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‘No more garage fear’

James Baggott by James Baggott
February 18, 2013
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SURVEY data from industry body Motor Codes reveals that motorists rate garages very highly on the whole.

Quashing the old ‘rip-off’ reputation that many garages battle against, the data – from 25,000 consumers – related to the quality of service they received, either when buying a new car or having it serviced.

Servicing – making up the majority of the ratings at 20,500 of the 25,000 – received surprisingly positive feedback from customers.

‘Consigning the archetypal ‘suck through teeth, that’ll cost you’ view of garages to a stereotyped past, the Motor Codes Report shows that trust in its garages has risen to an incredible 98 per cent since its inception in 2008,’ said the body.

‘The survey also shows that, where the dreaded phone call comes and the garage has found that extra work is needed on top of a routine service, again, 98 per cent of Motor Codes garage customers were happy that they were being charged fairly and only for work they were happy to have carried out.’

Only two per cent of customers wouldn’t recommend a particular garage to their friends or relatives, according to the data – a promising figure.

Chris Mason of Motor Codes commented on the results. ‘When the government first tasked us with reducing the number of complaints in the car service sector, we knew we had to get to the heart of the problem.  That meant talking directly to garage customers and asking their opinion.

‘To see that trust in Motor Codes garages has risen to such a high level is phenomenal.  This upward trend suggests growing consumer confidence in the professional standards of garages in the Motor Codes network.’

Ratings for car sales have also been good – on a scale of one to five, scores for sales and aftersales were 4.4 per cent and 4.29 per cent respectively. ‘What’s encouraging here is that dealers are demonstrating strong levels of customer care throughout car ownership,’ commented Mason, ‘even where there may have been a warranty fix required.

‘People can be sure that their relationship with a dealer doesn’t end when they’ve paid for and collected their new car.’

 

Comments 2

  1. sales Ling Valentine says:
    8 years ago

    “trust in its garages has risen to an incredible 98%” – who makes this stuff up? This is a North Korean survey. Only Kim Jong Un manages a better vote of confidence than this, in his latest re-election.

    Obviously, the way to devalue any progress is to engineer a survey that gives massively overwhelming support. 20,500 serviced customers over 7,000 garages and just a 2% dissatisfaction rate. These 2% of customers should probably be taken out, and shot.

    How can garages possibly get any better? When you are obviously perfect, how much higher can you climb in the eyes of your customers?

    ===

    These surveys are 100% laughable.

    And CarDealer should be ashamed to reprint this garbage, unchallenged.

    Ling
    LINGsCARS

  2. Jon Reay Jon Reay says:
    8 years ago

    To be honest, as with any news story based on statistics, it’s just one bit of data – we’re not saying it’s the be-all and end-all of garage surveys, just one body’s findings, and is quoted as such.

    If you’ve got some data that says the contrary to these results, feel free to send it our way – we’re more than happy to hear from both sides!

    (P.S: don’t think any of the Kims hold positions at Motor Codes, but we’ll keep an eye on it)

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