
Open • 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
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My first truck purchase at CarMax.
Steve M.

Buying a car was incredibly easy and enjoyable. The saleswoman was exceptional, making the whole experience seamless. I highly recommend everyone purchase their car from there!

Don't use Carmax for anything especially not towing, you'll be stranded
Christy A.

Finally got thru to these toxic trash dumpster of a company to respond After countless Attorney Generals Office complaints filed against them. Don't go there under any circumstances to purchase a vehicle. They are just as trash as autonation, check the reviews on facebook, yelp and even the better business bureau It's a real eye opener.

Allen P.

We knew what car we wanted and found 4 in the area. This was our second stop. Also our last. The car was perfect, we got a fair offer on our trade-in. No hassles, no mystery fees. No pressure. The price on both our new car and our trade-in were fair. Great thanks to our salesperson Renee. Who knew buying a car could be fun?

Being one of those who really reads these reviews, I thought I would share my experience. After chomping thru all the warnings and good reviews online, I took the plunge on a 2018. Ordered on 4/11/24 from a store in Costa Mesa, CA. Arrived here in Renton on 4/23/24. Ready to drive and purchased on 4/25/24. Staff was awesome, process super easy, great the whole way! And the care exceeded my expectations.

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Fair appraisal for my used car. Easy to get financing from them. Staff are professional.

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I sold my car to them, they offered what I thought was a very fair price. Transaction was easy and Brooke was great to work with!

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We had a really great experience with Aymen at AutoNation Honda Renton. He was very patient,…read morehelpful, and understanding throughout the entire process. We had a lot of questions and took some time to think about our options, but he never made us feel pressured or rushed, which we really appreciated. Although we ultimately decided not to purchase the car, I still wanted to leave a review because of how positive the experience was. He was professional, kind, and genuinely helpful. If you wanna buy a car message him!

0/5 Stars Extremely disappointed with the post-sale customer…read moreservice here. When I expressed some initial nervousness looking at the Carfax, management strongly reassured me, put their reputation on the line, and explicitly promised that they fully inspect all of their cars and that I was in good hands. Turns out that was a boldface lie. The moment I drove off the lot, I got a low tire pressure warning and discovered two nails in the tire. To make matters worse, the vehicle's battery was completely dead the next day when I tried to start it at home. There's other issues as well that just seem to be snowballing into bigger problems. I have spent the last three days trying to call for help, but I am being completely ghosted with zero callbacks. They only care about making a sale and taking your money. Stay far away from these people. Don't trust their words. Their google page is full of fake good reviews that they encourage people to leave and if they do get entered in for a free gas card, should have known to check Yelp first.

Younker Nissan - Happy to drive home in our new safer vehicle

Younker Nissan

(235 reviews)

Professional and friendly. No pressure. Great follow-through. I talked with salesman, finance,…read moreand manager. Bought great used vehicle with low mileage, clean title, no accidents - highly recommended. One of the easiest purchases I have ever made!!

I'm editing my post to add that i took my suv into a little mom and pop shop near me and they did a…read morediagnostic on my vehicle and looked at my vehicle come to find out the problem with my Armada was that the coil pack on one of the cylinders broke up so it was misfiring. I have since replaced the 1 COIL PACK and my Armada runs good as gold again, kinda funny it didnt need a whole motor replacement. After speaking to the manager a couple days prior to taking it in to this mom and pop shop, he told me to bring my suv back so he could personally look at it. No apologies no nothing. This man, his employees and this Nissan dealership are crooked! They will 100% steal your money lie to you about whats wrong with your vehicle and show you pictures of something wrong on a completely different vehicle and claim its yours and then tell you to replace the motor for 22,000 plus dollars. Absolutely do not trust your vehicles here or at least get a second opinion before trusting them with your car. This place deserves absolutely 0 stars they are lying, conniving and manipulative. I took my 2017 Nissan Armada in to this dealership because my check engine light had just come on the week prior and when I ran the codes at O'Reilly it said to replace the cam shaft positioning sensor, so I took it in because after some research it look like a little bit more difficult of a job and figured the dealership could at least tell me the actually diagnosis as that code could mean a couple things. I took it in and dropped it off they called about 2 hours later saying that they couldnt diagnose the problem but that it would need a new engine more then likely. I asked them why they thought it needed a new engine if they couldnt diagnose the problem and they said they couldnt be for sure it needed one since they couldnt diagnose it but they were pretty sure that what it needs. I picked up my vehicle up within a few minutes and the service guy at the front showed me the picture I've posted above saying that there's a yellow film in my engines oil and thats never a good sign that this is why they think it needs a new motor. I asked them to email it to me (which they never did) this all happened end of March 25, 2026 Fast forward to this week 4/20/26 I pulled the engine cover off my vehicle so we could start to flush the engine (as we were advised) and I called the dealership today yo ask them to again send me the pictures of my engine that they took which after 10 mins on hold a different guy gets on and goes "oh yea you had the armada right, i dont have pictures?" Then after a minute goes "oh yea I do I'll send them again right now" as soon as looked at the pictures I knew these pictures were not of my truck as the last picture of the all black oil intake is the picture i took from the engine. They lied about diagnosing the problem then took a picture of a different vehicles oil intake and tried to pass it off as mine. Then charged me over 200 for the service of doing absolutely nothing. I will be filing a formal complaint with nissan! DO NOT BRING YOUR VEHICLES HERE THEY ARE DIRTY LYING POS!

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Date: May 19, 2022. (sold my car here)…read more This place was one of the two businesses listed in the Kelley Blue Book's "Instant Cash Offer" when I was looking to quickly sell my car. I had an offer from CarMax already, and since it's right across the street, it's no-harm, no-foul if this business didn't have the chops to compete. Well, they did; I got $2,000 USD more from here than I did at CarMax (which was already $4,000 USD higher than Vroom, $5,000 higher than Carvana, and $3,500 USD higher than Shift), in the same day, after arriving at 3:45pm, getting all of the paperwork signed, and getting my certified check in-hand by 4:20pm (nice). The business owner and check signers sit over in the Younker Nissan office down the street, and according to the sales staff, go home around 4pm, so make sure you arrive around 3pm to properly get your vehicle tested by their sales staff. If the business owner goes home (they can single-sign a business check), then two designated check signers have to sign off for the check to be considered valid; I deposited the check on a Friday, and by Saturday it cleared, so it's legit (They seem to bank through KeyBank, for what it's worth). Also - one thing I will say - they'll lowball the price you get from the Kelley Blue Book (KBB) offer. They initially offered me $3k less than what KBB's "instant cash offer" was (and only $500 more than CarMax), so make sure you know exactly what your car is worth. I still somehow gave them a $1500 discount from the instant cash offer that KBB had given me, but I was able to get them to pay me what I believed the car was worth at the time, and go home with more than what I would have gotten by going to CarMax. Basically: if you want less of a hassle, just go to CarMax. If you go here, DO NOT TELL THEM what your offers are, since they only seem to want to profit as much as they can off of you (and it's really slimy that they do - they sold my car for which is $8k more than I sold it to them for, so why do they care about a measly $1500?) If you sell your car here, you have to still file a "Bill of Sale" online on the Washington State Department of Licensing (WSDOL) website. If you already registered your car through License eXpress, then you can pay the fee online and report the sale that way. Also remember to de-register your car on the GoodToGo! Website (if you use a toll pass), as well as remove your car from any apps that reference your old plates (such as the PayByPhone app, the Parking Kitty app, or ChargePoint / EVGo).

The staff was very pleasant and our sales person was low pressure…read more We had an issue with our bank and the dealership was very accommodating. Unfortunately, the bad taste left by this experience was when we went to sign and were made aware there was a "non-optional" antitheft device at an additional cost. $895. I've experienced these sort of mandatory upcharges at dealerships before. It feels very predatory. Had we not had a long day and drive to get there, we would have walked away. It will definitely deter us from shopping here again sadly.

CMS Auto Group

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EXCELLENT experience!…read more I would recommend this place to ANYONE looking to seamlessly shop & purchase a good, reliable vehicle! John was SO easy to work with, sUUUUper friendly and made it more than a pleasure to purchase a car! I was actually kind of dreading the whole process due to a past high-pressure experience at a Mazda dealership years ago. However, this was by far, the best possible experience I could have had! Miles above my expectations. The vehicle was actually much better in person than the pictures even showed. John so was friendly and let us snoop around on our own. He had a lot of knowledge about the vehicle and was very open about supplying us with information as to what might need to be done to it and how he inspected the vehicle upon acquiring it and what his staff had done to it prior to listing it. The price was very fair! I was fully satisfied with spending the money I did for the car I got! The paperwork & payment process was quick too! His spouse was the one that did our paperwork and she was very nice too. Probably didn't spend more than two hours here, including the extensive test drive we did. Overall, I was very happy to meet an honest seller that provides a stress-free, pressure-free & comfortable environment with quality product at a fair price! What a gem of a place!

The guy is a scam artist! Do not buy from him…read more I bought a 2007 Highlander and have had nothing but problems. It's been in shop more than on the road. Now it needs a total new transmission!! Are you kidding me! What a scammer, I wanted a dependable car and I got a piece of s***!! Do yourself a favor- do not buy from this place, their cars are not good and you will spend lots of money fixing up!! I'll never buy from a small car business again. Only dealerships now!!!

Acura Of Seattle

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I have previously reviewed my Acura of seattle purchase experience in the past. Always a great…read moreexperience. This time I have to bring up a recent routine 1st service experience. A gentleman named Thomas was my service manager. He was immediately friendly and engaging. (trust me I've had some awful experience at other dealers). I asked him for my 1st service and a problem with my wireless CarPlay and I wanted a software update if there was one. After Thomas checked out my car, he said the Oil usage was not under a threshold that required service. I said I'm right at the limit and could they do the service anyway cuz I was leaving for a long drive in two weeks (from seattle to Bakersfield). Instead of giving me the "it's policy" answer, he knew my situation and immediately went to a supervisor to see if they could make an exception. Sure enough he said no problem, they'll do it. He also personally went back to the service staff and asked about a software update and even looked online. He did everything he could but never blamed me for using it wrong. The problem may very well be my phone and the work around was just plugging the phone in the car. It's little things like this that make a huge difference. I will always return for either buying another Acura and certainly service.

I was contacted by Seattle Acura through the Costco Auto Program. I expected the simple, no-haggle…read moreprice the program is supposed to provide, but that wasn't my experience. A sales rep named Miracle gave us prices verbally but said he couldn't put them in writing. When manager Tony later called to ask about our experience, we explained that we couldn't make sense of the pricing breakdown without seeing it in writing. He gave us a lower verbal price. I asked Tony point-blank, "Is that the price I would pay for the car?" He said yes. About a minute later, he started telling us about required add-ons that would raise the price. If the add-ons are required, the price he gave me wasn't the price I'd pay. That's exactly the kind of runaround I used the Costco program to avoid. It was a disappointing experience, and I bought my car elsewhere.

Walker's Renton Mazda - Our new car!

Walker's Renton Mazda

(382 reviews)

A big shoutout to, Mai, Trey and Dan from Finance. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to…read moreyou all who had made it possible for me to walk away with a 2026 Mazda 3 with 42 miles and a 3 year service, 5,000miles or every 6 months whatever comes first. My experience with Mazda Renton was great, and it sure won't be my last time coming in! Definitely a repeat after this experience. Behind it all, I have a unique situation and I had went to, Burien Nissan, Honda Of Sumner, Subaru of Auburn and Bud Clary of Auburn. All of them wanted to put me in a vehicle with over 100k miles etc and with 10k down, now they are lost of words when I had told all four of the dealerships that Mazda of Renton had Financed me with a fraction of the 10k requested down. With that being said, my payments and interest rates are a quarter of what all 4 dealerships wanted me to sign onto.

Very disappointed with this service department…read more My wife brought in her Mazda CX-5 and was given an estimate of over $11,000 in recommended repairs and maintenance. After reviewing the quote, several items appeared to be significantly overpriced. One example was an $82 charge to replace the cabin air filter. We purchased the filter ourselves for around $10 and replaced it in just a few minutes. What concerned us even more was being told that the vehicle was essentially on its last legs and needed extensive work. Fortunately, we decided to get a second opinion before moving forward. Another reputable shop reviewed the same vehicle and quoted approximately $3,000 to address the legitimate issues that actually needed attention. I understand dealerships typically charge more than independent mechanics, but the difference between $11,000 and $3,000 is impossible to ignore. Based on our experience, I would strongly encourage anyone receiving a large repair estimate here to get a second opinion before authorizing any work. Immediately after receiving that estimate, we were met by a salesman who recommended we trade in the car and cut our losses. We left feeling pressured, misled, and with very little trust in the recommendations we were given.

CarMax - carbuyers - Updated October 2026

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