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Having bought a BYD seal from this company at hereford branch, I experienced my first problem after mice/rats ate the fluid lines under the bonnet. Service was exceptional, and the matter was dealt wi... Toon meer
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Extremely poor service from Hartwell plc (Watford and Hemel Hempstead)in fact the worst experience of buying a new car in 30 years. I ordered a new Ford Puma Gen E in September 2025. I received numer... Toon meer
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I purchased a Ford Transit from Dunstable . It was sold to me with a warranty provided by a Third Party called AutoTrust. The salesman Vinny was brilliant I part exchanged my Vauxhall Vivaro which... Toon meer
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Extremely rude salesman at Watford Would not let me test drive 2 cars even though I said I wanted to drive 2 models at my appointment. I was kept waiting 30 mins as salesman was busy with previous c... Toon meer
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Brought a second hand Tesla from Hereford, travelled 70 miles to get there. I thought it was a good effort that the car was covered in a sheet when I got there which on first impression was a nice touch. However when the car was unveiled there were loads of scratches and the wheels were curbed all round, to which I thought what was the point. On the drive home noticed there was a problem with noisy steering which felt very concerning. Reported problem to be told that I should go to Tesla, followed up with unhelpful emails and a lack of overall interest. Despite being given a new MOT, an advisory that was on there about a steering problem on the last MOT had strangely disappeared on the new one. Coincidence? In fairness they took the car back and I was refunded, but I had to drive the car 70 miles to take it back. I don't think you can claim an exceptional customer experience based upon this particular experience.

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worst car buying experience part two i had my say and thought that was it then got this reply got this
Reply from Hartwell plc
4 hours ago
Hi Alan, we pride ourselves on providing exceptional service, so we are disappointed to hear that your visit with us was anything less than satisfactory. Please reach out to us at 01865 290300 when you can so we can address this situation directly. Thank you and have a great day.So out of politeness i rang got there switch board who had no idea what to do with my call nice lady left me on line for a good 5 minuets felt sorry for her as she could not find anyone to speak to me what good is putting a phone number when it goes nowhere. It was left with the lady saying i think someone will try to get back to you.saying sorry only works if you are sincere
I paid in full for the car, over £31,000. It turns out the car had been in a major accident and hadn't been repaired correctly. To be fair Hartwell cancelled the sale and promised me a full refund... Problem is I'm still waiting for my money, I need to buy another car and quickly. its just not acceptable, this is a huge amount of money and they treat me as if I don't exist..

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Booked in my car to add some new parts, The sales advisor Charmaine King was very professional and helped me through the booking process and kept me informed of the work being carried out. The quality of work carried out by the technician was outstanding Collected my car what time was best for me. Thumbs up for 5 Stars would definitely use Hartwell Ford again.

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I wanted to part ex my two year Old Ford Puma for a new model. The Abingdon branch had what I wanted and the deal offered was similar to a different Ford dealership were offering. Abingdon threw in private plate transfer so I paid a deposit and we agreed to collect my new car 14th July. In the run up I asked Abingdon to include the Ford 5 year extended warranty that had to be taken out pre the car being registered. I kept highlighting my private plate had to be transferred and the extended warranty had to be in place pre the changeover date. Communication was poor in that I had to chase them and they have little confidence things would be done pre changeover. The day before changeover I contacted Abingdon and was told everything was in place except the private plate transfer but not to worry see you in the morning. Next day I was told the salesman was day off, that he hadn’t put my private plate on the new car and that the 5 year extended warranty hadn’t been added. I reluctantly agreed to wait until the issue was rectified. The new car was handed over in the rain with rubbish inside. All in all buying a car from Abingdon was a poor experience. The car cost in excess of £23,000 but I was treated as though I was an inconvenience and that the order was irrelevant. The actual car is great but the experience of buying it, the disappointments and the firms attitude was poor. I certainly won’t use this firm again.

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I went to Hartwell Ford in Grimsby to buy a replacement key fob battery. Jordan at the service reception changed the battery and handed it back with no charge. Extremely satisfied at such a polite and friendly response.

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AVOID AT ALL COSTS - Kidlington Used car and van centre.
I would never recommend this dealership to anyone and I will never do business with them ever again. If you are reading this I would strongly advise you to do the same.
If it were possible to provide a zero star rating then I certainly would, 1 star is generous. Extremely poor post sales care and communication even from senior management team. No empathy shown during problems within 4 months of buying a car which caused great stress for weeks on end.
If you are talked into buying a car, I strongly suggest you get a third party to check the car over fully top to bottom before driving it away. Their however many hundred checks they do is certainly not adequate or accurate.
I was sold a car supposedly with a full manufacturers warranty and after a third party investigation it turned out the warranty was void. Patrick and the team did very little to help and claimed this was not a big issue and was not their fault with some very condescending and dismissive emails.
It is very worrying that this sort of company is allowed to continue selling cars! Very untrustworthy dealership.

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DO NOT GO WITH THIS COMPANY. THEY HANG UP ALL THE TIME WHEN YOU CALL THEM. THEY NEED SACKING.
Bought a fiesta. Bad move from these cowboys. Paid over £15K. No rear mats 2 scratches and the passenger side door speaker is blown. The Service department is dismal. After numerous attempts to contact them the best they could offer me was to drop my car in a week later and they would give me a courtesy car probably with no fuel. I live in central Milton Keynes so going to the far side of Dunstable is not cheap. I have had to order new mats and I will pay for my speaker to be sorted locally. I wouldn't touch this dealership with a bargepole.

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Firstly, don’t bother making an appointment via the website.. nobody will be in touch to set up the appointment. To be fair, a lovely lady from head office did arrange a virtual app for us and was very helpful. But the dealership never showed up or seemed to have no knowledge of it. We would have given up but we had an existing car lease that was due to end. Not that anyone seemed keen to sell us a new lease..
In the end, we just turned up at Hartwell Watford. When we arrived, we were promptly told that they don’t sell new cars on a Saturday (surely the busiest day?!) because they haven’t got the right staff. What proceeded was a very chaotic meeting with a salesperson who had to keep running off every 30 seconds. He was very nice but clearly overstretched and trying to do many things at once. We eventually agreed on a used car and agreed to return the following week to collect it. The next week, we arrived to collect the car at the agreed time. However we had to wait 25 minutes to be served despite there being a group of staff literally standing around doing nothing.
Eventually we were that our new car had neither been MOTd or taxed. So we then had to return home without it. It was a 3 hour wasted trip for us as we don’t live locally. Absolute chaos and we won’t be buying again from Hartwell.

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Bought a 2020 Mondeo. Within 24 hours the Engine Management Light came on the dash. Contacted Hartwells who asked me to drive the car for over an hour to them for them to look at it, even though it states one should not drive the car when the light comes on. Hartwells has a branch in Reading and they contacted me to arrange for a health check on the car and I was told that due to the bank holiday weekend they could not look at the car till the following Tuesday. Received a link to book an appointment and nothing has progressed. When the EML came on the dash, I decided to take a look under the bonnet and try to diagnose it myself. I opened and checked the air filter, and despite being informed that the car had been serviced, the air filter had not been changed. Had about a years worth of dirt on it.
I am not confident that even though the car has 3 months warranty, that any of these issues will be addressed.
Don't bother with them. You will regret it.
I have contacted Trading Standards and seeking legal advice.

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Just bought a new car from Hartwell’s Grimsby branch, and very pleased with the service. Dealt with a lovely guy named Dylan, and couldn’t be happier with my new car. Even managed to drive it away same day! Would definitely recommend, thank you Hartwell Grimsby!

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Spent 50k on a BMW, which after 4 days needed a service, contacted company about it and they asked me to send the invoice for the service, havent neard back from them since, emails are ignored. Now having to try getting a refund from them through the finance company--Very poor service.

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Customers for over 40 years of this Ford branch in Hemel Hempstead my elderly parents brought their Ford Mondeo for its scheduled service and Mot with no problems before they received it. The car was also scheduled to have an air bag recall item repaired but appears not to have been done. The MOT has been declared a fail on DVLA website with an Electronic stability control warning lamp fault that has occurred in the garages possession. The service Manger Kevin has stated to my parents the MOT has not been done and they have found the fault for £60 odd and requires a yaw sensor replacement. So they service and break the car and charge them to detect the fault and service the car, leave them with no transport and really could not care less. They will not be returning to this outfit. Customer care and service is non existent here any longer.

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PLEASE AVOID it will save you a lot of stress . Purchased a used car from Hartwell Dunstable on spending over £30,000 I obviously wanted a warranty was told on several occasions the car had full service history and remainder of manufacturer warranty and I could see all details online . Picked up car and again was reassured it had all been serviced ect . Next day went on fords site , couldn’t do this until I had the car , to find it hadn’t been serviced in accordance with fords scheduled services . I spoke to ford warranty who then said the car wouldn’t be covered for a large amount of claims . After numerous phone calls , sales staff rude but Jack the manager helpful and understanding, we were told we would get a full refund returned car on a Tuesday and still no refund 4 days later ! Disgraceful service thought I was doing the right thing buying from a Ford dealer PLEASE AVOID

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My car was repaired at hartwell ford in Grimsby and the 2 girls who work in the body shop department Holly and Gaye was excellent very friendly and very helpful nothing was to much trouble for them at first there wasn’t a car courtesy car available but they managed to get me one the same day I would highly recommend hartwell grimsby service with a smile thankyou to Holly & Gaye and all staff involved repairing my car excellent job

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STAY CLEAR
Customer service is shocking nobody got back to me after a week i contacted them and they told me the car had sold the day before after i sent over 10 emails it's a joke guys stick with main dealers they won't let you down

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My car went in for repair for 10 weeks and £2000 later. Customer service is absolutely terrible after making 30 plus phone calls chasing them we had to go the garage in person twice for an update. Please don’t take your car to the Hemel Hempstead branch under any circumstance.

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Excellent work carried out efficiently, as arranged. The booking-in and payment procedures have changed now using an app tjekvik.com. The staff are helpful in using the new system, but my wife and I much prefer the Hartwell personal service and reception. Payment is online through tjekvik.com, however there was no invoice detail until collecting the vehicle and examining the invoice left on the seat! MrsPFitz

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I had a simple oil & oil filter change on my 2018 Ford transit custom in Hemel Hempstead, All because of this stupid wet belt fords use I decided to get fresh oil for my up and coming Europe camper van trip. It should be a simple one hour job, two weeks previously when buying parts i booked it in and this was the earliest time and they wanted me there for 0.830, I need to say the parts guy Dave and girls on the phone where excellent, Dave was extremely helpful and ordered my parts in super quick time.
Well I arrived 0.835 and was shown this stupid digital key safe, I asked if someone would have a look around my van as I’ve got new unmarked MSRT Ford supply wheels and a very high end full camper van conversion.
No I was told, We do not do that, well I said I’d like it checked in knowing there is no wheel damage and scrapes.
A Gentleman appeared and looked over my van, not documenting anything.
I was then told to come back at 17.00, but why was I told to arrive at 8am For such a simple job? all the dedicated van parking had cars in them why?
We need it all day so we can squeeze it in at some point, you should of asked for it to be done while you wait, how am I meant to know that if I’m not offered it?
Two weeks it had been booked in.
What a waste of time I will never go back there again, I shall find a different Ford dealership to change my oil.

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