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[Stan_2]

Has anyone used Halfords Autocentre for a diagnostic check?

If so what did you think of them?

Or heard anything to put you off using them?

They charge £50 for a diagnostic check, is that reasonable?

[tunnie]

Vaux dealer would be cheaper i think! 

[birdman]

buy your own reader!

[Abiton]

I use a paperclip myself. 

[noel]

i got charged £60 to get the codes read just on my auto box from a vx dealer when i broke down in cornwall 

[TheBoy]

halfords autocentres, formally nationwide autocentres,  will tempt you in with cheap quotes that grow massively once there. Avoid at all costs

[pletis143]

Agree with The Boy they are absolute Clown Shoes. Put a terd in a frilly dress , its still a terd !

[birdman]

Ha Ha agree!!!!!

[Stan_2]

Thanks for the replies, I was only going to use them because they were convenient, only about 4 miles away. I’ll forget about halfords now after what TB said.

Looks like I’ll have to wait for a bit until I can book it in at the stealers.

If I could do the paperclip check I’d make a right pigs ear of it, I'd be like Del's brother, Rodney, a right plonker

The airbag light is on all of the time, that doesn’t bother me at all.

It’s the emissions light on 80% of the time that’s bugging me, I don’t know if I’m making things worse while driving it.

they are absolute Clown Shoes. Put a terd in a frilly dress , its still a terd !

I like that, must try to remember it. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

The paperclip trick is very easy!!    Even I can do it!!    There's a 'how to' in the maintenance section.  Why not give it a try? It's free!!! 

There's also a list of codes somewhere here as well that will point you in the right direction or post up the codes and hopefully someone will tell you whats going on!!   

[feeutfo]

No!

[blackviper90210]

Hi mate, here's the link for the paperclip test and as said before, very easy to do 

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90581.0


HTH's

[Kevin Wood]

As has been said, try the paperclip test then post up the codes it flashes out. Nothing to lose and it could save you your £50.

Failing that, you could take a jaunt down the M3 and I'll take a look with the Tech 2. I'm often around the J4a area so we could meet up somewhere there.

[Stan_2]

I’ve just had a look at the paperclip link, thanks.

I’ll have a go at the paperclip test next week, I’m don’t feel very confident about getting the codes. I’ll have a go tho.

Thanks again everyone 

[Bionic]

Halfords....by all means go there and then you give us all a laugh when they make a B of it. They are a shop for accesorries and not mechies. However you dress a monkey it is still a monkey.
Find an oofer living locally with the gear to do it or buy a code reader cos they are cheap enough unless you want the full Tech2 job.
I bought a code reader to save the cost of the dealer stealers and it performs as it should each time I plug it in.
The problem is I very rarely have any codes flash up!