diff --git a/src/helpers/url-query-string-encoder.js b/src/helpers/url-query-string-encoder.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 715991dd..00000000
--- a/src/helpers/url-query-string-encoder.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Replaces all instances of '/' with '%2F'
- * @param {string} parameter 
- * @returns string with '/' replaced with '%2F'
- */
-export default function encodeParameter(parameter) {
-    return parameter.split('/').join('%2F')
-}
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diff --git a/src/helpers/url-query-string-encoder.spec.js b/src/helpers/url-query-string-encoder.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d11f7d6..00000000
--- a/src/helpers/url-query-string-encoder.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import encodeParameter from '@/helpers/url-query-string-encoder';
-
-describe('url-query-string-encoder', () => {
-    describe('encodeParameter', () => {
-        test.each([
-            ['', ''],
-            ['/', '%2F'],
-            ['//  ', '%2F%2F  '],
-            ['/ap ple', '%2Fap ple'],
-            ['ap/ple', 'ap%2Fple'],
-            ['apple /', 'apple %2F'],
-            ['//a/pp/le/', '%2F%2Fa%2Fpp%2Fle%2F']
-        ])('Given %p returns %p', (input, expected) => {
-            // Act
-            var result = encodeParameter(input);
-
-            // Assert
-            expect(result).toEqual(expected);
-        })
-    });
-})
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diff --git a/src/store/index.js b/src/store/index.js
index 4f6b210c..f3b45468 100644
--- a/src/store/index.js
+++ b/src/store/index.js
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ export const useMainStore = defineStore({
         },
 
         getVehicleModels() {
-            const encodedMake = encodeParameter(this.order.vehicle.make);
+            const encodedMake = encodeURIComponent(this.order.vehicle.make);
             return globalMethods.callHttpClient({
                 method: endpoints.GetVehicleModels.method,
                 endpoint: `${endpoints.GetVehicleModels.url}/${this.order.vehicle.year}/${encodedMake}`,
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@ export const useMainStore = defineStore({
         },
 
         getVehicleStyles() {
-            const encodedMake = encodeParameter(this.order.vehicle.make);
-            const encodedModel = encodeParameter(this.order.vehicle.model);
+            const encodedMake = encodeURIComponent(this.order.vehicle.make);
+            const encodedModel = encodeURIComponent(this.order.vehicle.model);
             return globalMethods.callHttpClient({
                 method: endpoints.GetVehicleStyles.method,
                 endpoint: `${endpoints.GetVehicleStyles.url}/${this.order.vehicle.year}/${encodedMake}/${encodedModel}`,