Reconditioned-Engines UKReviews 51

I had my 4x4 collected by them. £700.00 to repair a head gasket. Didn't have any contact with them for 2 weeks. I was told my car was in Birmingham. And there was more problems 9 weeks later I was told car was ready. The bill was£2300. 00. The address in Birmingham was false. Told to go to Wolverhampton. My car was there with on engine in it. Had to return 6 hrs later and settle the payment. Got the car back. 5 month later car died. Never again will I trust a garage. Not that one.

Just found weve been done over by these too. But trading as vehicle Maintinance Uk And Europe LTD
The garage we visited was NST Autos and also Select Engine services.

Found them on ebay with an engine supply and fit sale post.

Took my sprinter in for an engine recon quoted at 2100 and asked for 750 deposit. They then didnt start on it for a month. When they did i recieved pictures of the big end and crank showing they were badly damaged. Our van didnt have a knock on the big end. They wanted 4250 to fix it which i said no to.

Ive then cancled the sale and had to pay 1300 in labour and recovery only to get the van back with the engine in a thousand bits in the back of the van

It gets worse... i marked our cillinder head when i fixed the black death... this doesnt have any marks. To top it off, the engine block is from a totally different sprinter as the number doesnt match our log book.

So they basically charged us 1300 to steql our engine block, cillinder head, fuel injectors, numberplates and most likely more.

Reported to trading standards and police
Avoid like the plauge

The engine company based at Sunbeam Rd Wolverhampton. These people will cheat and con you, so beware and don't be fooled. My rebuilt engine was returned with the Alternator wired incorrectly, which discharged the battery and blew of the warning lights. The car was also returned with the wrong keys!
The AA were called out and once they got it going expressed concern with the engine, saying it sounded like it had piston slap. Drove the car carefully for the first 500 miles, changed the oil and filter, but during this time the engine smoked and breathed heavily. Driving back home having done about 700 the engine started to lose power and eventually came to a stop.
Car towed away and have been advised that the crankshaft has snapped in two with the whole engine destroyed.
I advised Jay (not his real name I've been informed) and his brother Manny with many calls and Whatsapp videos and messages. Totally ignored me!
Not sure what action I can take.
Please take heed and dont use these thieves.

Conned by Engine Recon Ltd: Please everyone 90% cases of Engine Reconditioning or Supply & Fit there is fraud. Wish I could have read all this before becoming Victim of these scammers and the way they doing no one taking any action. It takes £30 to open a limited company in UK and such evil and devils have so many limited companies under various names but does the same things conning innocent public their hard earned money. Original quote was £1350 for reconditioning our Mercedes Engine and then asked £2125. £400 was taken deposit before starting work and after stripping engine then £775 more was asked for parts which we refused. They got gangsters sitting in their office which they either hired or part of same scam so people get scared and don't take it anywhere further. Stay away from all such characters. We were asked to pay £630 in total to pick up the car otherwise can't touch the car.

We done all recordings and due to that maybe they said ok take your car with £400 what you paid and no more we ask. Finally got the car recovered so lesson learnt: use trustworthy companies very local to you ideally get engine and get it installed by someone you know otherwise it's not worth this route. May these people be guided on right path. All the best!

We found them on ebay, promised us a fully reconditioned engine in our ford ranger, collected and delivered all for a fixed price. Once they had our vehicle they said they had found other faults so needed an additional £1000 before they returned it. We were fooled and payed the money to get our vehicle back to us. It made a terrible knocking noise as it drove back into my yard. The response i got was that it was nothing to do with what they had done and it was something else that needed fixing. I have had it checked by an independent mechanic now who has said it is undriveable and they have not carried out the work they quoted. £3000 later and my vehicle is no better than before it went to them. Is it worth taking them to court? If anybody has any ideas on how to stop them scamming other people just let me know! Email me *******@underwoodrecycling.co.uk

Was quoted a fixed price at 2,100-2,700 for either a new build or new engine as ours had ceased. Total bill was £5,000 and the vehicle still isn't running correctly. Was total would be done in 10 days and took nearly a month. Warranty is impossible to maintain as no other garage can even look at it. We live over 100 miles away so not exactly helpful. We will be taking them to court to try and get some money back but please do not use this awful company or you will be well out of pocket!

Found this company on eBay paid them nearly a thousand pound to recondition my engine on my car, they then set up a recovery company to collect the car now I have no way to contact I have 3 different addresses and 2 numbers that both ring to answer phone with no answer, I have been in contact with the police but still no action is being made what can I do?

I am more than happy to drive and get my car back off them but if I drive to 3 addresses and my car isn't at any then am back to square one and lost more money please help me thanks

Do not touch this company!
They're scammers!
So far they've had fortunes from innocent people who desparatly need their cars fixing!
But PLEASE BE AWARE, YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR CAR FIXED, JUST RIPPED OFF FOR LOADS OF MONEY, AND YOUR CAR REMAINS THE SAME!
TRADING STANDARDS ARE AWARE OF THIS /THESE COMPANIES WHICH ARE OPPERATING AROUND THE COUNTRY with their scams.
It needs people like us to sort this so please feel free to message me and we can share intelligence what has been collated.
THEY HAVE TO BE STOPPED!
There's gotta be more victims so please feel free to share.
I've found this company has connections in Bahrain too, it's endless, it's gotta be stopped.

I'm in the same boat as practically everyone else here. They have my vehicle and claim the engine was 'all smashed up inside', which it certainly wasn't. They then tried to extort extra money to pay for components that I know were not faulty. I then told them to cease work on the vehicle and return it. They eventually agreed to do so but have not actually returned it.

Again, the police won't touch it, so solicitor seems to be the only route left, which will leave me further out of pocket.

I'm not under any illusion I'll see either the money or the vehicle again.

It just staggers me that what is plainly fraud, and therefore a crime, does not persuade the police to take action.

I'm looking to seek a solicitors help with this and I've been advised it may be better to get as many people as possible to do this in one go. One reason is to save the cost and another is it will have greater impact in court.
I have had my van stolen from these people who quotes £1800. After paying £900 deposit 2 weeks later had to chase up where my van was and was given an ultimatum of pay £4500 or I dont get the van back and I'm apparently being charged £35 per day untill this payed.
This was since October 2017. The police are useless and say it's a civil matter. I've lost thousands in work and all my tools are in my van. I've had to buy new tools and use hire vans. Trading standards have been informed but nothing is being done.
Anyone who wants to do something about this please get in touch.
My email is *******@hotmail.com.
Thanks. Chris