No fault of AA specifically, the service was actually really well managed. However, there are difficulties in having a middle party as a I found out when my MOT failed and I had to go back and fourth... See more
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- #19 of 19 best companies in MOT Centre
- #90 of 96 best companies in Auto parts shop
- #51 of 54 best companies in Car service
- #12 of 12 best companies in Mechanic
- #7 of 7 best companies in Towing service
- #6 of 6 best companies in Vehicle Inspection
About The AA Smart Care
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MOTs, services and repairs brought to you through the convenience of our local AA approved garage network.
AA approved local garages
- Every one of the garages in our network is audited to ensure it meets our highest quality, service and training standards
- The garage technicians are expertly trained in petrol, diesel and electric vehicles
Fixed & transparent pricing
- You’ll know exactly what you’re going to pay, with no hidden extras
- We’ll chat to the garage to make sure that any additional work needed is accurate, and give you a quote to approve before it’s carried out.
Guaranteed quality of work and repairs
- We’re so confident in the work, we guarantee all parts and labour for 12 months
- The garages in our network always fit quality parts, made to the same standard as the original manufacturer equipment
- All prices, including labour, are checked to make sure they’re accurate
Easy online booking
- You can book online at a garage local to you, on a date of your choice
- Book up to 90 days in advance
- You have access to a UK wide network of local garages.
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- theaa.com/car-care/book/start
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Thoroughly Recommend the AA Smartcare Service for MOT's
It is very safe doing your MOT through the AA Smartcare service, as if you do have any problems with the garage, you just inform the AA & they will sort it out for you. We have used the service twice now & used the same garage on both occasions. It is very easy to arrange also & you are kept fully informed all the time.
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MOT and service
Firstly on the day I dropped off my car, the garage was not open and had to wait for 45 mins, then there was no contact from the garage and AA as well , had to wait for 5 days to get my car back and I had to pay to the garage directly for the repair carried out, therefore I had the worst experience overall, I could have gone to a local garage and get a better service, absolutely heartbreaking experience

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Smooth and easy MOT experience
Nice and easy MOT experience i have ever had, no stress smooth transaction and cheap MOT and great experience
I would give the Mechanic the 5 stars…
I would give the Mechanic the 5 stars as he was Excellent in Servicing my car & very approachable, however I can not say the same in trying to actually booking a service the smart care team is where this falls down it took me 2weeks for this to work.

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Absolutely delighted with the service…
Absolutely delighted with the service and would definitely recommend. So convenient to have it done at home. First time I’ve used this service definitely not my last.

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Disappointing
I am only giving a 2 because I went to one of there recommended garages and booked via service care and the garage did nothing, (paid for service and MOT), so AA said go to this other garage, I went and they were excellent, but the calls to AA were unbearable because I couldnt get through and no one understood what I was talking about, so had to go via this app and that was a faff it was one of them automatic answering apps that were terrible, then obviously the 2nd garage wanted paying for the work but I said no because I had already paid and then there was this stand off with prove they (garage 1) didn't do the work, so garage 2 had to do it and it was just long drawn out and stressful. I will be going to kwik fit next time.

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Call out breakdown mechanic
Call out breakdown mechanic. Martin was excellent He was so helpful very professional.
fantastic full service by Tom from…
fantastic full service by Tom from Bristol A really nice guy and i will ask for him again next time my service is due
worst than poor i booked a service…
worst than poor i booked a service for today they never turned up id given my card no and instructions to ring or text when on way so i could tell them how to get to my car waited in all afternoon i had no reason to think they would not as they say in their blurb you will be charged when job is done terrible service they obvs not very nice men any more!

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Nice and easy experience.
poor
booked an mot and service, the garage only ddoes services.
Quality of service seems poor, van stunk of silicone, water droplets all up inside of windscreen,

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Amazing Service
Absolutely blown away by the level of knowledge, professionalism and service of this service. Geoff arrived at the scene of the break down within 20 minutes. Got the car running and managed to source a replacement alternator and have it fitted in my driveway at home that very same afternoon!
Top mechanic!
The mechanic called ahead of arriving, and was super friendly. He managed to park up on a busy street, and got to work straight away. He was thorough throughout the job, and finished on time with no issues. He even had time to take about air con de-gassing. Thank you would 100% recommend this service.
Wrong booking
Managed to find a website that said it services and does repairs to EV cars. Booked, paid and was sent reminder via text and email. Turned up before 8am as requested, only to be told the garage did not accept EV cars and they rejected the job, even thou is was picked by the smart centre.

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Easy process and good price
The service itself and the mechanic…
The service itself and the mechanic Steve who completed it were great. The problem was in the communication - I booked an am service, at 1pm I received a phone call telling me my service had been delayed and was now scheduled for 1.30pm! This was despite the fact that I had already called at 11.20am and that by 1pm my car clearly wasn't going to get done at the scheduled time. Nor did anyone bother to check whether 1.30pm was convenient and that I was able to do that time. There was no apology for the inconvenience and it was just assumed that 1.30pm was OK. In the end it was 2pm when Steve arrived and nearly 4pm when he left which meant that I lost the entire day sat waiting. The phone call I received at 1pm was supposedly from Customer Service - this standard of communication is not providing customer service

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