Auto Windscreens Reviews

3.6 Rating 1,061 Reviews
65 %
of reviewers recommend Auto Windscreens
3.6
Based on 1,061 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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0800 999 5000

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

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Auto Windscreens 1 star review on 14th July 2022
Martyn Lloyd-Kelly
Anonymous
Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Staff at Dundee shop fitted the windscreen on second visit and so far so good. But I would not use Auto Windscreens again because of the booking process. It was the site my insurance recommended. I had to wait 11 days for an appointment, booked home visit then got a call to say due to Windscreen type I needed to go to shop. Arrived at shop and they had wrong windscreen had to wait another week , 40 mile round trip. Both times appointments booked and given a date but no time. The time is sent by text after 4pm the day before appointment! Who do they think this will suit apart from themselves? How can you plan time away from work when you don't know the appointment time? Not customer friendly at all.
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Posted 3 months ago
100.00 deposit before even making the booking,money taken instantly,Refund 7-10 working days because i canceled after waiting 10 days for a appointment and then only to be told they couldn't get the right glass.Rang 2 other glass companies and a main dealer to be told 2 days fitted. Only used as insurance related and not my own choice.
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Posted 10 months ago
Had a bad experience with them, it has taken them 4 attempts to get my rear window replaced, engineers were OK it's the head office that had sent wrong glass
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Posted 1 year ago
Technician arrived within given timeslot and rang before hand to let me know what time he would arrive. He completed the job (a stone chip) in about 15 minutes and said it's still there but it won't spread now. I looked at it, mark's left from equipment which I had to scrub off, chip looks possibly worse than it did. 2 stars for the communication, but that's it. If I hadn't of known he had completed the job, i would assume I'm still waiting for him!!
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Posted 4 years ago
Called Romford branch on 2nd sept. and arrived on. 3rd and placed plastic cover in rear windscreen. Arrived on 11th and fitted windscreen and windscreen washer did not work. He fitted in correctly the cover on the rear boot and opened the boot and it got jammed and and absorber got jammed and he pushed the boot with force and boot started making cracking noises. He Aggressively, huffed and puffed, pulled plastic bits and could not fix it and said it was broken by previous technician . He then swearingily phoned and spoke to supervisor and left that they will be ordered tomorrow and somebody will be in touch. Nobody phoned and i phoned and to my image denied the claim of damaging shockabsorber. Made numerous phone calls and to date not heard and today I made an official complain to saga insurance.Cannot drive car , now nearly4 weeks. Cowboy job. No professionalism!!!
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Posted 4 years ago
Repairer arrived as scheduled. He took about 30 minutes to 'repair' a chip and a star crack. Only after he had gone did I see that the star crack looked the same, and all I have is a noticeable blob of resin where the chip was. Looks unsightly, and must reduce the value of my car, so I am going to ask my insurance company for a new screen.
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Posted 6 years ago
When I phoned up on Friday after my car had just been broken into I was told I had just made the cut off and a new pavenger window was on order to be fitted. Saturday morning came and i got a call saying the window did not arrive after I was told friday night on the phone it had i was told a technician would come out and put a plastic replacement in and then fix the window the following day. It's now the following sunday and I've been told it's not booked till Monday afternoon. So not only have i been broken In to I've been lied two twice all at the cost of 80 pounds. The service was great id give it 4 stars had i not been lied to twice. Once over the phone and to my face. If they just said it will be Monday I would have been fine with that but being left in the dark and have my while weekend messed up when I have a lot of stuff to do is bloody annoying. her
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Posted 7 years ago
After nearly ten days on the allotted day with no news,had to call to find out if they were coming that day, .told between 1 and3 pm,turned up at 4.15 .turned up with wrong screen! Had to (bodge) camera holder from old screen and hope it held fast.did not cover leather seats or car bonnet,not very good? Would not recommend!!!
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Posted 7 years ago
My back passenger window was smashed on Fri 24th June. I contacted my insurance company and your call centre on the Saturday morning. I was told that the glass had to be ordered - fair enough - and that the work would be done on the following Wednesday. I had a medical appointment on the Weds morning so said that I wouldn't be available to have it done then. I was told that the work schedules didn't get planned until the day before and I would get a text. So - I get the text and it's for Weds morning. I completely understand that you can't give people exact appts but why can you not programme in times when people specifically aren't available. So - the text says to press a button to rebook but you don't know that doing that automatically cancels the previous appt. And - worse still - I am back in the call centre loop again. When I spoke to a call centre person having pressed rebook they said the next appt was 3 weeks later - that's not acceptable when you have no back passenger window. All the staff I spoke to were helpful and efficient - I have no complaints about them. It is the system they work with that is so frustrating. All the info gets passed to the "local team" but there is no way to talk to the local team directly. I was so fed up of giving the same information to people that I think it was the 6th or 7th person I spoke to that I said I just wanted to speak to someone who could make an appt for me. And he did for 2 days later. So - a week after the break in, the technician turned up. He had the wrong glass but that wasn't his fault - it was ours. He was great. He wasn't prepared to do a bad job. He sourced some glass and came back later on to complete the job. His name is Andy in the Bristol team. I've looked at the reviews you get and there seem to be quite a lot that aren't positive.. I don't have a great deal of confidence that things will improve
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Posted 7 years ago
Appointment booked for morning, i had to call Auto windscreens to find out why no technician had turned up, technician did call and was very apologetic, and worked hard to complete the task, but communication from Auto windscreens very poor.
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Posted 7 years ago
Engineer / Technican great. Admin appaling. Incredibly difficult to book appt so took 5 weeks for first one. Then wrong glass on van so anothet 2 week wait then too rainy to fit so anpther 3 week wait. Schocking aervice with great engineers let down by the booking and customer services dept. Still waiting for fit.
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Posted 7 years ago
Was put through to auto windscreens by my insurance company to replace a rear windscreen was told somebody would be out on the Friday 7th May nobody arrived, received a text at 9.40pm apologising and was told I would get the 1st available appointment. I received a phone call on the Saturday and was given an appointment for the Sunday morning 9th May between 8.24 - 10.24 by 11am nobody had arrived I phoned up to be told there was a scheduling error and no available technicians in my area and that I would receive a phone call in the morning to rearrange I phoned up 3 times to find out why I wasn't given a temporary cover for my window as it states on the website that if the window cannot be fitted a temporary cover will be for the woman to tell me that isn't what happens and could I cover it myself, so I was left again with no back window or anything to cover it. I phoned up yesterday morning and spoke to a lovely young man who apologised and said he couldn't understand why nobody had arrived or why I wasn't given a temporary cover on it and that my screen hadn't even been collected from the suppliers, a technician came and fitted it yesterday evening to find it doesn't even fit properly so he has had to tape it across the top and order another 1. I've then phoned up to find out when it will be fitted to be on hold for over an hour
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Posted 7 years ago
I feel very sorry for the windscreen fitters. Thechap who eventually carried out the job was fantastic. The rest of the company is rubbish. There seems to be no one capable of gripping the administrative and organisational sides of the business. It is possible it has become too big too quickly and they can't keep up with demand. If it wasn't for the fact that I was tied in with the Insurance Company I wouldn't use them. In fact I may change Insurance Companies to avoid having to deal with them again. Being fair I have had the job done and done very well, but it is despite the best efforts of the HQ Staff.
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Posted 7 years ago
I have noticed the reviews have either been very poor or very good. The latter being by the relieved when all went well. The earlier being by the frustrated when something has gone wrong. To me, the measure of a great company is one that provides good service when the job goes well but even better service when something goes wrong. The starting point of good service is good communication. This company suffers because customers are not allowed to email them and phone callers are treated to a wait of up to an hour then have to deal with a terse unfriendly attitude when they finally get through. A bit of customer service training and a few extra bodies answering phones would work wonders. Until that happens, I would give them a miss. Mike Williams (Retired Group Chairman of a plc)
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Posted 8 years ago
Made claim via insurance for windscreen replacement on 27/10/15. Took day off work for windscreen replacement but received call on day of replacement to cancel appointment. Wasted day. Made appointment for a weekend appointment as I couldn't take another day off work. Got call on morning of appointment again to cancel. Made another appointment and again got call on morning of appointment to cancel. Throughout this time, made numerous phone calls to Auto Windscreens but didn't really get anywhere. They promised to ring back but seldom do and in fact you have to ring them to find out what day they've given you an appointment. It was rather surprising to hear their own staff advising to go elsewhere because they can't cope with the workload and their administration is in a mess. Windscreen was finally replaced at the 4th appointment, 1 1/2 months after I first rang them. Quick and hassle free service it isn't. The technician who finally came out was a pleasant enough chap though.
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Posted 8 years ago
After my windscreen got smashed i needed a replacement asap! My insurer put me through to autowindcreens. I called to book a appointment the next available appointment was in 4 days time so they sceduled me in for the Wednesday morning with a time slot between 8-1. Wednesday comes i get a call at 9am saying technician was ill so they rebooked me in on the Saturday with the same time slot. Saturday comes its near 11am i ring to make sure they are still coming to which the guy tells me there was a glitch in their system and it was booked in for Monday 12-5. Monday comes thankfully they turnt up. The technician craig baldwin was great, friendly and cracked on with the job. But the booking system is a shambles. I wouldnt feel comfortable relying on them in the future, espicially if you need a fix ASAP
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Posted 8 years ago
Hi please note that I booked rear windscreen replacement. Give me very long time to replace . Also they charge me twice. So please double check your statement. When I found they charge twice I rang them and explain but customer service said they will call me within 48 hrs. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! . Although they take twice still they don't worry their customer situation . wow!!!!!!!!!!!! what a customer service.......................
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Posted 8 years ago
Although the repair of a 3mm stone chip was done. 1. There remained on the glass remnants of the stone which caused the chip. 2. Considerable glass damage remained after the fix and this was very visible - most irritating
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Posted 8 years ago
I am disgusted with Auto windscreens. The chip they replaced cause a huge crack through my whole windscreen which meant it needed replacing completely. I have waited 2 months for a refund and not received anything with numerous calls and emails. Awful!
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Posted 8 years ago
As it took nearly 2 days before anyone called me to arrange to fit a new rear window I was not impressed. When they came it wasn't the right one so a temporary one was stuck on. When the next fitter arrived over a week later he had been given a windscreen to fit! He was very helpful and offered to try to get a correct window and returned later that day to fit it, all in the pouring rain. He saved the day
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Posted 8 years ago
Auto Windscreens is rated 3.6 based on 1,061 reviews