ATS Euromaster Air-Con Recharge FRom £37.99 to £99.99 @ Groupon

Do myself. Almost as easy as blowing up your tyres.

I would not recommend ATS for an air conditioning recharge.

I bought this deal and it almost cost me hundreds of pounds in repairs.

The ATS garage I went to (Kettering), did not fill my car with the correct amount and put strain on my compressor.

I took it to an air conditioning specialist literally across the road from this ATS centre (Bee-Cool) and they removed the refrigerant ATS put in my car and showed me that they had only filled it up to 60%, hence why my car a/c was not working. They refilled my car to the correct level and my a/c is working better than ever.
Bee-Cool told me that they have had dozens of previous ATS customers through their doors with exactly the same experience. Some with damaged compressors due to a lack of lubricant/gas. I contacted ATS customer services and received absolutely no response. I will never trust ATS again.

I contacted Groupon and after complaining received a full refund.

No heat added or cold for this, just warning others of my experience. (edited)

These clowns did mine with a groupon voucher and insisted on doing there “health check”
Told me my breaks weee dangerously low, funny that as the car had passed it’s MOT the day before.
the aircon lasted a day before dying again.

Although they refill and do the job but the main job is to find other issues - they tried to instill fear in me by telling me 2 of my tyres are dangerous and needed replacing which I refused. I got them checked elsewhere and was told got at least another six months of use left.

Hi,had mine done last time it was on offer,now my a/c compressor pulley bearing is whining (edited)

26.99 GBP normal price in Londob

Had mine done last month but made no difference (not directly ATS’ fault). It had passed the automated test but those machines don’t hold a vacuum test for very long.

Hooked it up to ISTA-D and no electrical issues with the cooling fan or compressor.

Tool it to a BMW/Mini specialist and £300 later I’ve got a new condenser and regassed and it’s working. Perhaps not surprising as the car is 12 years old now, and they showed me the old condenser (not the worst I’ve ever seen but the ATS re-gas must have come straight back out).

Don’t think I’ve got any comeback with ATS as the automated machine didn’t flag an issue.

Can’t account for old parts but it’s worth using your A/C all year round to prevent seals drying out.

My Honda dealer charged £99 for the new gas, including a sanitiser spray.

I've also heard about them telling you that you have a leak and trying to charge you extra, so I'm a bit unsure about getting it done. When my air-con is turned on, it comes out cool, not cold. I remember in the past one of my cars blew out icy cold air when it was turned on, even the handbrake felt cold - is that how it is supposed to be? Thank you.

Just a remainder for everyone:

• Not suitable for electric or hybrid vehicles

This is a "con" all right. Tried this last time, the garage said there was a hole and so they couldn't refill. Just lies. Groupon refused to refund cash so just ended up with useless "Groupon bucks" vouchers that there is nothing decent to spend on

I've heard or read somewhere that an Aircon unit in a car should be used all the time to keep them healthy, and they should never need refilling. Just like a domestic fridge they should need no maintenance?. Any fiddling or refilling like this can just cause more problems than it solves? (edited)

Of all the minority here blaming this and that on ATS, I wonder how many customers have had this done and are fully satisfied like me.

Halfords do a free aircon check, £50 to refill but if you sign up to their free motoring club, you get £10 off this.
Has made such a difference to Daughters car, my Son took his in, but unfortunately, it had a leak so they couldn't do his.

This was £19 three years ago with many places £20-25.

Avoid took my honda accord in today, they said the compressor had gone and unable to fill gas... the bonnet didn't even look like it had been open... I'm going to get the ac checked out but seems they haven't even checked the car

Do they empty and refill or just top up

I had this deal on my 14 year old Citroen last year. Worked fine. Aircon still going reasonably strong this year too.

..does anyone have recommendations/prices in general for anyone else other than ATS through Groupon?

No votes either way here. But Groupon are out to make money for nothing and if anyone's dealt with ATS/Kwik-Fit before.. I'm not having some salesman in a pair of overalls trying to upsell me on buying new things I don't need.. tyres, brake fluid, the brakes themselves..

Not as bad as the big co's that try to sell you fuel/engine treatment when you can literally put a full tank of premium fuel in that'll do the job for maybe 5 bucks

Where’s the profit, for this price. It’s either a shoddy job or up selling.

The aircon deal is great but they are shysters for other things. My OH took her car in and they told her that the week-old wipers were shot and that full brake fluid reservoir was low.

Do they do a service? Mines blowing hot air(Honda civic type R 2007). It’s possible that there’s a leak BUT i can’t hear the condenser kick in.

Edit. Cancel that. Anyone here from Hampshire? Hampshire GU11 that does good servicing? (edited)