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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Evaluating 90 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the dedicated staff for providing fast, exceptionally helpful, and polite support whenever assistance is needed. Consumers deeply appreciate the highly efficient communication and professional assistance received during all their inquiries and part requests. Some reviewers were not happy with the poor condition of returned vehicles, mentioning unexpected damages and terrible handling. A few other people also felt that customer support fell short when dealing with critical mechanical defects or incorrectly advertised products. People noted that obtaining proper resolutions or timely responses for these significant problems proved extremely difficult.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Enquired to ask about a door harness/loom for my vehicle, Nathan responded quickly and managed to confirm they don’t sell door looms only the complete door, but helped me even further by providing me... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing service, best service I have received from any organisation for a long time. Helpful honest transparency. Customer online chat perfect. Delivered way before expected. Above and beyond. Made m... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I spoke to a lady called Rebecca as I couldn't renew my subscription. She explained about way for me to do it and gave me a step by step guide. Once I managed to sort the payment she confirmed everyth... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I bought a bumper for my 2014 Audi A3 8V from Synetiq via Partsgateway. Literally amazing service, I purchased a near perfect bumper based on being 12 years old! Any minor damage was highlighted and... See more


Company details

  1. Auto Auction
  2. Auto Parts Market
  3. Salvage Dealer
  4. Tire Shop
  5. Used Auto Parts Store
  6. Used Car Dealer

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As the largest UK owned salvage and vehicle recycling company, LKQ SYNETIQ create intelligent solutions for some of the countries’ leading Insurers, company fleets and police forces. LKQ SYNETIQ are trusted to process vehicles through auctions, green parts sales, and recycling processes.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dishonest behaviour

Purchased a bonnet from this company on Ebay, they had my money, but then decided the item was damaged and unusable, but instead of issuing a refund, they marked it as dispached with no intentions of ever doing so, forcing me to wait 14 days before I can raise a claim to get my money back.
Shocking behaviour, steer clear of synetiq and save yourself the grief.
Still not got my money back....
True to form, the reply email address in their response is no good....

13 June 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Good Afternoon

Thank you for your feedback, and I apologise that you felt it necessary to leave a review. Please contact our parts team on parts@iaai.co.uk and they will be able to further investigate this issue for you.

Best regards,
Kerry

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

They Solve my problem immediately

They Solve my problem immediately

18 June 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful indeed and polite

Everythig went great company got a great platform

16 June 2025
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Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Georgia

Georgia - absolutely fantastic support

13 June 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Caitlin was so heplfull and assited me…

Caitlin was so heplfull and assited me with everyting needed to get my account verified in less than 10mins. Thank you, Caitlin!

13 June 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback! Its really great to hear that Caitlin was able to help!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Delivery query

Very helpful

12 June 2025
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Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Georgia was extremely helpful in…

Georgia was extremely helpful in explaining everything with how the auction works etc. also very efficient with uploading documents. Thank you as the service provided gives me the confidence to bid.

4 June 2025
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Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just quick and concise help

Just quick and concise help. Caitlin was particularly helpful.

3 June 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback! Its really great to hear that Caitlin was able to help!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Service

Faye Scott did a wonderful job in helping me out with an order that had gone to the wrong address. She spent at least 90 minutes with me trying to resolve the issue and this was done after closing time which she happened to pick up on at home.

30 May 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Caitlin Carabine was extremley helpful…

Caitlin Carabine was extremley helpful in getting my account subscription renewed. Alot of companies you would be waiting days for a response over email. She had the issue resolved in a couple of emails and less then thirthy minutes. Great asset to the company thank you.

30 May 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback! Its really great to hear that Caitlin was able to help!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A positive transaction

A positive transaction. Daniel dealt with my query and he was very helpful and capable. He answered all my questions and sorted my tyre purchase really efficiently.

27 May 2025
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Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute amateurs!

I want to share my experience with them. After I filed a claim for damage to my car with the insurance company, SYNETIQ was sent to pick up the car and have it repaired. After a week of staying with them, they called me saying they wanted to scrap it because of a dented bumper and fender. After I refused and wanted the car returned to me, I had to wait almost 2 more weeks. But the biggest problem was when the car was returned to me. They returned it to me with a torn front bumper, scratches on the paint and inside the car it looked like they had stepped on the seats with shoes. After a conversation and providing photos of the new damage they caused, I had to wait another week for them to decide that they did not take responsibility for loading and unloading the car and that it was inevitable to avoid the damage. They refused to take any responsibility for what they did. Absolute amateurs.

Edit after response from Synetiq :
Maybe you don't read or it's more convenient for you not to read what I wrote, but no one is saying that the car had no damage when it was taken from you. The damage was on the back of the bumper. I'm saying that when you returned it to me, the car had new damage on the front like a torn bumper, which turned out to be broken from below as well, and that next to the license plate on the left there was damage to the paint like deep scratches. If you look at the photos that I sent you before they took it and compare them with the ones you asked for after it was returned to me, you will see that there was damage during its stay with you. You can see it very well, but you are acting blind. I can send you before and after photos again to prove to you that you caused damage that was not there when the car was taken. It is also a fact that this is not the first time this has happened. I have read about several other cases of the same damage caused by you, which you also refused to take responsibility for. I personally will never have a car collected by you again. Unfortunately, you have incompetent employees who "earn" you such a negative reputation.

23 May 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Good Morning Boris,

Thank you for your feedback, and I apologise that you felt it necessary to leave a review after I had dealt with your complaint. As advised to you, your vehicle was collected with the damage already sustained, and this was not caused within our yard. You agreed to retain what is known as a salvage vehicle.

I apologise for any inconvenience or confusion this situation may have caused. If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
Kerry

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful thank you very much

Very helpful thank you very much

23 May 2025
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Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very helpfull service

Georgia was very helpfull and it took no time at all to resolve my problem.

22 May 2025
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Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Profesional

22 May 2025
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Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I sold my car to SYNETIQ in March and…

I sold my car to SYNETIQ in March and handed over the V5C as requested when dropping the vehicle off at their depot. This wasn’t an auction — it was a direct sale to them. Months later, I started receiving DVLA fines because the vehicle is still registered in my name.

When I contacted their team via fines email, I was told it was my problem and that I had to sort the ownership change myself — despite the fact that I no longer have the car or any information about who they sold it to, and they refused to provide any details.

More so at then depot they said they will take care of the change of ownership.

22 May 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Good Morning Kay,

Thank you for your feedback regarding the sale of your vehicle to us. We appreciate your input.

We apologise for any confusion this may have caused. Please note that updating the DVLA when a vehicle has been sold is the responsibility of the owner who is selling the vehicle. Unfortunately, this is not something we would do on your behalf.

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
Kerry

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Mandy was very helpful and she put me…

Mandy was very helpful and she put me right within minutes very good feed back from mand spot on thank u Mandy very helpful and fast

21 May 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Better safe then sorry

created an account, paid fee and submitted the desired documents but they suspended my account saying 1 customer is allowed on 1 address, I told them its company virtual address and over 6k companies are registered at the same address but they refused and, even the account was not approved they refused to refund the money, which is fraudulent and scam practice. Be careful when dealing with them, they might surprise you in the future when you send them money, and they refuse to provide you with the car and offer no refund. stay safe

21 May 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We're sorry to hear about your negative experience.

We take all feedback seriously and will investigate these issues further to improve our services.

If you would like to discuss this further or have any additional details you'd like to share, please contact our customer service team directly on autioncomplaints@iaai.co.uk

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Be careful credit cards not accepted

No information that you cannot pay by credit card untill you receive the invoice. Then they charge a cancellation fee15% and late payment fees. Not on their tearms and conditions that they don't accept credit card. However they accepted the membership of £70 by credit card. How many people fall into this trap. Information on the fact that they don't accept credit card on winning bids needs to be given prior to the bidding, not after. So be careful they also charge vat even though it stated that this bid does not charge vat. Seems like some sort of scam.

16 May 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We're sorry to hear about your negative experience.
Your concerns regarding the servicing of the vehicles are important to us.
We take all feedback seriously and will investigate these issues further to improve our services.
If you would like to discuss this further or have any additional details you'd like to share, please contact our customer service team directly on autioncomplaints@iaai.co.uk

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Martyn Taylor is the man of magic

Martyn Taylor is the man of magic . Very helpful guy - will go extra mile for you .

👊🏽

16 May 2025
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Reply from LKQ SYNETIQ

Hello

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback!

If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Kerry
Complaints & Compliance Executive

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