Woodside Motor Services Reviews 

I would strongly advise going elsewhere. This garage misdiagnosed my car and then pressured me to approve replacing a major component costing thousands of pounds. They also charged me for the incorrect diagnosis, which I still don't understand. How can you bill for a diagnosis that turned out to be wrong? I don't believe they were honest with me, and I'd urge anyone to get a second opinion before agreeing to any work here

My son took his car for an MOT, which failed on suspension components. No problems so far. My son was quoted £180 total price by a lady over the phone. My son contacted me and asked for my opinion, I told him that I thought it was a reasonable price and agree to have the work completed. My son has gone to collect the car and has been informed by the "manager", (I use this term loosely, as a manager would attempt to resolve customer concerns) that if he wants to collect his car it is £275. When questioned about the quote from the lady, we have been told she made a mistake, works part-time and is not working today. How is their mistake a customers problem?
No attempt at resolution from the "manager". Avoid this garage at all costs. There is a reason that there are no Google Reviews for this place!

Great service from the team at Woodside Motor Services. Booked in for an MOT and service, everything was done on time and they kept me updated throughout. Honest, friendly and fairly priced. Will definitely be back.

We brought a passat from woodside motors :
It was presented immaculatley and the service record was a thing of beauty
They sent me a video of the car before we came down to see it that was really useful
Service was great and that they even came to find us when we got lost looking for the garage
I would not hesiate to recommend these guys

I have been a customer of Woodside garage for a few years now.
Rob, Luke and the team go above and beyond for their customers. How do I know this?

I know this as the other day, My car had a mechanical fault. It was stuck at the traffic lights, at the Queens bridge in New Mills. (How embarrassing for both myself and my passenger)
I couldn't move forward nor backwards and I was blocking the right hand lane, as the electric handbrake had stuck on.

I phoned Woodside garage up and explained the dilemma to Rob. Within 15 minutes-The longest time of my life! Luke came racing up to save the day. We Limped the car back to the garage and the team even stayed late to correct the faults on the car, so that it was ready to collect the next day.

You can rest assured that this garage really does look after their customers.

Great communication car is exactly as advertised, smooth transaction when arrived, highly recommend 👍🏻

Another mini service completed! So so pleased with the service from Woodside Motors, honestly! I have no stress of dropping the car off or collecting it as it’s all arranged! Recommended 100%

I’ve written a review about this garage. It was negative in nature.

Woodside has made everything right and have made tremendous efforts to improve their service. They are committed to honest customer service and I can recommend them.

After booking my MOT through Servicing Stop, I was contacted by the garage owner, who claimed to have found faults with the headlight and tyre monitoring system. He then attempted to upsell additional “investigation work” for faults that did not exist. To add insult to injury, he tried to build rapport by stating he was a Sikh/Singh and was “doing me a favour.” This was an offensive and manipulative attempt to leverage religious identity for financial gain — completely unacceptable and unethical.

I refused the additional charges and took my car to a completely independent MOT test the very next morning, where it passed with zero issues, zero advisories, and none of the alleged faults. This confirms beyond any doubt that the garage you assigned attempted to fabricate problems to extort money from me.

This is a serious breach of trust and an alarming reflection on the type of businesses you are partnering with. They are clearly scamming innocent customers with fabricated failures and inflated quotes, which could financially and emotionally impact less experienced or vulnerable individuals

My son takes his Astra to Woodside for any issue's and MOT has never had a bad experience prices are always fair and I find them to be very honest on pricing today is a classic example he had clutch issues last night on the way home phone call this morning and straight in to have have a look over the car hopefully they find nothing major but what a great service Thank you Woodside and your team

I’m so glad I found this place. As a woman, it can be challenging visiting garages — too often, they try to find unnecessary ‘faults’ with the car. But at Woodside Motors, I’ve always been treated with honesty and respect. I’ve been getting my car serviced and MOT’d here for years. They collect and drop off the car, and I always receive a fair, honest outcome. I highly recommend them to friends and family — truly trustworthy!

Went there for a MOT and full service. Very professional and really good service. Would definitely recommend!

Had my car in for an MOT and full service — really impressed. Friendly staff, quick turnaround, and honest advice. Everything was explained clearly, and there were no surprise costs. Car runs smoothly now. Highly recommend!

Broke down on the motorway and my steering completely stopped working! 😭 AA took my car here and they worked on the power steering pump, tracking & did an oil service. My poor old mini is working perfectly now🥰

Great service throughout :)

First time I've been here, they were quick and professional. MOT was due and they were honest and took the time to explain everything to me. Thank you.

Very great service, helped service my vehicles, trustworthy. Great aftercare

The person who owns and sells the cars is very polite and respectful. We recently bought a Nissan juke 1.5dci. He put a brand new mot and it. He fixed all the problems the mot put up plus all advisories on. Great service

If I could I would give no stars. Was referred to this company with little choice. I had no issues at all with my Ford KA so when I got a bill for over £1000 I was shocked. I was more shocked when My car straight from the garage made noises it had never made before. Back it went and more and more problems exhaust etc. This was all absolute rubbish ! the photos them sent me I am certain were not from my car as I had looked under the car just a few days prior. I asked for the car to be returned at 5pm and I am still waiting at work. NEVER USE THIS GARAGE

I took my car in for a service and MOT, where it failed on the rear suspension bushes and handbrake efficiency. While i was expecting some costs, was shocked by the quote of over £1,000 for repairs. The major cost was the replacement of rear brake calipers, which were reportedly seized, and priced at £330 each. This was puzzling since you had recently had new rear discs and pads fitted by the same garage (Woodside) just a month earlier. In addition, the suspension bushes were quoted at around £350.

After receiving this high estimate, i decided to take it elsewhere for an MOT test, The experience left me questioning the diagnosis, especially regarding the brake calipers seizing so soon after recent work.
I found the quote excessive and perhaps felt that the garage was not being transparent or realistic in their assessment.
and it passed with no advisories...now im questioning whether it was actually serviced or i just payed £240 for them to stamp my service book.

Used this garage via Servicing Stop. Was sold and charged for a collection and return service to the MOT, tried to charge over £3k for rectification work (hugely inflated charges) and then refused to return the vehicle when we wouldn't commit to this.
The garage also ran up parking fines whilst the vehicle was in their possession (Servicing Stop took forever to inform us where the car had been taken) which they are refusing to reimburse us for.
Absolute scam.