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Auto Windscreens Reviews

3.6 Rating 1,093 Reviews
64 %
of reviewers recommend Auto Windscreens
3.6
Based on 1,093 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Own Driver
Average Delivery Time
Over 7 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 32%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
2 out of 5
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Phone:

0800 999 5000

Email:

marketing@autowindscreens.co.uk

Location:

Trifords Limited T/A Auto WindscreensBritannia House, Storforth Lane, Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S40 2UZ

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Auto Windscreens 1 star review on 17th January 2026
A Hastings
Auto Windscreens 1 star review on 17th January 2026
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Auto Windscreens 1 star review on 17th January 2026
A Hastings
Auto Windscreens 1 star review on 15th October 2024
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Auto Windscreens 1 star review on 14th July 2022
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
“Avoid at all cost, they don't care about you just the money”
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Posted 10 years ago
“It's been nearly six months and issues are still going on. Before Christmas last year I had to use them due to my insurance, first appointment they never bothered coming, no telephone call nothing, I had to call to see where there were to be told there weren't coming and make another appointment, 2 weeks later they appered, put me a new windscreen in but left me with a rattle, I called and told them this and said until the rattle was sorted I wasn't paying the £80.00 excesses, they agreed and booked another appointment for a technical guy to come and look at the rattle, again not mended, 4 visits from them and still a rattle I was told to take it to BMW, so far I am out of pocket as I am self employed and my car is my busniness, I take it to BMW and nothing found. Completey fed up with Auto Windscreen at this point, then the cherry on the cake, driving with my 11year old grandson down the motorway at 70mph the rim of the windscreen came loose making an hurendous noise making my grandson panic and me nearly crashing the car, I pull over and the whole top part of the rim was completey loose, so I had to duck tape it back toghter. I then noticed a chip so called my insurance company and asked then to send a different company, they did. The other company notice the issue that was making the rattle within 10 mins of taking the screen out, also saw other issues created by auto windscreen and fixed them to, finally my windscreen was safe. Then and this is the best bit, I get a bill for the windscreen that Auto windscreen put in, I was also are made to pay the excess because the rattle had been fixed ....by another company I my add. I have lost nearly £300.00 In loss of busniness and charges all due to the incompetent work carried out by Auto windscreen....I am still arguing the fact that they never sorted the rattle out, scared my grandson half to death and I am out of pocket, all they care about is the money, they don't care about your safely or anything...terrible company”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Have waited for my allotted time slot didn't show up , when I rang to see where my technician was I got told he was running late and he would call me in the next 1/2 hour to let me know where he was !!!! this is to put a new widowscreen in my vehicle at gone 5,30pm at night , they might get paid overtime for the hours they do but I do not get paid to sit around waiting for them to turn up . Totally unhelpful on the phone told me that if I wanted to cancel it would take another week for me to have the windowscreen replaced how is it my fault the technician is running late they should have rebooked it in for the next morning , I have already waited 1 week for them to order the glass and then they are an hour and half late turning up . Awful customer service don't use them go elsewhere”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Simply didn't turn up for appointment. Arranged appt online, chap rang up to see if I wanted to go through insurance or not, rang back with policy number - so two conversations and online and.... Nothing Waited, no-one showed up. Not impressed.”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Shockingly bad,no customer service. Been out 3 times and still failed to bring correct windscreen. Complaint initiated and even complaints department dont call back when they say they will. Still yet to receive windscreen. Would never use again or reccommend. Avoid at all costs.”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Used Auto Windscreens a couple of years ago to fix a chipped windscreen on our Ford Focus, paying a small excess due to our insurance company policy at the time. Within 2 years the "repair" had deteriorated so badly it looked like the original stone chip all over again. Called our current insurers, who sent out a different (but well-known) car windscreen repair company, who told me they couldn't patch-up the existing repair job as its simply not possible with the technology to do that, but they chap said that all their work is guaranteed for a lifetime so could have the entire windscreen replaced at no extra cost. When I said that it was actually Auto Windscreens that made the original repair job he pretty much told me I was screwed as they dont provide any guarantee what-so-ever of their work. Sure enough, I contacted Auto Windscreen and even though the original repair job was less than a couple of years old they would provide no guarantee of the work and told me that a new windscreen would need to be fitted at my own cost. So my advice to anyone thinking of getting a stone chip repaired is check out exactly what you are paying for first. Look at Auto Windscreen's website, there is no mention of their work being guaranteed and although they may be cheap, if the job goes bad you're on your own. There are plenty of other glass repair companies out there, shop around and make sure you get a guaranteed job (and one that doesn't fall apart within a couple of years). I know which company I will be using in future and it's certainly not Auto Windscreen!”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Absolutely horrendous - a technician was supposed to come out to be today to fit a new windscreen as I have a HUGE crack down the middle of it. I got a call at 10am this morning confirming the technician would be here between 1.30 and 3.30. Great, like that. I waited, and waited, and waited. The time got to 5pm and now i'm starting to get a bit cheesed off so i ring customer services who can't get hold of the technician...fabulous. Turns out the technician has been delayed and won't be coming today so I've taken the day off work for nothing and now I'm out of pocket as I didn't pay through my insurance. Don't use this company if you actually want them to turn up on the day/time they say...rubbish. If you have a few weeks to sit in and wait...go ahead.”
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Posted 10 years ago
“I wish I could tell you how Auto Windscreens made me happy but I'm afraid I cant . The booked two hour appointment slot passed without any contact from yourself . After contacting you directly the appointment had moved 3 hours forward . But i discovered that the times i was given by email were only estimates and not confirmed times as stated with your email contact to me . And how this fits in with award winning customer service that you advertise on your website is beyond me .I would be grateful if you can explain how this is award winning customer service .”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Charged twice for a screen replacement. A screen was then fitted which wasn't compatible with auto wipers despite checking this with the technician on the day as well as when booking the appointment in the first place.”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Since my first call almost t weeks ago and making the appointment over 2 weeks ago today you failed to show and do the job. My replacement glass has gone missing. So far I've only had the technician call to say he's not coming I still wait fotmr you to bothered to contact my to let me know what happens next . Really poor your awards mean nothing when you fail so miserably.”
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Posted 10 years ago
“It took 2 weeks to get an appointment, then, half an hour before the 2 hour appointment window, received a call (at 14.30) saying the engineer had called in sick. Rebooked for the following Tuesday and the engineer turned up with a new windscreen but no new rubber seal thus the job couldn't be done again. I called the following day after losing several hours pay and complained and tried to rebook another appointment. The new appointment was for 2 weeks time. Looked on their website and all complaints will be responded to within 4 working days. Nothing happened so I called again and escalated the complaint (their words, not mine). New appointment came through between 08.00 and 16.00. Thinking this was too broad a time span, I called and was told that the day before the appointment I would receive another text telling me the 2 hour window in which the engineer would come round. I duly received a text saying that 1 engineer would be here between 08.00 & 10.00, then another text saying a different engineer would be arriving between 08.15 & 10.15. Imagine my surprise when, at 10.20, no one had arrived. Phoned to complain (again) and asked what had happened to my last complaint. There was no record of my previous 2 complaints!! Made another complaint there and then and, during which, was told that the engineers had arrived (by this time I'm on my way to work). The job was done in my absence and I waited for the complaints procedure to run its course. Received a call from a lovely lady and I recounted the whole sorry saga. On their website it states that any appointment cancelled after midnight the day before, a £35+vat fee would apply. I was told by this lady that they have to charge this for having their time wasted. When I asked what recourse I had for claiming my wasted time back, she stated there was none but as a gesture of good will, they would give me a £20 high street voucher (which I doubt they would have paid face value for). I was told that an invoice for £80 was outstanding and it needed paying. I will NOT be paying this!! As they are the only approved company through my insurance, I shall be complaining in the strongest possible terms to 1st Central Insurance, suggesting that they stop using Auto Windscreens and telling them that they can claim the £80 excess from Auto Windscreens. Auto windscreens... Rubbish customer service... DO NOT USE”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Had no choice in using these because done through Axa Insurance who are also useless. Waited 4 weeks for thr incorrect windscreen to arrive after receiving a crack in my old one. The fitter ordered the correct one plus two side windscreen trims. Waited a further 3 weeks for correct screen to arrive but no side trims arrived. Glass fitted ok but fitter cracked plastic scuttle panel but denied it. Complained to manager but got nowhere. Absolute apalling service and will never use again. Would insure through someone who used national windscreens. Do not use these repairers.”
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Posted 10 years ago
“I've had a terrible experience with Autowind Screens. Waited 4 days to even get an appointment yet I'm told I'm on the priority list. Rang time and time again and was told 'Some one from your local shop will contact you' each time and that would never happen. What's the point in paying insurance if you don't get what you're paying for when you want it? A lady I spoke to today (Leonie, I think) has been the only one to be helpful and try and contact my local shop for me and get some sort of appointment arranged. I've not been able to go to work once this week with out my car and it has been a huge inconvenience. Absolutely appalled at the service I have received, you're probably better off getting your window fixed elsewhere.”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Waited nearly a month for my appointment to replace a cracked windscreen, he eventually arrived an hour after the latest time he said he would be there. After setting up discovered the new screen was scratched and promised to come back following day with a new screen. Received phone call to say new screen was also scratched and that a new appointment would have to be made. Goodness knows when?”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Rear window of my son's van was smashed on a Wednesday. This is the company our insurers use so we had no choice in the matter. The van is used for work and it could not be used with a broken window as tools need to be carried. I spent nearly 3 days with a phone attached to my head trying to get a repair arranged. Finally got an appointment arranged on the Saturday for the following Tuesday. A total of 6 working days lost. A complaint was raised and the magnificent sum of £20 was offered in compensation.”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Arranged to come out 9-11 never showed up got a phone call 1.30pm the engineer is sick despite being told previously he's on his way. Shocking customer care don't use em”
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Posted 10 years ago
“Didnt even set wipers up properly”
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Posted 10 years ago
“absolutely bad service didn't replace my windscreen properly when it is raining the water is coming inside my interior and destroying everything called about 5 times they say the same over again not satisfied with the service.need to do something or going to take this matter further”
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Posted 10 years ago
“5 months after a completey disastrous service with no shows and 4 attempts to fit my windscreen without a rattle ( still rattling) my windscreen rim is been held on by black tape until fixed.....do not use this company ....use auto glass..”
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Posted 10 years ago
“on hold for 30 minutes online booking 3 week waiting time”
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Posted 10 years ago
Auto Windscreens is rated 3.6 based on 1,093 reviews