First Choice Accident Repair Reviews Summary

Category: Auto body shop

Address: Ipswich Rd, Cardiff, CF23 9AQ, United Kingdom

Phone: +442920488885

Rating: 4.5
based on 143 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Having dealt with this company on more than one occasion, I can honestly say that their customer service is nothing short of 5 star."
  • "The staff kept us informed about everything that was going on."
  • "They keep you updated by phone and text service."
  • "Everyone was so kind and helpful."
  • "The customer service is exceptional."
  • "The team were professional and curious throughout the whole process from the receptionist to the damage accessor."
  • "Professional service keeping me up to date every step of the way from dropping my car off to picking my car up."

Cons:

  • "Didn't repair all the damage and my car is now in a new repair centre, multiple faults developed after repair."
  • "Had a few issues initially in regards to getting the work on my car started."
  • "nothing but poor customer service and attitude from the staff."
  • "Impossible to get hold of, unfortunately they were the only company within Cardiff who my insurance would deal with."
  • "Very snooty, not helpful and unreliable all round."
  • "Terrible service. Booked an appointment in a week advance along with a courtesy car. Arrived there and cancelled it straight up saying they have no courtesy car."
  • "service mediocre you get spoken to like a child."

Quality of Repair

Pros:

  • "The workmanship carried out on my Peugeot e-208 GT was perfect. Colour match impeccable."
  • "Highly recommend 1st Choice Accident Repair."
  • "Really pleased with the repair; new bumper, boot sprayed and another panel polished as a kind gesture."
  • "He sorted out the problem quickly and the car looks good as new!"
  • "Had back end damage and damage to my rear quarter. You can’t even tell it’s been repaired."
  • "The repair was FLAWLESS I cant tell its been in an accident... which is all you want!"
  • "Done in around 1 working week, to a very high standard - you can't tell anything happened."

Cons:

  • "Avoid at all cost ! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED"
  • "now won't start and left me on the road side (once again)and now they are refusing to fix it been told because I have complained about the quality of work they no longer want to deal with me"
  • "TO OUR HORROR THE FRONT WHEEL HAD A CRACK IN IT......"
  • "Absolute cowboys had my car on and off for nearly 3 months"
  • "They did not fit the boot lid properly (uneven and do not close properly) has a rattly noise."
  • "Came back with a second hand bumper fitted full of dents and scratches."
  • "On their first attempt, their filling and paint correction lasted a few months before the issues underneath began to show through again."

Communication

Pros:

  • "Were communicative and understanding throughout and provided regular updates on the repair progress."
  • "Highly recommend as they communicated by text messages and phone calls to say when the car was ready."
  • "Very vocal and understanding!"
  • "Sion was very courteous and professional throughout the whole process and kept my wife informed."
  • "Sean went out of his way to even speak to my insurance company for me."
  • "They regularly contacted me to keep me up to date with the repairs."
  • "They constantly sent updates at every stage."

Cons:

  • "had a small issue and when i phoned up the response was that 'they had no reecord of me'"
  • "Edit- Response is laughable but as expected zero accountability."
  • "That response they gave was a lie!!!!"
  • "When we picked it up it was not fixed at all and the guy that came out to check the vehicle had a Terrible attitude on him."
  • "The delivery driver who returned my car, and said 'it's your fault mate for lying to the insurance company, yeah they told us mate, you're a liar'"
  • "Majority of bad reviews gets a reply with sorry we have no records of you.. yeah right!"
  • "For customers of the garage, take your matters with Two Face and make a coin flip when your car ends up here."

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