LKQ Pick Your Part Guide: Prices, Warranty, and Inventory Search
Pick Your Part still gets searched as "LKQ Pick Your Part," but LKQ sold the chain in 2025. Here is how its 60 yards price parts, what the 90-day guarantee covers, and how to check inventory first.
Key Takeaways
- LKQ sold Pick Your Part in 2025. The sale to an affiliate of Pacific Avenue Capital Partners closed on October 1, 2025. The yards still run as Pick Your Part at pyp.com.
- Pick Your Part lists 60 yards in 17 states as of October 2026, with 14 in California and 8 in Florida.
- Admission was $3 at the store pages we checked. Price lists show the part price, a refundable core deposit, and an optional 90-Day Worry-Free Guarantee priced at about 30% of the part.
- Without the guarantee, parts are sold as is. With it, you get a full refund within 90 days if the part is wrong, does not fit, or does not work.
LKQ Pick Your Part is the self-service junkyard chain that runs 60 yards under the Pick Your Part name. You pay a small admission fee, pull parts yourself from cars set on stands, and pay posted prices. LKQ Corporation sold the chain in 2025, so LKQ warranties no longer apply, but the yards, website, and pricing model carried on under the new owner.
Who owns Pick Your Part now?
Pick Your Part is no longer part of LKQ. In an October 1, 2025 press release, LKQ Corporation said it had completed the sale of its Self Service segment, identified as "Pick Your Part," to an affiliate of Pacific Avenue Capital Partners for an enterprise value of $410 million. LKQ's own company history notes that it entered the self-service business in 2004 and sold it in 2025.
The sale matters mostly because of warranty terms. LKQ's corporate site describes a 6-month, 6,000-mile warranty on light-duty recycled mechanical parts bought from LKQ-branded locations. That is LKQ's full-service program. Pick Your Part has its own policy, the optional 90-Day Worry-Free Guarantee described below, and neither one carries over to the other.
Where are Pick Your Part locations?
The pyp.com locations list shows 60 yards in 17 states as of October 2026. California and Florida account for more than a third of them.
| State | Yards | State | Yards |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 14 | Tennessee | 3 |
| Florida | 8 | South Carolina | 3 |
| Illinois | 5 | Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma | 2 each |
| North Carolina | 5 | Alabama, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin | 1 each |
| Maryland, Texas | 4 each |
Each store has its own page with hours, admission, a parts finder, a vehicle inventory, and a price list. Pick the right store before you search, because inventory and prices are set per location.
How a visit to Pick Your Part works
Every customer signs a release and pays an entry fee before going into the yard, according to the posted yard rules. The Orlando and Sun Valley store pages both listed admission at $3 in October 2026, and you must be at least 16 to enter. The company FAQ says the fee covers basic yard maintenance.
- Check the store's inventory online and write down the section, row, and space of each candidate car.
- Ask the counter for an interchange sheet. According to the FAQ, the checkout counter can provide one, so you can pull from other models that share the part.
- Pay admission, sign the release, and expect a bag check. Toolboxes and bags can be inspected on the way in and on the way out.
- Pull the part. Cars are grouped by make and set on stands, and the Orlando store page says wheelbarrows and engine hoists are free to use.
- Pay at the register. Decide whether to keep or decline the 90-day guarantee, and check that the part is marked before you leave.
Our step-by-step guide to pulling your own parts at a junkyard covers the mechanical side, from breaking loose rusted bolts to carrying heavy parts out safely.
Pick Your Part yard rules and prohibited tools
The yard rules prohibit jacks and jack stands, grinders, generators, cutting torches, gas-powered tools, alcohol and drugs, pets, and anyone under 16. Vehicles are already supported, which is why jacks are banned. Safety glasses, long pants, and closed-toe shoes are recommended.
Three rules catch first-time visitors off guard:
- No photos or video anywhere on Pick Your Part property. Bring a pen and write part numbers down.
- No customer-owned parts in the yard. To compare your old part, use the sales office with an employee present.
- No catalytic converters for sale. The rules say so outright, so don't plan a trip around one.
How much do parts cost at Pick Your Part?
Pick Your Part posts a price list for each yard, and the same part can cost different amounts at different stores. Each list has four columns: the part price, a refundable core deposit, the optional 90-day guarantee, and a total that adds all three. The list notes that the total excludes taxes. Find your store's list on the official Pick Your Part prices page.
Here are part prices from two yards as of October 2026. Prices change and vary by location.
| Part | Orlando, FL price | Sun Valley, CA price | Core deposit (Orlando / Sun Valley) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alternator | $30.50 | $33.50 | $10 / $10 |
| Starter | $28.50 | $35.50 | $10 / $10 |
| Radiator | $42.50 | $37.50 | $13 / $10 |
| Headlight | $36.00 | $41.00 | none |
| Engine control module | $68.50 | $72.00 | $5 / $5 |
| Front door | $50.00 | $81.00 | $10 / $10 |
| Transmission | $174.99 | $174.99 | $35 / $30 |
With the core and guarantee added, the Orlando alternator shows a total of $49.65. If you return the old alternator, $10 of that comes back. If you decline the guarantee, $9.15 comes off.
Core charges, fees, and rounding
A core charge works like a bottle deposit: you pay it at purchase and get it back when you return your old part. The sales policy says you skip the core charge entirely if you have the old part with you when you buy, and that the returned core must match the purchased part by Hollander interchange or part number. Core charges are often set by state law, so amounts differ by state.
Two newer policy changes show up on receipts. Since November 25, 2025, Pick Your Part no longer charges a separate environmental fee; the cost is built into prices. Since July 23, 2026, transaction totals are rounded down to the nearest 5 cents, by up to 4 cents, because of reduced penny production.
Pick Your Part warranty: the 90-Day Worry-Free Guarantee
The 90-Day Worry-Free Guarantee is Pick Your Part's only return option, and it is optional. With it, you can bring a part back within 90 days for a full refund if it was the wrong part, did not fit, or did not work. You need the original receipt showing the guarantee was purchased, and the part must still be marked. Cores can also be returned within the same 90 days.
The guarantee is added to your purchase automatically. If you do not want it, tell the cashier and it will be removed. Without it, the sales policy is blunt: except for certain batteries, parts are sold as is and the buyer assumes the entire risk.
On the price lists we checked, the guarantee costs about 30% of the part price: $9.15 on a $30.50 alternator, $52.50 on a $174.99 transmission. It is cheap insurance on electrical parts and anything you cannot test in the yard. Our guide to testing used parts before you install them shows what to check during the 90 days so you do not miss the window.
How to search Pick Your Part inventory
Pick Your Part has two online tools, and both start with choosing a store. The vehicle inventory lists each car with year, make, model, color, stock number, VIN, its yard location by section, row, and space, the date it became available, and links to compatible parts and part prices. The parts finder takes your year, make, model, and part, then uses interchange data to show every vehicle with a compatible part across Pick Your Part locations.
If nothing matches, the parts finder page points you to the Pick Your Part Garage app (PYP Garage on the website), which sends a notification when a matching vehicle arrives. Both pages carry the same caution: inventory changes daily, a listed car may be gone when you arrive, and compatibility is not guaranteed. Use the VIN on the listing with our VIN decoder to confirm engine and trim before you drive over.
Does Pick Your Part buy cars?
Yes. Pick Your Part's Sell Your Car page offers an instant online quote, then schedules a pickup, inspects the vehicle, and pays on the spot. It buys junk, damaged, and non-running vehicles, though damage or a non-running condition can reduce the offer. In most cases you need proof of ownership such as the title. Get at least one competing offer before you accept, since scrap prices and towing distance move the number.
How to find a Pick Your Part or another self-service yard near you
If you searched "pick your part junkyard near me," start with the pyp.com locations page, then compare it with independent U-pull yards in the same area. The largest clusters are in California, Florida, and North Carolina, and our state hubs list every yard we track there, including self-service lots outside the big chains. If you also shop West Coast yards, our Pick-n-Pull guide covers how that chain's 30-day exchange compares. Everywhere else, search the salvage yard directory by state and city.
Your next step: open your store's price list, decide in advance whether the guarantee is worth it for the part you need, and check the inventory page the morning you go.
Sources
- LKQ Corporation: LKQ Corporation Completes the Sale of its Self Service Segment (accessed October 2026)
- LKQ Corporation: Our Company History (accessed October 2026)
- LKQ Corporation: LKQ North America (accessed October 2026)
- Pick Your Part: Locations (accessed October 2026)
- Pick Your Part: Yard Rules (accessed October 2026)
- Pick Your Part: Sales Policies (accessed October 2026)
- Pick Your Part: Parts Prices (Orlando and Sun Valley lists) (accessed October 2026)
- Pick Your Part: Orlando store page (accessed October 2026)
- Pick Your Part: FAQ (accessed October 2026)
- Pick Your Part: Sell Your Junk Car (accessed October 2026)