A 1950 Cable St store of the NYSE-listed AutoZone chain (ticker AZO), this Ocean Beach location stocks Duralast batteries, brake pads, and OE-equivalent parts alongside fluids, filters, and consumables across roughly 20,000 SKUs in-store with overnight access to the wider hub network. In-store check-engine OBD-II code scans, battery and alternator load tests, and starter bench tests are part of the standard parts-counter service, with the resulting diagnostic codes typically passed downstream to neighborhood repair shops — most often Sunset Garage on Bacon St — for the actual mechanical fix. The Loan-A-Tool program checks out specialty equipment — bearing pullers, ball-joint presses, fuel-pressure gauges, OBD-II scan tools — against a refundable deposit so DIYers do not buy single-job tools they will never reuse. Used motor oil and lead-acid batteries get accepted for recycling at the back counter under California's hazardous-waste handling rules. The AutoZone Pro commercial account program supplies parts on net terms to small fleet operators, with the local U-Haul Neighborhood Dealer among the rotation-style accounts pulling brake pads and filters between rental turnarounds. The most involved counter transactions are full-rebuild parts kits — head gaskets, timing components, water pumps — staged together for a customer or partner shop pulling an entire engine in a weekend window.