Beach Motor & TiresQuality repairs at affordable prices

Hello from Carpinteria Ave.

Auto repair & tires in Carpinteria, CA · Since 2000 We’ll show you where it is.

I’m Abel. Local, or passing through on the 101? Tap what your car, truck or RV is doing and we’ll light up the part on a 3D model. Then give me a call. My family’s shop has been at 4897 Carpinteria Ave since 2000, and I’m here Monday to Friday, 8 to 5.

Call (805) 745-1992
Read your tire in 60 secondsSize, age and tread. Then call with your size.

4.9 from 47 Google reviews (updated Oct 19, 2026)

Mon to Fri, 8 am to 5 pm Free quotes by phone. Traveling? Call before you drive any farther.

See-through 3D Toyota Sequoia with the brake parts lit

Lit up: brake repair on a first-generation Toyota Sequoia. Pick a symptom to light up the parts, then open the full guide.

Since
2000, on Carpinteria Ave
Open
Mon to Fri, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Credentials
BBB Accredited since 2016, A+ (opens in a new tab) · Repair dealer no. 214418
The Beach Motor & Tires sign on Carpinteria Ave, a dolphin over the beach and hills, with downtown Carpinteria behind it
The sign out front, at Carpinteria Ave and Elm St.

Our story

On this corner since 1987.

Abel Zuniga, owner of Beach Motor & Tires, at the front counter
That’s me at the counter. The carved dolphin is one of about 100 in the shop.

I’ve worked on cars since I was a kid, and I never expected the hobby to turn into my trade. In 1987 I started busting tires at the repair shop on the corner of Carpinteria Avenue and Elm Street.

I worked that corner for years before I could call it my own. In 2000 I opened Beach Motor & Tires there, and I’ve been fixing Carpinteria’s cars, trucks and RVs ever since. I raised three kids in town, and I told the Coastal View I couldn’t imagine running the business anywhere else.

What I said then still holds: what works is having people trust me, trusting them back, and doing good work. A customer in that same article called me Honest Abe. People still say it in their own words today.

What’s worked for me more than anything else is to have people trust me, to give them my trust and to provide good service for them.
Abel Zuniga, in the Coastal View business profile of Beach Motor & Tires
1987
Starts busting tires on this corner
2000
Opens Beach Motor & Tires on October 23
Today
Still at the counter, Monday to Friday
The Coastal View newspaper profile of Beach Motor & Tires, framed on the wall, with a photo of Abel Zuniga under a hood
The Coastal View News profile by Lea Boyd, from about 2003, framed on the office wall: “Beach Motors makes Carpinteria cars happy.”

Come by, or call first. We take walk-ins when we have the time.Call (805) 745-1992

The crew

Meet Andrew Cruz.

Andrew Cruz of Beach Motor & Tires standing at the front counter
Andrew Cruz at the front counter.

Andrew Cruz is my head technician at Beach Motor & Tires.

2009Certified ALLDATA Specialist
Completed the ALLDATA Information Specialist Program on September 2, 2009.
See the certificate
2010Universal Technical Institute
Automotive Technology diploma, awarded August 20, 2010.
2011, 2012Professional Technician’s Seminars
O’Reilly Auto Parts Real World Training: Top Ford Drivability Problems (February 28, 2011), The Top GM Driveability Problems (June 13, 2011) and Diagnosis and Repair of Automotive HVAC Systems (February 8, 2012).
See the certificate
2011Hybrid vehicle service
Delphi Service Information Seminar, Hybrid Vehicle Service & Maintenance, December 13, 2011.
2014, 2018Refrigerant training
MACS (Mobile Air Climate Systems Association) training in CFC-12, HFC-134a and HFO-1234yf refrigerant recycling and service, as required by Section 609 of the Clean Air Act. Certificates dated June 24, 2014 and March 3, 2018.
2016Intoxalock installer training
Andrew Cruz and Abel Zuniga were each certified by Intoxalock on October 6, 2016 to install its ignition interlock devices, which goes with the shop’s ignition interlock installs.
See the certificate
What ALLDATA means for you
ALLDATA is the repair information system shops use to look up the manufacturer’s procedures, specifications and wiring diagrams, so a repair follows what the factory calls for.
Certified ALLDATA Specialist certificate awarded to Andrew Cruz on September 2, 2009, for completing the ALLDATA Information Specialist Program
His ALLDATA certificate.
Andrew Cruz’s Professional Technician’s Seminar certificate on driveability problems, next to two Intoxalock technician training certificates on the office wall
His Professional Technician’s Seminar certificate, beside the Intoxalock training certificates on the front office wall.

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Reviews

Rated 4.9 on Google.

4.9
47 Google reviews, updated October 19, 2026

Customers write their reviews on Google, so that is where to read them.

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Dash check

Turn the key. Which light stays on?

Most cars light up every warning lamp for a second or two when you turn the key to on. The car is checking its own bulbs. Turn the key, watch them go out, then tap the one that stays on in yours.

Tap a light for what it usually means. This is a general guide, not a diagnosis. Your owner’s manual shows the lights in your car.

Services

What we work on.

Cars, trucks and 4x4s, vans, RVs and trailers, foreign and domestic. Each one shows the parts it covers, lit up on our 3D Sequoia in the shop.

Don’t see your problem on the list? Call (805) 745-1992 and tell us what it’s doing. Quotes are free.

See all services

Not sure which one you need? Call and tell us what it’s doing.Call (805) 745-1992

Before you call

No surprises. Here’s how it works.

Handing your keys to a shop takes trust, and I want to earn yours. Here is how a visit works, start to finish, plus the rights you have at any shop in California.

How a visit works

  1. Call (805) 745-1992. Tell us the year, make and model and what it’s doing. You talk to the shop, not a call center.
  2. Get a free quote. Call for your price. We give you the number before we start.
  3. You say yes first. Nothing gets fixed until you approve the work and the price.
  4. We fix it and walk you through it. What we did, what we found, and what can wait.

Have these ready

  • Year, make and model
  • What it’s doing, and when it started
  • Any warning lights on the dash
  • For tires, the size on the sidewall or the driver’s door jamb (how to read it)
  • Traveling? Where you are, so we can tell you whether to keep driving

Your rights at any California repair shop

  • A written estimate before any work starts
  • Nothing is done, or added, without your authorization
  • An itemized invoice that lists parts and labor
  • Your replaced parts back, if you ask for them when you authorize the work

From California’s Automotive Repair Act. Beach Motor & Tires is a state-registered Automotive Repair Dealer, no. 214418, with the Bureau of Automotive Repair (opens in a new tab).

3D guides

Pick the one closest to yours.

Turn it, open the hood, pick a service or a symptom. Every part has a name, what to check, and when to change it.

3D model of a Toyota SequoiaSequoia3D model of a Toyota RAV4RAV43D model of a Toyota CorollaCorolla3D model of a Ford MustangMustang3D model of a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter motorhomeSprinter motorhome3D model of a Travel trailerTravel trailer

All six 3D guides

Take a look around

My dolphins, all 100-plus of them.

About 100 carved, cast and painted dolphins live in the front office, on the shelves, on the walls and beside the counter. Dolphins are my favorite animal. There’s a fish tank and a surfboard too, so come say hello while you wait.

Shelves of carved and ceramic dolphin figures in the front office
The waiting area: fish tank, surfboard and the dolphin collection
The front office at Beach Motor & Tires with the dolphin collection, the fish tank and the battery rack
The covered yard at Beach Motor & Tires with a van, a box truck and customer cars waiting
A Chevy Equinox with its engine out on the shop crane in the yard
Racks of new tires under the canopy out front
The dolphin shelves beside the Interstate battery rack in the front office
A customer’s Toyota Tundra under the canopy on a new set of all-terrain tires
An engine harness laid open on a Chevy van during an electrical repair

Visit

Find us on Carpinteria Ave.

Call for a quote or just stop by. We’re on Carpinteria Ave, open Monday to Friday. Carpinteria is right on Highway 101, between Santa Barbara and Ventura.

Find us

4897 Carpinteria Ave
Carpinteria, CA 93013

Call

(805) 745-1992 Call now

Already a customer?

Free quotes by phone. Tell us what your car, truck or RV is doing.

Hours

Mon to Fri, 8 am to 5 pm
Monday to Friday8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday and SundayClosed
BBB Accredited Business since 2016, A+ rating: read our BBB report (opens in a new tab)

State-registered Automotive Repair Dealer, California Bureau of Automotive Repair, no. 214418. Look it up on the state license search (opens in a new tab) (enter 214418)

Questions

Common questions.

How do I get a quote?

Call (805) 745-1992 and tell us the year, make and model and what it’s doing. Quotes are free, and you talk to the shop, not a call center.

Do you charge to look at my vehicle?

It depends on what it needs. Call (805) 745-1992 and tell us what it’s doing, and we’ll tell you how we’d start and what to expect.

Do I need an appointment?

No. We take walk-ins when we have the time, and we help the same day when we can. Call (805) 745-1992 and I’ll tell you how busy we are.

Can you fix it the same day?

We help the same day whenever we can. It depends on the job and the parts. A simple tire repair can be quick, and some repairs have to wait on a part. Call me with what it’s doing and I’ll give you an honest answer before you wait around.

I’m traveling and my vehicle broke down near Carpinteria. Can you help?

Call (805) 745-1992 before you drive any farther. Tell us what it’s doing and where you are, and we’ll tell you straight whether to bring it in. We work on cars, trucks, motorhomes and trailers, and motorhomes need a call ahead because space at the shop is limited. We’re on Carpinteria Ave, and Carpinteria is right on Highway 101. We’re open Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

What forms of payment do you take?

Visa and Mastercard. There is also an Acima sign on the door for a no-credit-needed, 90-day payment option. Ask at the counter how it works.

Still wondering? Call and ask us.Call (805) 745-1992

Know someone who needs a good mechanic?

Send them our number. A friend’s word is how most people find us.

Beach Motor & Tires, 4897 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria. (805) 745-1992. Ask for Abel.

Something not right, at home or on the road?

(805) 745-1992

New here? Welcome. Call me, ask your questions, and I’ll tell you straight what your vehicle needs and what can wait. Quotes are free. I’m here Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Call (805) 745-1992

Mon to Fri, 8 am to 5 pm. Closed Sat and Sun.