FRF Vauxhall Arvostelua 

Bought a brand new EV corsa mid range in 2022 for in excess of 32k and for the first 2 yrs loved it until last Nov broke down on a busy road with no override to push it to safety. Vauxhall had the car for almost 3mth charged me 260 pound for a new 12v battery as without that couldn't diagnose it. Renewed load of things under the warranty, the 12 v battery wasn't. Had the car back yesterday 3rd Feb 2025. Went to use the car today the 4th and had the same break down and error after lots of 2 and fro with them about charging me for a new battery. Terrible personable treatment from them the store in swansea in particular. Needless to say not happy. Caused lots of inconvenience for road users and me. Do not buy a Vauxhall of any kind and do not ever go to Vauxhall swansea they treat you like your useless.

Clearly they’re selective over what cars they want to service. I filled out the online form on their website to do a Major Service, MOT, and replace the Brake Pads and Discs on my Vauxhall, and even though it said someone will get back to me (they haven’t). This, followed by the other negative reviews, I’ll take my business elsewhere.

My partner and I got car from Car Warehouse on 1st Feb this year. No issues with Car Warehouse. Unfortunately, we had to take it to FRF Vauxhall in Swansea Plasmarl service to check various dashboard fault messages. It took them longer but at the end nothing was done, only a suggestion about one of them as it was about tyre pressure. Then we had issue with window, which I couldn't close once opened on warm summer day. After false promises, unreturned calls, and three weeks we finally got the car back fixed. I was hoping that's the end of it. But no, I couldn't start it a month ago and with the help of our neighbour, we could manage to start it and take it to closest Screwfix. Due to previous poor experience with Vauxhall I was hoping we could get it fixed there instead of taking the car to Frf Vauxhall and avoid dissapointnent. They told me it's battery and it costs £183 to change. As we just had gone into debt due to sudden boiler breakdown I wanted to save money and took it to Frf Vauxhall instead. Longer to fix but at least free due to 2year warranty, right? Not quite. Two weeks for them to change battery (with usual communication issues) and then we physically went there a week ago. They initially said it is ready only for my partner to be told by their manager there that it is not. It now needs changing fuse box. When looking more into their computer application, turns out no one has ordered the part (waiting on what exactly?). When asked about courtesy car, told us we could get it when part arrives! So now it's been a month, still no comms on progress since our visit in Plasmarl. Takeaways from our experience:
1. More then 2 months this car has spent in service out of 9 since we have it (and pay for)
2. To get a update you need to physically go there as communication is a big issue
3. 2 year warranty is only as good as the dealership/service they provide
4. No more cars from Car Warehouse for us if the warranty is through FRF Vauxhall.
5. Due to this delay we had financial loses (mainly due to lost job opportunities) and worsening health (not just mental pressures)
If you're lucky with car it would not matter but if you have any issues and it needs fixing, good luck!

Absolutely shocking customer care, my car been in frf bridgend waiting for a part for over 4 months. Customer care service plan holder had my car serviced every year for my warranty and there after care has been shocking no contact saying they are gonna ring me back and never do

Advertises on the right wing news channel gb news obviously honesty is not their priority avoid at all costs

Fantastic service. From ordering new car to picking it up today, Neil Lewis sales Executive is an absolute asset to frf vauxhall, can't fault him at all, handed over the car in pristine condition and very professional showing us around the car how everything works etc... did a lot of leg work in getting the car ready thank you so much.

FRF Accident Repair. Direct Line car insurance sent my disabled parents here. Needless to say to say they’re still waiting for the repair. The pictures of the damage won’t upload to their website, on contacting them there was no assistance. They are also unable to supply a suitable disabled vehicle, my mother being a wheelchair user need a car that can accommodate her disability chair or scooter. Avoid this company.
Update I have had a request to remove or update from FRF through Trust-pilot. I have checked and this is definitely where my parents not only used to take their car. But used to have their mobility car from.

Took my Astra to them, paid them for the day to diagnose clutch issue only to be told that they didn't need to look at it because there was a technical bulleting stating that there were parts fitted at time of manufacture that were known to be faulty, so was shocked when they told me I would have to pay £1300 to rectify the issues as it was out of warrantee. I really needed a reliable car for my wife who is disabled, very unfair.

Second time I've had to use this garage for warranty work... Both times I've had to phone at 5pm to be told due to computer issues they have done nothing to my van... First time took 5 days to sort out a single ad blue injector .
Darren at the garage has now sorted out the situation and has been very helpful

Will never purchase a vauxhall - terrible service, rude staff, total lack of communication and a car that lives in the garage with an ongoing emissions fault since February (6 months) that they cannot seem to fix. Horrendous experience, hopefully I never have to use this garage ever again! Shame they don't do minus stars!!

Appalling customer service. I booked my 2007 Astra twin top in the Bridgend branch with a lock issue, using Vauxhall’s own online service to do so. When I got there, they had no information about the booking and refused to even look at my car, because ‘they don’t deal with that sort of problem’. The girl on the service reception was rude and unhelpful.

I have recently bought a car from this company, and I have had the most horrendous customer service experience ever since as they couldn’t even get the basic paperwork completed correctly. As others have said a must to avoid.

CV21 KFA,vehicle returned I excellent condition, thank you and Darren for safe return.

I’m very disheartened and disappointed in the customer service department. I ordered a new Mokka on mobility in January. I was told it would arrive in June. I rang at the beginning of may to be told it would be ready by the end of may so I confirmed this twice with the same sales man. Only to be let down and told it would be another 6 months understandably it had been delayed but there was no communication I wasn’t told anything until I rang them to confirm dates. Poor attitude from the sales team and overall my experience has been a massive let down. I have cancelled the car and will be finding another dealership. I would definitely not recommend buying from Vauxhall.

Vauxhall Bridgend

We have an old Vauxhall and we recently went shopping for a new car and looked at Vauxhalls here - The salesman was just about OK

The guys in the parts dept are good - we usually have a laugh about their ridiculous prices and I go elsewhere

The service reception however is awful. The service receptionists sit in a dirty poorly furnished barn-like room behind the sales area. When I dropped off the old Vauxhall off for a routine job I went into the Reception area and there were three women behind desks gossiping. They ignored me. I made my presence felt and one of them disdainfully said 'Yes?' Throughout the ensuing brief conversation she was curt, unfriendly, and unhelpful. She was also unkempt, she hadn't brushed her hair, she was 'casually' dressed and looked unwashed.

When I returned to collect the car I saw a different receptionist, she was a bit more presentable and not quite as rude. She pushed my keys and a an invoice at me, didn't explain what they had done and asked for payment. I asked where the car was and she said outside. It wasn't. The receptionist seemed quite annoyed by the need to go and find it.

When I got home I looked at the invoice and saw that FRF had done a Complimentary Health Check which hadn't been mentioned when I booked the car in, dropped it off or collected it. I then found the Health Check Report stapled to the back of the invoice and was alarmed to read the first item, in red, was Immediate Attention - Declined - (and details of a dangerous tyre) and a blank space where the price should have been.

I am appalled that I was allowed to drive off without this dangerous defect having been brought to my attention.

It goes without saying that I will not be tying myself to this company for 3 -15 years by buying a new car from them.

Great customer service staff very helpful especially the young lady who dealt with us. Would definitely buy another car from FRF 😁

Mike sorted my Astra motorbility car and was brilliant and I got my car well before expected great service 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Having broken knob on handbrake on my mokka went to Frf they said I would have to buy the handbrake lever £230 without fitting it.found said knob on ebay new for £9.99 ATS will fit it for not much as its an easy job. Vauxhall rip off merchants beware.

Shocking treatment, purchased a new Mokka and it comes with its very own manufacturing fault, (the tailgate catches the bumper) this is a known fault with no apparent fix.
Our car has been in twice, and after a total of six weeks they sent it back with a boot that doesn't close properly and the lights out of alignment.
To make things worse Mike Watts looked us straight in the eye and told us it was absolutely fine, and apparently you are meant to see daylight through the boot when it's closed. He also insisted that we were the only people with this problem, turns out many many people have this problem, including Mike.
We tried to reject the car, and were referred to Vauxhall Finance for them to investigate.
Apparently you need to investigate when you are in receipt of an independent report at a cost to ourselves of £125, that states what we've already told you (there's a fault with the boot)
As suspected Vauxhall Finance never got back to us at the end of eight weeks (I'm guessing they can't legally deny us rejecting the car) so now we are stuck paying for a car that we can't even trade in as nobody wants to touch it.
This has now been referred to the Financial Ombudsman, and I'm sure as a company you'll be be over the moon so you can keep running down the clock.
Make no mistake, we are going nowhere quietly. We will take this all the way.
After being gas lighted in the dealership, and ghosted by Vauxhall Finance its made us more determined than ever that you should be held accountable.
Shame on you FRF, we've purchased a total of 13 cars from you, we held you in high regard. Why you you would want to treat repeat custom like this astounds us.
All you ever needed to do was own up and communicate, instead we have be treated like imbeciles. Never ever will we let this go, going forward we are intent on making this as common knowledge as we can so other people are not conned into paying for substandard vehicles.

Excellent service from the car warehouse.

Dealt with Kyle who was great from start to finish wirh the purchase of our Corsa. Communication was great and nothing too much trouble.