Halfords Reviews

Name: Halfords
Address: -, - -, Worcestershire
Rating: 2.51

2.5 Rating 1,396 Reviews

37 %

of reviewers recommend Halfords

2.5

Based on 1,396 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier, Own Driver
Average Delivery Time	Over 7 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 26%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 62%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Live Chat, Telephone, Email
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.8 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult
Returns Process	Could Be Better

About Halfords:

The Halfords.com website having 10,000 easily easy to get to products, ranging from Sat Nav, In Car Technology, Bikes, Baby Child, Outdoor Leisure, Car Maintenance and Car Styling, the site also offers helpful advice and hints to help you to choose the right product for you. Our sole aftercare service is also available on chosen products bought online or kept for collection in store, including fitting services for car audio and child seats, free set up and demo for Sat Nav, bike checks and more.

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Halfords 1 star review on 9th September 2025

Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“A little about myself. I had a nervous breakdown a few years ago and find it difficult talking to people i don't know - and can not handle any kind of confrontation. My experience with Halfords has exacerbated my problems, I only hope a solution can be found without any additional stress. After purchasing a nearly new car, I decided to help protect it by having a dashcam with a rear camera installed. Reading reviews I decided to go with a Nextbase 522GW and began looking at prices. Halfords had a deal where the price of the front and rear cameras installed was on offer, and having used our local Halfords garage for our MOT, and getting great service for years, decided to go ahead. On the day of the installation it was raining extremely hard, but after entering the store I could see the same gazebo that was shown on the installation video online, and so was not concerned. After speaking to the assistant behind the counter, he asked to look at the car, said that there would be no problem and took the keys - he said it would take about 90 minutes so my wife and I walked to the local shops. After about 95 minutes we walked back to Halfords and was immediately concerned that the gazebo had not been used. We waited in the store for a further 30 minutes for the installer to finish, and into the store he came in a dirty oil stained coat that he had wore inside my new car! I asked why the gazebo had not been used and he replied "it is broken", I then asked why he had not mentioned this when we first arrived and he said "i didnt think it was going to rain so hard" - it was raining heavily when we first arrived! He then grabbed a small cloth from behind the till and made a laughable attempt to dry the car, moving the water around a little. I asked if there were any problems, he said "no, it was easy". But on opening the car up it was apparent that he had issues with the rear camera, it being installed in a bodged fashion with the cable badly routed disturbing the roof lining, the plastic trim over the rear window, and having a large amount of wire hanging down in front of the window. The camera was also installed very low in the middle of the window rather then at the top. We went into the store, purchased a towel to dry the seats so we could sit in them, drove home and immediately got in touch with Halfords through their live chat feature. I explained the issues we had to the first person who answered the chat - and they hung up....I tried again. I explained the issues to the second person, who also hung up...I tried again. The third person actually stayed online after me explaining the issues, and was very helpful, and sympathetic to our concerns. They escalated the complaint and told me a store investigation would take place. At first I was hesitant to have any more dealings with the Rochdale branch but was assured that the investigation was necessary to further our complaint, I agreed that the branch manager could call us in 24-48 hours time. The online agent agreed I could remove the rear camera as it was installed in a terrible location. I opened the hatchback of my car and the plastic trim which had the wire passing under it fell off! At least this made removing the camera easy. I have photographs of everything I have listed above, and a transcript of my online chat. The car now needs valeting, and has no rear camera, we have paid for an install that was worse than I could have done myself, (a 2 minute search online found a video showing the correct routing for my car when installing a rear camera), and bought a towel we shouldn't need to dry my car. 4 days later we have not received a call from Halfords. I will update this review as things progress.”

Halfords 1 star review on 13th December 2020

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Posted 5 years ago

“My daughter had 2 new dip beam bulbs fitted. The lights on here car never reached any more than a meter in front of the car. On inspection I found both bulbs had not been fitted properly. They were on top of the retaining clip so not in far enough or secured. Shoddy service and dangerous”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Ordered a car seat said i would be able to collect the next day. Recived a phone call next morning saying no car seat would have to wait for anouther 3 days said ok but after it still never turned up i requested a refund which i still havent recived 2 weeks latter will never use this company again.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“The service provided by the employees is disgusting. Quit a few times I have had bed experiences in this place. I also was given a penalty because the car wheel was a bit over the yellow line. I wasn't using the space of the next bay, this was the yellow line for non parking area. This is the Purley way shop.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“This is regarding a recent bike order for a Boardman ADV 8.6. The bike was delivered on Wednesday 25th November, and when the box was opened I found it was not built adequately with one of the pedals not attached to the bike and no associated equipment or instructions in order to do this ourselves. This was deeply frustrating given an additional £25 was paid to have the bike built upon delivery. On Thursday 26th, I phoned the appropriate customer service team and explained the situation, and the woman over the phone made it sound quite simple that the bike could be collected and have the pedal put back on before being re-delivered (or taken to nearby store and recollected), which would take approximately 24 hours with being a fairly small job. The bike was collected by DX Delivery following this arrangement on Friday 27th November. It should be noted that I had to wait until dark and later in the day for both Hermes to deliver the parcel and DX Delivery to collect it. It should also be noted that from this point I had not received a single email about the status of the order/bike from it being delivered. This morning I rang customer service again to find out exactly where the bike was up to, and was initially deeply frustrated with the amount of time wasted with being put on hold and then cut off. The third time round, I eventually got through on the phone to a different person at Halfords and explained the situation, who to my disbelief said that a refund has been issued and the bike could not be returned, as the initial bike sent back would be classed as faulty and there are no replacement bikes currently available. This was extremely irritating not knowing at the time that the bike collected on Friday would have not been returned back to me. So, not only I am extremely disappointed about poor service in terms of the bike build, but also about the very false information I received from the customer service team last week in relation to the bike collection and having it returned. So, I am now without a bike and cannot go back and order anything as nearly all similar models are out of stock, and I am waiting for a refund. This is definitely an experience I would never want to have again.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I brought 2 dashcams off Halfords 31st October 2019 one has developed a fault and with this lockdown have not been able to get to a store until now 17days past the year. I understand its gone past 1 year but with this pandemic going on and people shielding i thought Halfords would have shown a bit of leeway. Haha how wrong was i. You may have only lost 1 customer but i think when people hear it could well be a few more.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Bought a child scooter that fell apart quickly. Submitted a review to their website which was rejected without explanation. So don't trust the reviews on the website!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I am absolutely frustrated by the way I have been treated by Halfords. They have failed to deliver the bike I purchased over 6 weeks ago and have been no help every time I have contacted them for updates about its location. After 30 days of waiting tried to cancel the order to be told I could not, which is in breach not only the Consumer Rights Act 2015, but also their own Terms and Conditions of Sale for Halfords! Have reported them to the UK trading standards and also the European Online Dispute Resolution platform. Would advise other customers to be very careful when ordering online from them.”

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Posted 5 years ago

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Posted 5 years ago

“Worst customer service error. Constantly over promising and underdelivering. No trust whatsoever”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Just purchased a new windscreen wiper the assistant asked if I wanted it fitted so said yes. It took him all of 30 seconds to fit it for which I was charged £3, talk about a rip off, it has really irritated me to the point that I will never purchase anything from Halfords again I actually looked online for this item before giving my business to Halfords, why charge for that ?????”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Whent into halfords at cortonwood yesterday for a price on two rubbber o ring for my front wheel easy release spindle i was shocked when he said £35 is that right or is he making money on top for is self”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Before buying a bike for my daughter as a birthday gift back in the first week of June 2020, I spoke and chatted with 3 of their staff who all recommended that I get a 12inch bike. As the experts, I followed their recommendations and was all excited. Needless to say that the bike arrived damaged (definitely not by the courier) and it was very small even though I told them its for a 110cm kid. The exchange guy requested photos which I sent, they were collected and I happily kept the accessories as I knew I'd get another bike. I went on to order another and was met with system of which I was told its best I create another account since the previous returns was not finalised. I patiently waited and spent that time brushing on my bike knowledge. Customer care advised that it's best I go in store and purchase the bike which I can have straight away, which I clarified about stocks as they were widely publicised of low stocks but I was assured I'd get one. Took 2 buses of over an hour's journey in the rain with my 2 preschoolers and had to queue for about 4 hours because twice I lost my spot as my daughter needed to pee, then I also had to feed her and my baby. It was an extremely stressful day but persevered. Finally went in to the shop in Tottenham and staff were very unhelpful, avoiding me like a plague as I tried to get assistance and yes I did have full protective gear on. With no success on getting assistance, I thought I'd get my daughter to just try some of the bikes and that'll determine right size and we can buy. To my disappointment, there were only 2 kids bikes available and both were locked with no way to try them. As my daughter touched the pink one, a girl yelled "don't touch any bike". I kept my cool and explained my situation but she didn't seem to care much about why I was sent in store. She won't even entertain doing the height, so I did it and then she said "get her a 16inch bike". I pleaded with her to give me 2mins to explain my query and she said they were very busy but reluctantly listened. She insisted I go online and raise queries with online team. I was overwhelmed and got emotional with frustration, so left the shop. It took me a while to get things back on then I placed another online order, but this time I picked collection from Mile End as it was meant to be ready within 2days and other shops were showing about 5-7days. Long story short, the Manager from the Mile End shop rudely rang me and said the bike I ordered was out of stock and I need to pay extra £70 to get a different but same brand. I argued that the bike was in stock when I ordered it and as such it shouldn't be my fault. He argued that the bike should never have been on the website as its a discontinued product, so I told him I ordered what was on the site. When I asked which other branch might have it, he said somewhere up North and I told him surely they can arrange it. He rudely interrupted me and said if I'm not paying extra then there's nothing they can do and I told him I won't pay extra as its not my fault, I don't need a refund but I need the bike. He told me to deal with customer service and hung up. Explained what had happened to customer care and logged complaint all on August 6th. Communications never came through and nor did the return calls happen, so I was left chasing my query every week for several weeks. Not once did I get the promised call from the Mile End branch manager nor from the complaints team then suddenly on September 19th, I got a notification of my refund. I was furious that Halfords can treat its customers this way since June 4th and my child still don't have a bike. This left me so down as I was already feeling down and just felt drained as I've pursued this issue so much but Halfords never for once acknowledged their mistake and never apologised. As you can see, I've been put through hell and back and not once was I rude as I stayed calm all through to keep my sanity. Until this very moment, I still have my child asking me for her birthday bike and how can I explain to a 4year old that Halfords don't think she should own a bike?”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Bought a Crossfire 3 bike that Bilston built. Within weeks the stem bolt came loose and the brakes faded to such a degree my old V brake bike brakes were better. I returned it for a full refund. I submitted an honest review on the website and guess what it’s nowhere to be seen. If my experience is happening elsewhere Halfords product reviews are worthless if all they are showing are positives.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Sadly, I have had a disastrous experience after getting a local Halfords Autocentres to fit a Nextbase front and rear dash cam to my car. Having left the store and arrived home, I set to look at the cameras and check all the features- no explanations could be given at the store “due to Covid”! It was then I noticed that the headlining in front of the front camera was sagging, and the a pillar lining was folded back on itself, revealing some of the wiring. I had been offered the deal of a “free fitting kit” also- which I subsequently found was on the bill anyway! I took photographs there and then, and contacted Halfords directly online, being reluctant to go back for more potential damage. I had a reply four days later saying that someone would soon be in touch... no reply for over two weeks. Eventually, the store manager contacted me asking for copies of repair invoices and emails. A day later, Halfords replied that they denied all liability, a statement from the fitter stating that job was done ok and fingerprints cleaned etc.. Are they suggesting that someone subsequently broke into my car, and had a bash at Re-installation, messing it all up? Watch this space!”

Halfords 1 star review on 23rd September 2020

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Posted 5 years ago

“Bought a Bicycle on 9 September. Delivery meant to occur on 17 September. Received an email today all of a sudden that I am being refunded. No explanation. One department blames the courier company and the other just advises they don't know why it was refunded and not willing to find out. Terrible service all round”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Bristol Brislington branch checked for stock in store says in stock drive 20 miles to get there no stock 3 times this happened to me manager says not his fault go somewhere else AWEFUL BRANCH NEVER USE IT AGAIN”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Bought a bike, the front brakes have failed 3 times. They refused to give me a refund. Sold me a death trap. Staff very rude at edge lane store, liverpool. If I sold a car with faulty breaks is that not against the law.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“bought new carrera vengance bike for my son, it was assembled by halfords in KIrktall. When we got got it home noticed thefront wheel & handlebars weren't allignned & steering wasn't tightened. He rode it to his friends the day after using road & track for the approx half mile journey, when he came down the drive the back wheel came loose & the derailer trapped in wheel spokes bending it round & damaging the frame. I rang both Kirksatall & my local Keighley branches several times to no avail. I took bike back to Keighley, where the staff were apologetic & helpful & ordrered a new bike.It was mentioned that they've had problems with the rear wheel of carreras, I did question how it had been built & safety checked by 2 of Halfords technicians? A bike with loose steering plus wheels that fly off is an accident waiting to happen, my son was lucky not to be injured, and it's complete incompetence. Keighley agreed & promised my new bike will be built by senior technician & checked by manager. I felt better with regard to this stores competence until on leaving we met a lady who had just picked up her new carrera bike to discover the back wheel was loose! My confidence in my new bike being safe is low”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Went in the Dumfries branch with two bikes with flat tires got told one of the bikes need new tyres got the the new inner tubes done but didn't put the bike back together properly the back wheel fell off the one I got one star”

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Posted 5 years ago

Halfords is rated 2.5 based on 1,396 reviews