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Auto City

El Cajon, CA

4.6
1,742 Reviews
Auto City is a used car dealership in El Cajon serving San Diego and beyond. We have a great selection of quality used cars. Financing is available for all credit profiles - good or bad. Our business is focused on unsurpassed reconditioning and value pricing. We offer only well maintained and serviced cars and pride ourselves in our stress and pressure free sales process and friendly environment. If you are looking for a car in San Diego or beyond, please visit us at our store or online - www.autocitysd.com
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400 N Johnson Ave

El Cajon, CA

92020

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April 21, 2026

BAIT AND SWITCH SALE TACTIC Purchased my vehicle with this salesman thought it was all good till I found an extra 4k on the bill after the sale. The salesman bait and switch the warranty. I had fully int More

by Harsea92392
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Dmitry Syrbu
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Other Employees : Isaac
April 16, 2026

This dealership is how car buying should be. It was the most streamline process I've ever gone through in all the years that I have bought cars. Shout Outs to Ali and Ramil they were awesome. I More

by vettespc
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Ramil Bulatov
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Other Employees : Ali
March 24, 2026

Fareez, Franck, & Isaac were super professional and helpful. It really matters who you work with when purchasing a used vehicle and we lucked out with these three individuals. They were accommodating a More

by J and J
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Franck Larece
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Other Employees : Fareez & Isaac
March 21, 2026

Be warned. If you get a failure on your car within the warranty period, return the car. To give credit due, they towed the car and fixed with no questions asked More

by Kyle
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Dmitry Syrbu
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March 14, 2026

Nice people to work with, Many options to choose from. I recommend this dealership to anybody. More

by ogarcia202020
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Ali
January 28, 2026

I wish I could give this used car dealership 5 minus. Although used car dealerships don't have good reputation in our society, but hands down Auto City is one of the worst. I would not recommend them to More

by Master Mechanic
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Ramil Bulatov
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Dmitry Syrbu
1.0
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Denis Gusakov
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December 24, 2025

This is the most efficient experience in all my years of buying a vehicle. Insightful. Not pushy. Helpful when I was in a bad place financially. You guys are the best. I’m going to be buying all my vehi More

by Keiran Haugen
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Ramil Bulatov
5.0
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Other Employees : Jorge
March 26, 2025

Ali was incredibly helpful and nice. He was able to answer all our questions promptly. The entire team was helpful and responsive, and kid friendly. We had a great experience and would r More

by Bosarivera
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Dmitry Syrbu
5.0
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Other Employees : Ali Safaei, Jose Garcia Duran
February 18, 2025

A lot of negative reviews are because someone didn’t get what they wanted. Well I’m happy to share that I did. Not only were they friendly, but when Fareez made a mistake on my trade in he quickly let me kn More

by Karl
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Dmitry Syrbu
4.0
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December 31, 2024

Great people and they got me out of a jam quickly. Would recommend to anyone! Thank you! More

by trojan2925
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Ramil Bulatov
5.0
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Stan Shabalin
5.0
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Dmitry Syrbu
5.0
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Denis Gusakov
5.0
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Franck Larece
5.0
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