Junk car removal
in Chicago
Dead, wrecked or done with it? Tell us the car and where it sits. Free towing, and you're paid at pickup.
Get your offer
Free towing. You're paid at pickup.
- Free towing, curb, alley or garage
- Paid before the truck pulls away
- Same-day pickup often possible
How much does junk car removal cost in Chicago?
With Cars Junk Man, junk car removal in Chicago costs you nothing. Towing is free: no towing charge is taken out of your offer. We buy the car, send the truck to your curb, alley or garage, and you're paid at pickup. Same-day pickup is often possible.
That's the part most people worry about, and it's why we say it first. The offer depends on the car: year, make, model, condition, and whether you have the paperwork. The tow doesn't change it. How towing is priced into a junk car offer explains the rest.
From your curb to the truck in four steps
Nothing to fix, nothing to drive anywhere. How it works has the detail.
Send the car
Year, make, model and whether you have the title. Then your name, your phone and where the car is.
Get the offer
We call you back with an offer for the car. Towing is free, so nothing comes off that number for the tow.
Pick the pickup time
Same-day pickup is often possible. Clear the way to the car and get your paperwork out.
Paid at pickup, car gone
The driver checks the car matches what you told us, you're paid, and the car leaves on the truck.
What we tow
Junk, wrecked and scrap vehicles. If it has to leave on a truck, it's ours to worry about.
- Cars that won't start
- Wrecked and crashed cars
- Scrap cars and stripped shells
- Cars that sat for years
- Burned and flooded cars
- SUVs and crossovers
- Junk pickups and work trucks
- Cargo and passenger vans
- No keys, flat tires, won't roll
- No title in hand? We can still help
- Junk car towingHow the car physically gets from your curb, alley or garage onto the truck, and what the driver needs from you.
- Non-running car removalDead battery, blown engine, or sat for a year with flat tires. How a car that won't start gets out and onto the truck.
- Junk truck and van removalPickups, work trucks and cargo vans. Weight, beds full of stuff, long wheelbases in tight alleys.
South Side neighborhoods we know block by block
Each page has pickup notes for that neighborhood: the landmarks to give a driver, and the parking that trips up a tow. We also pick up everywhere else in Chicago, across the suburbs and in Northwest Indiana as far as Gary. All South Side areas
- ChathamBungalow blocks, alley garages and side streets between the Red Line and the Metra Electric tracks.
- EnglewoodGarfield Boulevard to 75th Street, Racine to the Metra tracks. Street, lot and side-yard pickups.
- South Shore67th to 79th Street, Stony Island to the lake. Courtyard buildings, rear lots and the tracks down 71st.
- Auburn GreshamBungalows, brick two-flats and shared parking, from 79th Street to the Gresham Metra stop at 87th.
- Greater Grand CrossingPark Manor, Brookline, Essex, Brookdale and Grand Crossing. Rail embankments, dead ends and the Dan Ryan.
- Woodlawn60th to 67th Street, King Drive to the lake. East and West Woodlawn, split at Cottage Grove.
Before the tow
The questions that stop people booking a pickup, answered plainly. All guides
- Is junk car removal free?How towing gets paid for inside a junk car offer, where a fee can hide, and five questions to ask before you accept.
- What to take out before junkingThe checklist for the glovebox, trunk, plates, toll transponder and Chicago city sticker, and the parts to leave on.
- Abandoned and dead cars in ChicagoThe City of Chicago's four abandoned-vehicle criteria, what happens after a city tow, and your options if the dead car is yours.
- No keys, flat tires, no way outWhat changes on the truck when the car has no keys, won't roll, is stuck in park or is boxed in, and what to tell us up front.
Junk car removal questions
Is the towing really free?
Do I need the title?
My car doesn't run. Will you still take it?
What if there are no keys, or the tires are flat?
What will I be paid for my junk car?
When do I get paid, and how?
How long is the offer good for?
How soon can you pick up?
Do you only work on the South Side?
Car still sitting there?
The form is the fastest way to reach Cars Junk Man. Send it and we call you back with an offer. Want to know who you're dealing with first? Read about Cars Junk Man or contact us.