Halfords Autocentre Southampton (Queensway) Reviews Summary

Category: Car inspection station Southampton

Address: 14 Queensway, Southampton, SO14 3GT, United Kingdom

Phone: +442380335052

Rating: 4.5
based on 121 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Rob and Harry were absolutely wonderful."
  • "The service was great and Jason was excellent."
  • "The staff is really professional and act in a pro-active manner. I felt informed and free to make my own decision, without any pressure."
  • "Brilliant service, excellent customer service and communication, quick and easy very polite staff will defiantly be using this centre again, reasonable priced too for all 4 tyres to be replaced, happy all round."
  • "Fantastic customer service."
  • "The staff, especially Paul could not have been more helpful and kind."
  • "All the staff are friendly and helpful."

Cons:

  • "I was not told how much would it cost before they started the work."
  • "I took my car for an annual check, first of all, they cancel my appointment when I turn up 10 minutes later on Saturday morning and the manager instead of giving a solution was very aggressive towards me."
  • "The manager did not want to know or even look at it."
  • "Above all, the manager was very disrespectful and had quite an attitude to me."
  • "Manager Rob Lee was very unprofessional and rude!!"
  • "Male receptionist rude and arrogant."
  • "I've never seen someone so incompetent and unprofessional in my life!!"

Quality of Work

Pros:

  • "Had my brakes on my BMW 1 series done here and booked online was simple and I was able to pay on PayPal to spread the cost making it easy would definitely use again."
  • "They were so helpful and professional and even told me that I didn’t need the back wheels changed."
  • "Quick and efficient and you can trust them to do a good job despite how busy they are."
  • "Very thorough and good value."
  • "Exceptional value. Spot on diagnostics. Professional approach. Perfect."
  • "Had a full diagnostics test done and the immediate problems repaired quickly for a good price."
  • "Excellent service, workmanship & turnaround."

Cons:

  • "I will never use again."
  • "I will never be returning here."
  • "I will never use Halfords again."
  • "I'm not going to use their services again."
  • "Worst garage ever. I went there for a simple check and they came up with a list of repairs for more than 600£."
  • "I got my car service and MOT completed here a year ago and I'm still finding out issues that Halfords caused."
  • "Not only that, the work that had been done on the back right axel hadn't been greased properly and I had to go to another shop a month later to fix a terrible grinding sound that had appeared."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Had my brakes on my BMW 1 series done here and booked online was simple and I was able to pay on PayPal to spread the cost making it easy would definitely use again."
  • "Brilliant service, excellent customer service and communication, quick and easy very polite staff will defiantly be using this centre again, reasonable priced too for all 4 tyres to be replaced, happy all round."
  • "The cost was reasonable."
  • "Another exceptional service from Halfords Queensway Southampton. Good value and professional service."
  • "Really great experience. Staff are friendly, do a great job explaining what needs doing and why, and always give honest advice on when something needs action on."
  • "MOT and repairs sorted all in one day - explained everything to me and the price was much lower than I had expected."
  • "Good bunch of guys in this branch. Very informative, work was done on time and pricing is very competitive."

Cons:

  • "I was charged £430 for some nonsense and forced me to buy new tyres."
  • "It was, however, extremely expensive (which I put completely on Halfords brand here.) A new alternator and battery cost me £750 whereas a garage in Bournemouth quoted me less than £500."
  • "I was failed an MOT and quoted over £800 worth of work."
  • "I was charged an hour labour £88 (£35 hr labour everywhere) and £7 for welding."
  • "Tried to charge me £1170 for repairs."
  • "The MOT was cheaper than most and the work was done in reasonable time however they charged £50 to push on HT lead on to the spark plug which would take 2 seconds to do."
  • "They diagnosed a problem that would cost over £550 to fix."

Professionalism

Pros:

  • "The staff is really professional and act in a pro-active manner. I felt informed and free to make my own decision, without any pressure."
  • "They were so helpful and professional and even told me that I didn’t need the back wheels changed."
  • "Service & MOT, staff were incredibly professional and friendly not at all pushy in terms of trying to get me to pay for unnecessary work."
  • "The team are polite, efficient, honest and timely. Always fair and honest on price and always contact you to double check you're happy for the work to be done."
  • "Very professional and friendly, more than willing to answer any of my questions and reassure me of any concerns about my choice in tyres."
  • "Exceptional staff, good manners and professionalism make this MOT center an ideal choice."
  • "The guys in reception were exceptional. They explained everything clearly and NOT in a way which made me feel dumb."

Cons:

  • "I took my car for an annual check, first of all, they cancel my appointment when I turn up 10 minutes later on Saturday morning and the manager instead of giving a solution was very aggressive towards me."
  • "Above all, the manager was very disrespectful and had quite an attitude to me."
  • "Manager Rob Lee was very unprofessional and rude!!"
  • "Male receptionist rude and arrogant."
  • "I've never seen someone so incompetent and unprofessional in my life!!"
  • "So their manager can't legally fix a car (doesn't know how to), the guy who you speak to on arrival was just pure useless."
  • "I was targeted by a mail campaign & booked in for MOT filling in vehicle type & registration - After driving for nearly an hour to get there I was told on arrival that my car was too heavy so they couldn't do it."

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