does this shop ever have cancellations
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Auto repair shop in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
4.5 · 262 reviewsOpen today until 7 PMOpen until 7
Visit your local Pep Boys Auto Service & Tire Shop at 23071 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 92688 for expert tire services and all your car, truck, or SUV auto care needs. We specialize in oil changes, new tires, tire repair, tire replacement, and more, offering same-day services to help keep you moving. Our certified technicians provide additional comprehensive auto repair and maintenance, brake repair, free brake inspections, battery replacement, inspections, and more. We proudly service hybrid and electric vehicles, making us your trusted local tire shop and auto care center. With over 100 years of experience, you can count on Pep Boys for reliable, professional service. Call or book an appointment today!
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What Pep Boys offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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What reviews, press and directories say about Pep Boys.
4.5from 262 reviews on Google
While some staff provide commendable service, inconsistent experiences and serious errors raise concerns about reliability at this Pep Boys location. Customers report a mix of experiences at Pep Boys in Rancho Santa Margarita, with some praising the efficiency and honesty of staff like Henning and Dylan, while others express frustration over poor communication and service errors. The atmosphere can feel chaotic, especially during busy times, leading to long waits and unresolved issues.
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Pep Boys, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Pep Boys, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Pep Boys. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Auto repair shops in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 11, 2026.
Published September 11, 2026 · Updated September 11, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires is an auto repair shop in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. Its AI Score is 36 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Auto repair shop |
| Address | 23071 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sat 8 AM to 7 PM · Sun 9 AM to 6 PM |
| Phone | (949) 534-4810 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 262 reviews on Google |
| Updated | September 11, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 23071 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Visit your local Pep Boys Auto Service & Tire Shop at 23071 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 92688 for expert tire services and all your car, truck, or SUV auto care needs. We specialize in oil changes, new tires, tire repair, tire replacement, and more, offering same-day services to help keep you moving. Our certified technicians provide additional comprehensive auto repair and maintenance, brake repair, free brake inspections, battery replacement, inspections, and more. We proudly service hybrid and electric vehicles, making us your trusted local tire shop and auto care center. With over 100 years of experience, you can count on Pep Boys for reliable, professional service. Call or book an appointment today! | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM · Sun 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (949) 534-4810 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Auto repair and maintenance | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Battery replacement | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Brake repair | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Electric vehicle service | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Free brake inspections | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Hybrid vehicle service | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | New tires | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Oil changes | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Vehicle inspections | AI guess | |
| Team | Santa Margarita, CA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | |
| Links | https://facebook.com/pepboysauto | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | https://instagram.com/pepboysauto | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | Website | https://www.pepboys.com/stores/ca/rancho-santa-margarita/23071-antonio-parkway?Cid=gbp_appt_AN:PB%7CPB:G%7CTT:GBP%7CCG:CONVERSION%7CCD:SERVICE | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
1 person is named on this page.
| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|
Address: 23071 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA. Phone: (949) 534-4810. Hours: Mon to Sat 8 AM to 7 PM · Sun 9 AM to 6 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Visit your local Pep Boys Auto Service & Tire Shop at 23071 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 92688 for expert tire services and all your car, truck, or SUV auto care needs. We specialize in oil changes, new tires, tire repair, tire replacement, and more, offering same-day services to help keep you moving. Our certified technicians provide additional comprehensive auto repair and maintenance, brake repair, free brake inspections, battery replacement, inspections, and more. We proudly service hybrid and electric vehicles, making us your trusted local tire shop and auto care center. With over 100 years of experience, you can count on Pep Boys for reliable, professional service. Call or book an appointment today!"
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| Parking Lot (Tiny) | Parking lot | 3 min walk |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 3 min walk |
| Parking | Parking lot | 3 min walk |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 4 min walk |
| Parking Lot | Parking lot | 4 min walk |
4.5 average across 262 reviews: Google 262. (Confirmed, read September 11, 2026.)
While some staff provide commendable service, inconsistent experiences and serious errors raise concerns about reliability at this Pep Boys location. (AI guess, from 262 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Auto repair shops on the registry run 13 to 66. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Pep Boys scores 36. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Pep Boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 83 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 55 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 79 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |
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| Santa Margarita, CA | Person | #team-santa-margarita | ||
| Rancho Santa Margarita, California | City | #city | City Pep Boys is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the auto repair shops in Rancho Santa Margarita, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
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# Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires, Rancho Santa Margarita CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/rancho-santa-margarita/pep-boys-auto-service-and-tires-rancho-santa-margarita-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-11. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/rancho-santa-margarita/pep-boys-auto-service-and-tires-rancho-santa-margarita-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires is an auto repair shop in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. Its AI Score is 36 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Auto repair shop | | Address | 23071 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sat 8 AM to 7 PM · Sun 9 AM to 6 PM | | Phone | (949) 534-4810 | | Rating | 4.5 across 262 reviews on Google | | Updated | September 11, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 23071 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Visit your local Pep Boys Auto Service & Tire Shop at 23071 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 92688 for expert tire services and all your car, truck, or SUV auto care needs. We specialize in oil changes, new tires, tire repair, tire replacement, and more, offering same-day services to help keep you moving. Our certified technicians provide additional comprehensive auto repair and maintenance, brake repair, free brake inspections, battery replacement, inspections, and more. We proudly service hybrid and electric vehicles, making us your trusted local tire shop and auto care center. With over 100 years of experience, you can count on Pep Boys for reliable, professional service. Call or book an appointment today! | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM · Sun 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (949) 534-4810 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Auto repair and maintenance | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Battery replacement | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Brake repair | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Electric vehicle service | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Free brake inspections | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Hybrid vehicle service | AI guess | | | Services | Service | New tires | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Oil changes | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Vehicle inspections | AI guess | | | Team | Santa Margarita, CA | | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/pepboysauto | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/pepboysauto | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://www.pepboys.com/stores/ca/rancho-santa-margarita/23071-antonio-parkway?Cid=gbp_appt_AN:PB%7CPB:G%7CTT:GBP%7CCG:CONVERSION%7CCD:SERVICE | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team 1 person is named on this page. ### Santa Margarita, CA | Field | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | ## Visiting Pep Boys Address: 23071 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA. Phone: (949) 534-4810. Hours: Mon to Sat 8 AM to 7 PM · Sun 9 AM to 6 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Visit your local Pep Boys Auto Service & Tire Shop at 23071 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 92688 for expert tire services and all your car, truck, or SUV auto care needs. We specialize in oil changes, new tires, tire repair, tire replacement, and more, offering same-day services to help keep you moving. Our certified technicians provide additional comprehensive auto repair and maintenance, brake repair, free brake inspections, battery replacement, inspections, and more. We proudly service hybrid and electric vehicles, making us your trusted local tire shop and auto care center. With over 100 years of experience, you can count on Pep Boys for reliable, professional service. Call or book an appointment today!" ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Parking Lot | Parking lot | 2 min walk | | Parking Lot (Tiny) | Parking lot | 3 min walk | | Parking Lot | Parking lot | 3 min walk | | Parking | Parking lot | 3 min walk | | Parking Lot | Parking lot | 4 min walk | | Parking Lot | Parking lot | 4 min walk | ## Reputation 4.5 average across 262 reviews: Google 262. (Confirmed, read September 11, 2026.) While some staff provide commendable service, inconsistent experiences and serious errors raise concerns about reliability at this Pep Boys location. (AI guess, from 262 reviews.) ### What people like - Fast tire repair for flats ### What people do not like - Long waits for service - Miscommunication about appointments - Inexperienced technicians causing damage ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### what is the catch with Pep Boys? ### do they do payment plans at Pep Boys? ### Ballpark for a visit to a mechanic in Rancho Santa Margarita? ### does this shop ever have cancellations ### anything good on Antonio to kill time near this shop? ### walking in for a first visit, what happens ### Worth the hype here? ### best auto repair shop in Rancho Santa Margarita ### On a budget in Rancho Santa Margarita, is Pep Boys the one? ### where exactly is Pep Boys? ### Are the hours on Google right for Pep Boys in Rancho Santa Margarita? ### last update from here was when? ### picking between the two, is RSM Complete the safer bet? ### how do I reach Pep Boys to sort something out? ### is there a rewards thing at Pep Boys ### the good stuff about this shop, what is it? ## The AI Score: 36 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Auto repair shops on the registry run 13 to 66. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Pep Boys scores 36. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Pep Boys | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 83 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 55 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 79 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about an auto repair shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Pep Boys | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.pepboys.com/stores/ca/rancho-santa-margarita/23071-antonio-parkway?Cid=gbp_appt_AN:PB%7CPB:G%7CTT:GBP%7CCG:CONVERSION%7CCD:SERVICE | Subject of this page | | Santa Margarita, CA | Person | #team-santa-margarita | | | | Rancho Santa Margarita, California | City | #city | | City Pep Boys is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the auto repair shops in Rancho Santa Margarita, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best auto repair shops in Rancho Santa Margarita: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/rancho-santa-margarita/auto-repair-shop - Best businesses in Rancho Santa Margarita: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/rancho-santa-margarita ### Nearby - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJSVEo8E3r3IARLNx0Dh61JeM (accessed Sep 11, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 11, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Auto repair shops in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires, Rancho Santa Margarita CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 11, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 11, 2026 · Updated September 11, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
</header>
<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires is an auto repair shop in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. Its AI Score is 36 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Type</td><td>Auto repair shop</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>23071 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sat 8 AM to 7 PM · Sun 9 AM to 6 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(949) 534-4810</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.5 across 262 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 11, 2026</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>23071 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Visit your local Pep Boys Auto Service & Tire Shop at 23071 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 92688 for expert tire services and all your car, truck, or SUV auto care needs. We specialize in oil changes, new tires, tire repair, tire replacement, and more, offering same-day services to help keep you moving. Our certified technicians provide additional comprehensive auto repair and maintenance, brake repair, free brake inspections, battery replacement, inspections, and more. We proudly service hybrid and electric vehicles, making us your trusted local tire shop and auto care center. With over 100 years of experience, you can count on Pep Boys for reliable, professional service. Call or book an appointment today!</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sat 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM · Sun 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(949) 534-4810</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>9:00 AM to 6:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Auto repair and maintenance</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Battery replacement</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Brake repair</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Electric vehicle service</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Free brake inspections</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Hybrid vehicle service</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>New tires</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Oil changes</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Vehicle inspections</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Team</td><td>Santa Margarita, CA</td><td></td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://facebook.com/pepboysauto</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://instagram.com/pepboysauto</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://www.pepboys.com/stores/ca/rancho-santa-margarita/23071-antonio-parkway?Cid=gbp_appt_AN:PB%7CPB:G%7CTT:GBP%7CCG:CONVERSION%7CCD:SERVICE</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
<p>1 person is named on this page.</p>
<h4>Santa Margarita, CA</h4>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Field</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
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</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-pep-boys">
<h3>Visiting Pep Boys</h3>
<p>Address: 23071 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA. Phone: (949) 534-4810. Hours: Mon to Sat 8 AM to 7 PM · Sun 9 AM to 6 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Visit your local Pep Boys Auto Service & Tire Shop at 23071 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 92688 for expert tire services and all your car, truck, or SUV auto care needs. We specialize in oil changes, new tires, tire repair, tire replacement, and more, offering same-day services to help keep you moving. Our certified technicians provide additional comprehensive auto repair and maintenance, brake repair, free brake inspections, battery replacement, inspections, and more. We proudly service hybrid and electric vehicles, making us your trusted local tire shop and auto care center. With over 100 years of experience, you can count on Pep Boys for reliable, professional service. Call or book an appointment today!"</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Parking Lot</td><td>Parking lot</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parking Lot (Tiny)</td><td>Parking lot</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parking Lot</td><td>Parking lot</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parking</td><td>Parking lot</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parking Lot</td><td>Parking lot</td><td>4 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parking Lot</td><td>Parking lot</td><td>4 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.5 average across 262 reviews: Google 262. (Confirmed, read September 11, 2026.)</p>
<p>While some staff provide commendable service, inconsistent experiences and serious errors raise concerns about reliability at this Pep Boys location. (AI guess, from 262 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fast tire repair for flats</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Long waits for service</li>
<li>Miscommunication about appointments</li>
<li>Inexperienced technicians causing damage</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>what is the catch with Pep Boys?</h4>
<h4>do they do payment plans at Pep Boys?</h4>
<h4>Ballpark for a visit to a mechanic in Rancho Santa Margarita?</h4>
<h4>does this shop ever have cancellations</h4>
<h4>anything good on Antonio to kill time near this shop?</h4>
<h4>walking in for a first visit, what happens</h4>
<h4>Worth the hype here?</h4>
<h4>best auto repair shop in Rancho Santa Margarita</h4>
<h4>On a budget in Rancho Santa Margarita, is Pep Boys the one?</h4>
<h4>where exactly is Pep Boys?</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for Pep Boys in Rancho Santa Margarita?</h4>
<h4>last update from here was when?</h4>
<h4>picking between the two, is RSM Complete the safer bet?</h4>
<h4>how do I reach Pep Boys to sort something out?</h4>
<h4>is there a rewards thing at Pep Boys</h4>
<h4>the good stuff about this shop, what is it?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 36 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Auto repair shops on the registry run 13 to 66. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Pep Boys scores 36. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Pep Boys</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>25</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>41</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>83</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>65</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>55</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>79</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about an auto repair shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
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<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Pep Boys</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://www.pepboys.com/stores/ca/rancho-santa-margarita/23071-antonio-parkway?Cid=gbp_appt_AN:PB%7CPB:G%7CTT:GBP%7CCG:CONVERSION%7CCD:SERVICE</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Santa Margarita, CA</td><td>Person</td><td>#team-santa-margarita</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Rancho Santa Margarita, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Pep Boys is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the auto repair shops in Rancho Santa Margarita, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best auto repair shops in Rancho Santa Margarita: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/rancho-santa-margarita/auto-repair-shop</li>
<li>Best businesses in Rancho Santa Margarita: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/rancho-santa-margarita</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
<li>/los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles</li>
<li>/san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJSVEo8E3r3IARLNx0Dh61JeM (accessed Sep 11, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 11, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
</ul>
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