Halfords Autocentre Nottingham (Castle Blvd) Reviews Summary

Category: Car inspection station

Address: 84 Castle Blvd, Nottingham, NG7 1FP, United Kingdom

Phone: +441159411876

Rating: 3.9
based on 138 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Just spoke to Matt at Halfords Nottingham Castle branch. Good experience so far."
  • "Many thanks to Aidan, Pete and Sam who helped me on Saturday 29th December."
  • "Lovely friendly team at Halfords, informative of their services and work due on your vehicle."
  • "Always a pleasure speaking with this team, front of house always helpful, informative, pleasant and non condescending towards my lack of knowledge in cars and upkeep."
  • "The office staff were friendly, courteous and put me at ease."
  • "Staff was extremely helpful and polite."
  • "The girl on reception was very lovely and professional!"

Cons:

  • "This service is just very unprofessional and rude, especially that one specific staff."
  • "Read all the recent reviews - these men are rude, unprofessional and just trying to make money out of you."
  • "The staff morale is low. Customer service is the last thing on their list."
  • "Rude unprofessional front of house staff."
  • "Incredibly rude and unhelpful advisor. He was incredibly condescending and short fused - we only needed two pads replacing after a free check, but somehow that was too much to ask."
  • "The staff are not friendly at all. Very bad experience. Incompetent nonchalant reception staff, poor communication skills."
  • "Terrible customer service. Both male staff were very rude and completely ignore you whilst you’re sat waiting."

Pricing and Quotes

Pros:

  • "With Halford you know you are getting competitive price anyway given its a chain."
  • "I consider the prices I've paid always to be reasonable."
  • "All it cost me was £12."
  • "Recently had a warranty inspection which unearthed other issues, team at Halfords were brilliant, work was done quickly, price was very reasonable."
  • "So I went down paid the man a very good price for the work."
  • "I bought 2 tyres on line at a very reasonable price and pre-booked a fitting appointment."
  • "Massive saving and now I'v joined Halfords membership."

Cons:

  • "This was quoted by a receptionist between £195 and £2195 after diagnosis of my handbrake issue."
  • "They had the audacity to quote me £75 for a new replacement when I just bought a set of premium Bosch wipers for only £19."
  • "Prices not calculated correctly and expensive."
  • "The mechanic spoke to my wife and asked her for a bill that would cost more than 1K for MOT."
  • "The worst is that they kept lying about the prices for a disc repair!"
  • "Quoted double the price and double the time of another nearby garage."
  • "Price changed when picked car up."

Repair and Service Quality

Pros:

  • "Mechanics drew diagrams and explained things clearly."
  • "Very prompt fixing car after it failed its test, had it back with a new front suspension arm fitted and retested with a pass in less than 24 hours."
  • "They had my car on the ramp within 5 minutes and 20 minutes later the problem was diagnosed and fixed."
  • "The tests themselves have always been thorough and fair, and any issues pointed out and explained."
  • "Once the claim was processed my car was repaired within 5 hours (front drive shaft) Highly recommend and would return for any future work needed."
  • "The team as a whole are an asset to the Halfords brand and they are very efficient in carrying out repairs etc to a high standard."
  • "Used this garage since it was a nationwide auto centre. Staff polite and efficient."

Cons:

  • "Came back after 1,5h car wasn't even on the lift yet!"
  • "Booked Mot & Service. The car failed the MOT (£35) & they couldn't fix it."
  • "My car 'failed' it MOT on brakes when I had brand new brakes fitted 2 months ago."
  • "Booked a morning drop off for new exhaust, they didn't even look at it until the following day."
  • "They failed my rear indicator bulbs for not being the correct colour. There is absolutely no issue with the bulbs or the colour, it's very clearly Amber."
  • "Shortly after we started hearing a metallic scraping noise somewhere on the front passenger side."
  • "Bits missing off my car when I collected it and they managed to UN-balance my wheels during a full service."

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