Halfords Reviews

Name: Halfords
Address: -, - -, Worcestershire
Rating: 2.52

2.5 Rating 1,366 Reviews

37 %

of reviewers recommend Halfords

2.5

Based on 1,366 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 6th February 2025

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“I have been using Halfords for 40 years but I will NEVER use this company again. The service start to finish was a total hassle and left me disgusted. I ordered a vehicle tracker online and got an email advising me it would be at my local store in two days. I went to collect at our Hamilton branch, they said the order number did not exist even though I showed my Halfords reply, and that I should phone head office. I phoned but waited 14 minutes to speak with someone, they explained to me that "sometimes the order does'nt go through even though the customer gets an email telling them it has". After waiting days and spending hours going to the store and on the phone this company can get stuffed. I will post this review all over. Shocking display of horrible service !!”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Booked mot. It failed on 2 tyres Tyres were twice the amount of local tyre companies so took the car away to get them fitted. The tyre dealer changed the tyres and was surprised that they failed as according to his gauge they were still above the legal limit but had new ones fitted anyway. Then tried for a retest and the manager not being happy that we got tyres fitted elsewhere could not have made it anymore awkward to book in for the retest. I will never use Halfords again and I have used them regularly in the past but the manager, s attitude needs addressing”

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Posted 6 years ago

“I ordered a bike that cost me £250 and when i went to lick it up it was already damaged and the paint had started to bubble, the member of staff who was dealing with us said that is just how they come either take it or we will reorder a new one. Bearing in mind he hadn’t apologised for the inconvenience or anything, he then tryed applying glossy black paint onto the matt black, handlebars that was scratched which dried awfully and looked terrible and he just shrugged his shoulders as to say just deal with it. We decided to reorder the bike and rang customer services the next day where we found out that the worker hadn’t reordered the bike at all so she put one on order for is and apologised for the whole mess and said it would be there today and we would receive a call, waited in all day no call. We then rang the store this evening and a worker managed to find the bike and it was still in its box untouched when it should have been ready to collect this morning, absolutely terrible service would not recommend to anyone, if this is read and you are wondering for places that sell bikes with good service try decathlon their bikes come at reasonable prices and come with great service every time unlike halfords”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Terrible repair service, expensive and my bike came out with more damage than when it went in, do not go there!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Trustpilot reviews Categories Log in Sign up Install App For companies profile image of Tiaan De Klerk Tiaan De Klerk United Kingdom Review of Halfords Retail Tiaan De Klerk Tiaan De Klerk 1 review Star 1 Star 2 Star 3 Star 4 Star 5 Published 01 August 2018 Bad Bad Took my car in for a service to Halfords 9 months back, paid for a major service, with all the bells and whistles checked the oil when I picked it up to make sure the lever was right it was clean so I thought job done. They did inform me they did not changed the air cleaner and I had to come back in for that twice both times they still did not have it. Eventually they brought it to my home and I changed it myself. When the winter was over I discovered the archon wasn’t cooling even though I paid for an archon service as well. As this was 6 months later I thought there was nothing I could do about it. A self-employed mechanic did a service on my car yesterday and discovered the oil filter was from Halfords main competitor, also the fuel filter and pollen filters were still the original Hyundai brands and so dirty that they could not possibly have been changed 9 months back. My conclusion now is that they probably only did an oil drain and change without changing the filter and probably did not order the parts in for my car. As the air cleaner is so easy to check they probably came up with the story about not changing that so I would not be suspicious. Don’t go and get ripped off by those guys I basically ended up paying £500 for a couple of litres of oil and an airliner I had to change myself.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Before buying a new car battery for my HONDA CIVIC i specifically asked the customer service assistant if he could arrange with the fitter to maintain power to the car on disconnecting the old battery so that the radio settings would be maintained and saved. i provided the fitter with my own power station to carry out this simple task but he failed to do what was agreed and disconnected the battery. He was obviously very inexperienced and i got the impression he wasnt up to the job as he tried to put the plastic casing of the battery over the battery retaining clamp. I followed this incident up with customer services who told me that i had to ring HONDA and obtain the code for the radio. i thanked him for the total inefficiency and walked out. Needless to say i would not trust Halfords staff if i ever have to use them in the future.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Where shall I start! I rely totally on my bike as I don't drive. I ride a Giant Talon Mountain bike which cost me quite alot as I need reliability. It was booked in for routine gear alignment and front disc pads. I had to wait for the parts as not in stock..so far so good. I picked it up and paid a total of £52.00 I ride with the seat extremely high as I'm tall. The seat had been lowered right down. The break pads squealed all the way home and I can't get two of my gears. Also the handlebars werent straight. I've now had to come home get my tools out and finish the job. Needless to say I will not be going back nor will I recommend to any of my cycling fraternity..come on Halfords I really thought you were better .”

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Posted 7 years ago

“customer service poor, would not use again.. slow for repairs... a tire.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Item I bought was with a one4all gift card, part of balance used up the card balance. When I got home I realised the assistant hadn’t given me the card back. I tried to return the item the next day and was only offered a Halfords gigpft card....which is not what I paid with, nor wanted! Very unhelpful and went as far as to say it was my fault for not asking for the card back!! Disgusted at the way they spoke to me, and how unhelpful they are. Would not recommend buying with this company, they take your money but then want to keep it.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I needed some AdBlue for my car. I purchased a 10 Litre container with fill hose attached. The fill hose was so cheap and nasty, it broke immediately spilling AdBlue all over my boot. Very poor will not use them again”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Went to the Mansfield store to buy 2 bikes totalling over £1000,to my amazment no of the staff were in the slightest bit interested in serving me. So after over 1 hour of waiting around decided to leave.I contacted customer service about my treatment and was told they had spoken to the manager of the store and he would phone me to try and resolve things. I'm still waiting for the phone call must have the same attitude as his staff (he properly carries out there training) there is no wonder all these larger shops are closing down with such bad customer care. I for one will not be using Halfords again for anything.if you read through all the reviews left by other people they are all for similar things customer service. Come halfords big wigs sort your staff out they are a ket down to you.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Ordered car stereo and booked a fitting. The guy told me he needed to order a facia kit should be a few days and would contact me. I contacted Halfords 5 days later they had the part. Then they told me the dab radio I ordered wouldn’t work very well because I have a convertible so I changed to analog. Went for fitting returned later the guy couldn’t do it said the part he ordered was wrong and he was unable to get the right part. I went to a independent car audio dealer explained my predicament and he handed me the correct part of the shelve. I went back to Halfords with the part only to be told the part was wrong by which time I was getting quite annoyed. Took the part back for refund also asked the dealer about dab and convertibles he told me Hartford’s a talking rubbish. He sold me a dab radio and installed it in front of me. So all in all pretty rubbish service from Halfords”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Fraudulent claims of parts and malicious Activity DO NOT GO TO HALFORD FOR ANY FREE CHECK UP'S ON YOUR CAR. They lie to get you to pay a large amount of MONEY when nothing is wrong with your car. On the 21st April 2017 Halford provided me with a report that stated : My Wishbone Arms where leaking Oil - But it cannot. My 3 month old battery was almost dead - They put in the wrong codes when they tested the battery. ( I had warranty on the battery and when I went to get it changes Euro parts tested the battery infront on me and there was nothing wrong with it. Total waste of my time . My car oil was low - Because they loosened my Oil Filter and forgot to tighten it back. A couple days after I had the test I saw oil under my car. My discs and Brake pads where low - But they wasn't. My wheel nuts needed changing as they were hard to take off - Ofcourse they were hard to take off because they tighten my wheel nuts with a air gun. Total SCAMMERS. I complained to Halfords and all they could say is that they are sorry. Sorry is not good enough when this is a Nationwide Company who is putting customers safety at risks by tampering with the cars and stating lies on the report. Luckily my Dad is a retired Mechanic and when he saw the Wishbone Oil Leakage claim on the report, he asked me which FOOL told you this? If it wasn't for my Dad I would have paid over £700 not including Labor for my car to be fixed. I have submitted another complaint however Halfords have not replied. It has been 3 weeks. I think they are not replying to me because I mentioned in my complaint that I have a Dash Cam that shows a video of the mechanic under the front of my car for sometime ( Probably loosening my oil filter) Sadly I dont have a Dash Cam under my car, maybe next time. I cannot trust any company anymore because of this. Personally I think that because I am a woman and they see this, people seem to take advantage of us because they think we now nothing. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND WE KNOW MORE THANK YOU THINK.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I purchased a car stereo online (2/4/18) to collect and be fitted at Newmarket store. fast forward to 12/6/18 and I still do not have the product fully working in my car. first of all Newmarket took over 5 weeks to initially get all the parts needed to fit it, then my car went into the garage for 2 weeks...when I got the vehicle back I phoned Newmarket to get it booked in for fitting, only to be told that they needed to order another part!!... I then got the car booked into Cambridge for fitting (1/6/18) and after leaving it with the fitter for an hour I was told upon returning I had no sound due to it needed a bypass lead which Newmarket had forgot to order!!. now 11 days later I am waiting for this lead to be in stock, despite the store telling me it was dispatched last Monday ( the story changed after I telephoned the national customer service line). in Halfords defence you have waved all the fitting costs and also the parts costs, I only had to pay for the kenwood head unit (still £110).... but much as I appreciate this I still think it is a complete joke that NEARLY 10 WEEKS after I made the original order I am still without a working product. not impressed.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“This company is a joke... The worst customer service award for this company... Bike care is a rip off... Be careful...”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I went to get a new indicator bulb and have it fitted. The girl did her best, but had to keep asking advice from a colleague. Once the bulb was installed, nothing happened. All one side indicators wouldn’t work. I then too my car to my usual garage for advice and was told the indicator relay had blown due to the original bulb being replaced with the ignition turned on so she could see if it worked. Never again going to trust Halfords! If there was the option, I would give them minus five stars!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I booked a tyre repair online with Halfords auto centre Acton on Saturday for Sunday morning 10:00. My tyre was already flat so I pumped it up ready for the appointment on Sunday morning and headed to the garage. I was told on arrival that the garage in Acton did not carry out tyre repairs and was advised to go to KwikFit. The person at the garage advised I will receive a refund for my 25 pounds online payment. I made my way in haste before my tyre lost all the air I added earlier and KwikFit repaired my tyre without appointment. Very disappointed about the overall experience and service from Halffords! Will not be a returning customer although the garage is my local.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Had a headlight bulb fitted by Halfords, it worked but the spread at night seemed poor. Just had car MOT'd and was advised the bulb was upside down and the battery had not been refitted correctly. Sorted by the MOT garage and lights are much better. In the past the they have replaced the battery for us to find it was the alternator not charging, will probably not use Halfords again.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Dashcam fitted to 18 plate car doesnt function as described and fitted incorrectly. Caused £400 worth of damage due to incorrect fitting.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Just had the worst experience I can recall with a "High Street" Retailer. Left my bike to be assessed for repair in Halfords, Falkirk (that's also where I originally bought it from) on Saturday 5th May. Repair man not there and there was a backlog of work so staff member told me they would call me on Tuesday. No call. I've called them three times since. Each time there is no one in the bike section and the staff member who answers takes my details and phone number, saying the bike people will call me back. They never do. I went in and retrieved the bike today. Local bike shop will do fine, but I've incurred time and wasted journeys (28 miles ) getting nowhere with Halfords. I don't know what they do in that shop, but they sure don't repair bikes!”

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Posted 7 years ago

Halfords is rated 2.5 based on 1,366 reviews