Halfords Autocentres Reviews 

Had a mot booked paid £800 odds pounds then discovered they charged for 6 brake discs £510 so my refund should have been £184 and odds because clearly 6divided into that !! They now have refunded £84 saying that they used dearer discs but clearly you charged and I paid for 6 unbelievable the personel in Hamilton and head office never herd such stupidity

I’ve been using the services of the Mountbatten branch of Halfords for many years and I can honestly say that rob and his staff have always been professional, honest and reliable when dealing with all aspects of my car care.

Took my money. Cancelled the order. Not refunded. No care, wait 7 days. 7 days have gone. There's still no refund.

APPALLING. Read on!

So they take my cash and so far it's taken an hour and a half to not get it back. Their solution??? Chat online....again.

A mechanic came to check my car Fiat 500 done all the checks and said that my battery was dead but don’t worry it was under warranty at Halfords let’s go and get a new one. Went to Halfords in Cromer took the battery in . Thought it would be a simple process of just swapping but no. The young girl behind the counter believe her name was Leanne said I have to check it . Said the was a fault, but it’s because I didn’t charge it enough. It needs a charge of six hours who is going to run their car six hours every day to charge their battery. It was absolutely ridiculous. My mechanic couldn’t believe.what he was hearing and said that’s not right but no, we could not a replacement . So I had to spend another £150 on a new battery but I certainly didn’t buy it from them and I never will buy anything from them again. I spent thousands over the years taking my car sin for MOT and everything. I am not going to spend one more penny in that shop . They don’t honour there warranty and they have people untrained that know nothing about cars. so take my advice go somewhere else use a good independent knows what they’re talking about car shop?

I had my brakes checked (free) and wheels balanced at the Northallerton branch. Very friendly and helpful staff that know what they're on about.

Had wheel alignment and anti bacterial air con clean booked and paid for at Beckenham garage. Told job was done come collect your car. Arrived and they wouldn't give me proof or evidence to show anything that had been paid for had been done. They had no wheel alignment print out or photos of work carried out, i questioned this with the person behind the desk who reassured me they do not charge if they do not do the work. Went for family drive to box hill the car was making a noise that was not there prior to Halfords Beckenham having it in for the above work mentioned. I needed to back this up, so got free wheel alignment check at kwik fit,all reading showed in the red area, meaning the work wasn't done and not aligned in a green area. They have lied to me as a customer. I contacted head office who wanted me to take it back to Beckenham, after their dishonesty and they issues they created, I asked Halfords head office to put this right at another Halfords branch. Now I have another print out of an alignment from both kwik fit and another branch of Halfords showing the wheels had not been aligned as I expected. Got home and phoned Beckenham to explain the facts I had in front of me, I was on the phone with the Beckenham manager, this person attitude was not nice and was trying to create a reaction from me. They were trying so hard to make me become angry so they could tell me they don't want to deal with me. Even said we cant go by a kwik fit report its different so i said okay what about this reports from another Halfords garage? The tone in her voice changed was not so confident, tried more word twisting and I had to hand the phone to my partner as i was going to blow. My partner arranged with the manager that we return the car to Beckenham, I reluctantly agreed, poor work bad attitude both from the manager and the other who lied to me. about charging for etc., Booked in for 08:30am yesterday arrived 08:10am asked to speak to the manager in a private environment, the reply with an attitude was why do I need to discuss this privately, I said what's with the attitude? the manager then replied i don't need to put up with this leave at this time in the morning. They've been caught out lying with more lies to follow. I blew and started shouting swearing, I feel this was to provoke me and I feel stupid for taking the bait. The person who initially lied about charging for work was calling the police and secretly filming the incident. I will be taking further action for the this and reporting the false allegations as perverting the course of justice. This person is a natural liar as she told the police that I had a weapon ,and another person alleged I made racial comments which neither were true. I was then arrested for an alleged offence, from which I was released with no charge, and was shown the video recording they had as evidence. This video not only shows what really went on but shows that this employee also lied again, by having the police remove me from the premises so they think the situation will go away. I can assure you this is only going to get worse for the false allegation, the filming of me without consent and perverting the cause of justice from false allegations. The safety of my car and family are at risk because of the incompetence of this Halfords branch. Another review will be posted on google as photos can not be posted here.

EDITED this is a review on the whole issue i will be leaving separate reviews for every bad service I've received interactions, attitude customer service, false allegations taunting by staff at this branch, any evidence i gather from the police reports that highlight your dishonesty. to sink as low as you did to make false allegations to cover and deflect the issues you have caused back at me is disgusting, are you even human? decent people do not do this.

for the member of staff filming me without consent who was also the one who lied to me in the first instance, slammed my car door and reversed it into a curb and told me to FK off you also lied to the police, the phone recording to the police will be obtained as part of my complaint, i will be looking to have you investigated by the police i will also be forwarding any evidence i obtain and sharing that with Halfords. also i beleave the manager made false allegations in relation to me then being arrested this is also going to be investigated. in the same way. as your employee, for the guy behind the decsk with light coloured hair macked provoking gestures this is going to head office, for the other member of staff in my face, who appeared from the back office you will also be reported to head office for your confronting aggression towards me and if found to also give a false witness statement to the false allegation this will also be forwarded to the police. lying to customer and the police is very poor tactic to have a buisness.

I went to Halfords in Kingston to get my wheel checked as it was punctured. They said the tyre was irreparable and instead suggested that I have both rear tyres changed for a cost of over £500! I took the car to another tyre shop 2 mins away and they not only managed to repair the puncture but also quoted me half of the price that Halfords did to have both my rear tyres changed. I think big companies like Halfords should be ashamed of themselves for trying to rip of customers when they are in a desperate situation! Disgusting customer service. Will not use their services again!

I was so happy with the support I received from Halfords Autocentre Sumner Road staff from the time I rang to book my MOT to dropping off and picking up. Happy with the support given as a regular customer !!!

Took my bmw to one of their centres to get air con refill cost was £74.99 which i thought was good but when i returned to centre i was told it couldnt be done as there was a leak so i was jusr charged a flat fee of £34.99 for check over i was told the cost of the repair was£549 so just laughed and took car away i then bought a air con kit online for £30 and did it myself NO LEAKS IN CONDENSER HALFORDS ????

I ordered a headlights alignment on line via halfords online for the autocentre at Smithdown Rd, Liverpool. Collected my van later in the day. After arriving home I received an email stating the work completed.
It showed the right headlight had been aligned. These are new headlight units and this is why I wanted them adjusting. I thought the left headlight must have been OK
Out of curiosity I contacted the garage and was told I had only booked for the right headlight to be aligned. I pointed out this is impossible as there is no option to choose on the order.
They kept insisting I had chosen, but couldn't/wouldn't explain how to choose one side or the other. I was told they would send their work sheet that shows "I" had "chosen" just the right headlight to be adjusted. But again they couldn't/wouldn't show me how to choose left or right when ordering. They sent me a receipt for the work completed and not a worksheet stating this is what they receive...A receipt for the work completed and not a work sheet...REALLY?
The so called manager accused me of being argumentative and told me not to come back. As if I would ever go back to these cowboys!
I have just challenged them to show me where to choose left or right on their website, even sending them a link to make it simple for them.
I await there reply! Later received an email informing me there is no choice of left or right, and couldn't explain how only the right was placed on their work sheet. The "manager" said it must be an IT error!!! But still refused to complete my order, and I'd have to reorder to get the left headlight aligned. Not a hope in hell would I go back to these cowboys!

CS, I have contacted customer service agents via chat and phone. They seem to be as thick as the autocentre manager. One of them was explaining I had to choose left or right when I ordered my "bulbs"!!! I despair. What a joke of a company.

My vehicle failed its MOT at Halfords Autocentre on two separate occasions due to the offside headlamp aim being recorded as too far to the right. Based on the advice I received, I purchased and fitted a replacement genuine BMW headlight assembly at considerable cost. Despite this, the vehicle failed a second time for exactly the same reason.

Seeking reassurance, I had the headlamp checked by another garage before presenting the vehicle for an MOT at a different authorised testing station. The vehicle subsequently passed its MOT without any further adjustment or repair to the headlamp.

My greatest disappointment, however, was the handling of my complaint. During the investigation, I received several different explanations for the failure, including references to headlamp alignment, tester discretion and, later, a faulty bulb. I found these changing explanations difficult to reconcile with the original MOT failure records and they did little to inspire confidence that my concerns had been fully investigated.

Despite providing all of the evidence requested, my complaint was closed on more than one occasion before eventually being escalated. The final outcome was that Halfords maintained the MOT inspection had been carried out correctly and advised me that, if I remained dissatisfied, I could refer the matter to the DVSA for an independent review.

I appreciate that MOT testers must exercise professional judgement and that differences of opinion can occur. However, I had expected a more thorough and consistent investigation into why my vehicle failed twice at Halfords, resulting in significant unnecessary expense, yet subsequently passed an MOT elsewhere without further adjustment.

Finally, after deciding that I no longer wished to use Halfords, I requested that my Motoring Club membership be permanently cancelled. Even this proved unnecessarily difficult, requiring repeated requests before the matter was finally addressed.

As a result of this experience, I have lost confidence in both the MOT testing service and the way customer complaints are handled. I have therefore cancelled my Halfords Motoring Club membership and will not be using Halfords again.

I have been to Halfords car centre A6 Stockport, each time staff were polite , helpfull, carried out the job carefully, and quickly, 1 new tyre, and two punctures over several months, would highly recommend their services ...

Should be on Rogue traders!! Halfords did a service last year & said the sump was damaged. They said it must have been the garage that did the service the year before - guess what - it was them! So they said they would repair it - went for a service elsewhere this year & guess what the sump is an issue again. Halfords hadnt repaired properly - but after complaining, Halford say it is the new garage's fault. REALLY! what a coincidence - we now have a £700 bill & Halfords are saying "case closed" - not even honouring their 24 month gtd of works!! Unbelievable - they have done a bodge repair and think they can get away with it!

We took our car to Halfords Auto Centre in Harlow today as our pump on windscreen washer had packed up and I have to say the staff were very helpful and efficient. The waiting area was clean and tidy so we didn't mind waiting while the work was done. The pump was fitted and the price was reasonable so overall extremely happy with the service.

Confirmed appointment cancelled at the last minute

After receiving multiple emails and text messages confirming my appointment, I was called on the day of the appointment and told not to come to the garage because they had damaged something and were waiting for an engineer to repair it.
I have all the confirmation emails and messages, so there can be no dispute that the appointment was fully confirmed.
What makes this even more unacceptable is that the exact same thing happened to one of my colleagues just a few days earlier. Clearly, this is not an isolated incident but a recurring problem.
What is the point of confirming appointments if you are unable to honour them? This shows a complete lack of organisation and respect for your customers' time.
To make matters worse, I am due to leave tomorrow morning on a 2,000-mile journey, and because of your failure to provide the booked service, my travel plans have been put at risk.
This has been one of the worst customer service experiences I have ever had. I cannot recommend Halfords to anyone. If it were possible, I wouldn't even give them a quarter of a star.
I have retained all the confirmation emails and text messages as well as phone call informing me not to attend my appointment.

I had an MOT booked for 2:20pm today and arrived on time, only to be told that there was no MOT tester available.

I find it completely unacceptable that an appointment was confirmed, yet no one contacted me beforehand to advise that the MOT could not be carried out. Had I been informed in advance, I could have rearranged my day and booked elsewhere instead of wasting my time travelling to the centre and attending the appointment.

The purpose of booking an appointment is to have confidence that the necessary staff and resources will be available. Turning customers away upon arrival due to internal staffing issues demonstrates poor organisation and a lack of regard for customers' time.

Very disappointing experience and not the level of service I would expect from a national company. I would expect Halfords to improve its communication processes and ensure appointments are only offered when they can actually be honoured.

Absolutely shocking franchise.
Had a bad issue with a garage in Swansea last year, so decided I wouldn't use them anymore. Opted for another garage in Swansea who were just as bad. They will rinse you for everything they can, even if their website says one thing they do another. Reach out to their online support who deny your claims, and tell you it's not on their website, so you send them screenshot of their website and they tell you to go back to the garage. Shambles, never again Halfords 👋

Popped in to Halfords Incle Street ( Paisley ) as I had a slow puncture.
The tyre fitter I delt with ( Graeme ) was very polite and courteous and also knowledgeable when it came to providing me with my options with regards to the repair to my tyre which unfortunately required replacing due to some damage on the sidewall.
While waiting in reception I was offered Tea, Coffee and even a sweet by Jackie who was a breath of fresh air and a pleasure to deal with and due to her and Graeme's attention to detail and exceptional customer service I will definitely be using Halfords ( Incle Street ) for any future tyre & car needs.
5 STAR *****

Tried to telephone Halfords in Pool Cornwall only to be transferred to an offshore foreign call centre. All I required was to know how much to replace and fit a Turbo Charger to my car. I was then transferred to another call centre and after explaining what i required was told i was calling a retail call centre. I explained again that i originally called the direct line to Halfords in Pool and that Halfords staff kept transferring me to other call centres. The staff were so ignorant about vehicles that they thought a Turbo Charger was a battery or iphone charger even though i gave them my car vehicle registration details, you could not make it up. The lady informed me that it was best to call my local Halfords and i told her that i did ring my local Halfords and was transferred here there and everywhere and could she not call the garage herself. She reluctantly after persuasion did call Halfords in Pool and after nearly 30 wasted minutes on my phone was unbelievable informed that Halfords at Pool do not replace Turbo Chargers in cars. In a professional run company you would expect that they would check if any other Halfords in Cornwall did replace Turbo Chargers. I specifically asked if this was all Halfords and she said she did not know.
I am very shocked if this is true as this is a very common fault and in my car the turbo is on top and front of engine so very easy to remove and replace. I was shocked at this answer and questioned if this was the policy at all Halfords garages and she said definitely at Halfords at Pool in Cornwall
SO TO SUM UP ADVOID AT ALL COSTS AS IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY DISFUNCTIONAL COMPANY and wasted in all about 50 minutes of my time to day

Brilliant service from Halfords in Wokingham auto centre. I suffered heatstroke during and following a 30min drive because the aircon in my vehicle wouldn't work. I took it to Halfords who carried out diagnostic testing and found the gas cylinder needed replacing which they did after first confirming the price was OK to proceed. Speedy service, polite and friendly helpful staff. Very satisfied.