Co Wheels Car Club Reviews 

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.2

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Evaluating 76 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the dedicated support staff for being exceptionally helpful, polite, and quick to resolve account queries or vehicle problems. Consumers also find the overall car rental process wonderfully simple and appreciate the round-the-clock assistance available whenever they need guidance on the road. Some reviewers were not happy with occasional vehicle faults, unexpected mechanical breakdowns, and lengthy roadside delays during their journeys. A few other people also felt that customer support could sometimes be dismissive, unhelpful, or lacking transparency when handling formal complaints, credit checks, and difficult situations.

What people talk about most

Customer service

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Service

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Staff

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Product

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Response time

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I unfortunately do not remember the agent's name, however, she was extremely supportive and thorough with my request to change my login email address. She made the whole process seamless...honestly, m... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Have been with CoWheels for many years. Excellent organisation and top-notch customer service. Always able to get through promptly to a real person when needed. They couldn't be more helpful and pers... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I signed up for Co Wheels the day before my girlfriend’s birthday and ran into an issue with my verification. With plans already made, I was worried we’d have to cancel and that her birthday morn... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Nothing but praise for this company and particularly the excellent customer service it provides. The cars are always clean and in good condition. I've used them for a couple of years and find it a co... See more

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Company details

  1. Motoring Club
  2. Car Leasing Service
  3. Car Rental Agency
  4. Car Sharing Location

Written by the company

Co Wheels is an innovative social enterprise offering ‘pay-as-you-go ’ car hire with cars parked in convenient locations close to where people live and work. Members can make use of car club vehicles as and when they need them, without any of the costs of private car ownership. We have more than 600 vehicles - cars, estates, seven seaters and vans - in over 50 locations across the UK from the Scottish islands down to the south coast, including Glasgow, Dundee, Newcastle, Birmingham, Salford, Oxford and Bristol. You can rent by the hour or day, sign up online and then you can book vehicles on our website or via our smartphone App from just £5.50 an hour.


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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent company

Excellent company. Very convenient, great value and great cars. Keep it up!

29 June 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you so much for the 5* review. We will be sure to pass your comments along to the rest of the team!

- Rebecca

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Apparently they don’t value their customers?

The car had the wrong charging card. So I had to pay for the charging myself, after an hour of discovering this. They didn’t apologise, didn’t provide any compensation for the inconvenience and showed no interest in keep me as customer after expressing my unhappiness. Why would I give them more of my money?

24 June 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

We are so sorry to hear that we have not met your expectations on this occasion. I have reviewed your messages with our customer service team and can see that we agreed to refund you for the charging session, as per our terms. Please do respond to our orginal email with your bank details so we can get this actioned for you.

For reference, each of our cars have the charge card for the post where they are parked which does vary across the UK. We'd recommend checking out our faq's for more information on charging our electric vehicles. https://co-wheels.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360011315739-What-If-I-Need-To-Re-Charge-An-Electric-Vehicle.

-Rebecca

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Co-Wheels treated me unprofessionally

Co-Wheels removed all cars from my district and found it OK not to inform me as a customer, who has been loyal and paid my dues every time and looked after their cars as if it is my own.
I find their treatment unprofessional and appalling to say the least.
The first person I spoke to was very understanding and very willing to refund me the full amount I asked for. Because my card had expired I was asked to call back once I have updated my bank card details and FULL amount would be refunded.
When I called back ( after 2 MINUTES ) I was connected to another employee, by the name of Kyle. He refused me the full refund and was only willing to give me 5 months of my money back. I was willing to take the not full amount if they added on the two months of which they had removed the cars from my area previously. Kyle and his manager refused this. This is atrocious since when I type my postcode into the search for cars near me, it says "Sorry, no locations were found nearby...".
I only paid the extra fees on the basis that I would use the cars, since there are no cars and that there haven't been for the past two months, I believe I should be paid in full or if that is really impossible then at least compensated for the rest of the time as well as the two months for which the car has not been in my area.

23 June 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very pleased

Very pleased to be a member of Co-Wheel for about an year now. Great customer service every single time for every single query or question that I had. Reasonable prices. I just wish to see Co-wheels in more cities in the UK. Thanks Co-Wheel for everything. cheers!

18 June 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for being a loyal Co Wheels member. We hope to see more Co Wheels vehicles across the UK soon but please feel free to drop us a message via email or our social pages if you have a location in mind.

- Rebecca

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had an issue creating a Business…

I had an issue creating a Business account, a quick email to the Co Wheels resulted in an instant reply from Aaron who informed me he had amended my account ready for me to create my Driver Profile. Thank you :) (Request no. 238625)

16 June 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for leaving such a lovely review. We are so pleased to hear that Aaron was able to help you on your journey.

-Rebecca

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Prompt reply and helpful advice

Received a response to my email right away and the agent helped me find a quick solution.

5 June 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for leaving us a 5* review, we will be sure to pass your lovely comments along to the team.

-Rebecca

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They ignore customers' emails

They ignore customers' emails! I tried to close my account and the just ignored me.

It should be possible and easy to do this on the app, yet they insist on me emailing them…and then they IGNORE it.

29 May 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Stephen,
I am so sorry to hear that the customer service team missed your email. I can see that the team has now followed up on your email and are taking the necessary action to get that sorted for you.
Please do let us know if there is anything further we can do to help.

-Rebecca

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Really helped me get the application…

Really helped me get the application details together. Although I'm bemused why my photo and licence didn't capture clearly enough, the follow up by the team over the last few days has been really helpful and clear. Hoping everything goes smoothly from here with using the service.

26 May 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for leaving us a review Tracy. We are sorry to hear that you had trouble uploading a high-res photo but we are so pleased to hear that our team were able to help you get set up.

- Rebecca

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

great customer service when i needed…

great customer service when i needed prompt replies on the phone and helped me resolved my problem through email from their customer service too !!! love em :)

23 May 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for leaving a review - We're so pleased we were able to help you with your issue :)

-Rebecca

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really useful service

I usually find Co Wheels very easy to use and as someone who doesn't want the hassle or cost or owning a car their service is perfect for me, with lots of their cars in Glasgow. On the rare occasion that there's an issue, it's usually related to someone else, rather than Co Wheels (e.g. someone has parked in the bay I'm supposed to return the car to). In those cases, I find it really useful having a UK-based call centre that I can connect to straightaway to speak to someone who can sort the issue.

18 May 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

We're so pleased to hear that you love using Co Wheels and have had such positive experiences with us!

- Rebecca

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Speedy help

Thanks to Zoe and Aaron in Customer Services for a speedy and helpful response to my query re Driver Profile Confirmation

18 May 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for leaving a 5* review. We're so pleased to hear that Zoe and Aaron were able to help.

-Rebecca

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

No drama

Had some issues with paying for fuel, but it all got resolved without drama. Have always had a good experience with team at Co-wheels.

26 April 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for leaving us a 5* review Matthew.

-Rebecca

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Queries invariably dealt with very…

Queries invariably dealt with very quickly and efficiently. Thank you for such excellent service.

14 April 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for the review, Hilary. We're so pleased we were able to help you with your query.

-Rebecca

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

Great customer service. Short wait time (2mins) and helpful staff, even at weekends.

25 April 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for leaving us such a lovely review.

- Rebecca

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good service from a switched-on…

Very good service from a switched-on customer care team.

16 April 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you so much for leaving us a 5* review, Alan. We're so pleased our customer service team were able to help you.

-Rebecca

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

annual licence check

I had to do my annual licence check. I sent the DVLA code by email as requested. It was in the evening. I was delighted to get confirmation email from Jordan in support the same evening. Great service. I've been using the club for many years with no problems. I have phoned a couple of times about the electric charging point (not their fault) and very pleased with response.

2 April 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for leaving us such a lovely review Alan.

- Rebecca

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Last minute problem sorted very…

Last minute problem sorted very quickly by Kyle.

3 April 2025
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for leaving us a review Steve. We are so pleased to hear that Kyle was able to help you.

-Rebecca

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