Co Wheels Car Club Reviews 

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.2

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Evaluating 76 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the dedicated support staff for being exceptionally helpful, polite, and quick to resolve account queries or vehicle problems. Consumers also find the overall car rental process wonderfully simple and appreciate the round-the-clock assistance available whenever they need guidance on the road. Some reviewers were not happy with occasional vehicle faults, unexpected mechanical breakdowns, and lengthy roadside delays during their journeys. A few other people also felt that customer support could sometimes be dismissive, unhelpful, or lacking transparency when handling formal complaints, credit checks, and difficult situations.

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Customer service

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Service

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Staff

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Product

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I unfortunately do not remember the agent's name, however, she was extremely supportive and thorough with my request to change my login email address. She made the whole process seamless...honestly, m... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Have been with CoWheels for many years. Excellent organisation and top-notch customer service. Always able to get through promptly to a real person when needed. They couldn't be more helpful and pers... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I signed up for Co Wheels the day before my girlfriend’s birthday and ran into an issue with my verification. With plans already made, I was worried we’d have to cancel and that her birthday morn... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Nothing but praise for this company and particularly the excellent customer service it provides. The cars are always clean and in good condition. I've used them for a couple of years and find it a co... See more

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Company details

  1. Motoring Club
  2. Car Leasing Service
  3. Car Rental Agency
  4. Car Sharing Location

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Co Wheels is an innovative social enterprise offering ‘pay-as-you-go ’ car hire with cars parked in convenient locations close to where people live and work. Members can make use of car club vehicles as and when they need them, without any of the costs of private car ownership. We have more than 600 vehicles - cars, estates, seven seaters and vans - in over 50 locations across the UK from the Scottish islands down to the south coast, including Glasgow, Dundee, Newcastle, Birmingham, Salford, Oxford and Bristol. You can rent by the hour or day, sign up online and then you can book vehicles on our website or via our smartphone App from just £5.50 an hour.


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4.2

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very responsive to queries and ensure…

Very responsive to queries and ensure the whole process has the customer in mind.

September 6, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Iain, Thank you for your wonderful review. I'll make sure to pass your feedback onto the team.

- Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I raised an issue upon new account…

I raised an issue upon new account application and the customer service staff referred to Marketing team - Gareth who sorted out the issue promptly with clear feedback.
Excellent and Efficient Service team indeed👍

September 4, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Shuk, I'm so glad we were able to resolve your issue quickly to get you on board, I'll pass this feedback back to Gareth and the team.

-Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

Customer service replied really quickly with great info. Really hope a branch opens in Carlisle so I can use this scheme!

September 4, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Ruth, I'll make sure you pass your feedback on and hopefully we can get some cars there soon!

- Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had a query that I couldn't sort out…

I had a query that I couldn't sort out for one of our Pool Car Users but the help desk were able to resolve it almost immediately. Excellent Service. Thankyou

September 2, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi! I'm glad we were able to help, thanks for the review. I'll make sure to pass your feedback onto the team!

-Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great car club!

I made a last-minute decision to go to Orkney, where I would need a car for a day. My application was dealt with quickly and my smart card arrived within days. Booking, pick-up and return of vehicle were easy, and I had positive, efficient and friendly service from Co-Wheels right through, including reporting a problem with connecting with the charging station at the end. Unlike the review of another recent user, my car was so new and clean that I was a bit nervous about getting it dirty or scratching it! I feel that the pricing structure is very fair, and I am pleased that I can freeze my membership subscription for a couple of months until I need a car again.

August 17, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Isobel, thank you for a lovely review. I'm really happy to hear you were pleased with the service and I'll pass your comments onto the team.

-Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great company

Great company, great cars, great way to hire a vehicle. So much better than paying for your own car, MOT, road tax, insurance, ... you dont pay for any of that, just mileage and a hourly rate.
love it.

August 28, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Colin, I'm so glad to hear that you're enjoying using our service. Thank you for the wonderful review.

- Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant service as always!

Brilliant service as always! quick response with emails and calls, always helpful when needed!

August 27, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Jasy, thanks for leaving a great review! I'll make sure to pass on your comments to the team.

-Jem

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

A good idea, but with teething issues (and the cars are FILTHY)

Glasgow desperately needs a service like this - I'm glad co-wheels has set up here.

Upon joining, there were some issues with joining up processes. The website and app were quite confusing and I had to call in several times to get it resolved. In fairness, the agents I've spoken to have always been helpful.

The car nearby I've been using has issues, which I've fed back to Co-wheels (at their request) but I was disappointed not to get any reply. the auto-adjust steering feature in MG4's is downright dangerous - and it seems that it can't be turned off. We also struggled with getting google maps connected to the screen. Having used the car several times, it's extremely temperamental.

My greatest concern was about cleanliness. On each occasion, the car has been filthy - like properly filthy. I was told that they get cleaned every fortnight, but that is simply not sufficient. Other on-street car hire schemes have done a much better job at maintaining a minimum standard of cleanliness of their cars through more appropriate cleaning schedules. Co-wheels seem deluded about what is required in reality.

I would never pick up other people in a co-wheels car, because you can bank on the car being dirty inside and out. I've seen the seats covered in dried mud, and the windows literally covered in bird droppings. It's pretty minging.

I really hope Co-wheels sorts out the teething issues and raises its standards.

August 27, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Daniel,

I'm sorry that you didn't get a response to your email. As you'd spoken to us on the phone afterwards we thought the feedback had been addressed on the call - we have responded to your email today though and you can be certain that we do take this very seriously.

If you wish to turn off steering assist you can do this by Pressing the Car icon, select the MG Pilot tab (if not default selected), scroll down if necessary and turn LKA off.

We do clean our cars as regularly as possible, but as we are a community car club and not traditional car hire, we aren't able to valet after every booking. That being said I have passed your concerns onto our fleet team to look into further.

I hope this helps and I look forward to your next booking with us!

- Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Affordable car club & great customer support

I've had Co-Wheels for 2 years now and have been very happy with it. Customer support are always there when I need them and take prompt action to help me. The membership and rates are affordable and fairly priced, and there's a great selection of automatic transmission cars near to where I live. Highly recommend!

August 18, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Ashley, thanks for the great review. I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying using our service and I'll pass your comments onto the team!

- Jem

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Too bureaucratic, lots of issues

I only use Co-Wheels occasionally and every time so far there were bureaucratic issues that would make the whole renting process far more complicated than it should need to be. First, they would not accept my European driving licence even though it is perfectly valid in the UK. Next, I almost got stuck in the middle of nowhere because there was no internet access in the highlands and the car wouldn’t open the doors without connecting to the internet. I had to call the police for help because I couldn’t get home anymore. Then, they require an annual licence check for „insurance reasons“ but they are incredibly stubborn about only accepting DVLA share codes for verification. DVLA had some technical issues though with generating this share code, which meant that I suddenly didn’t have car access any more even though everything was fine with my driving licence per se. I tried to phone co-wheels support but they were really unhelpful claiming that they couldn’t do anything about it because their IT system requires them to do these things in a very specific way.

I could go on, but overall, I cannot recommend co-wheels at all because their bureaucratic hurdles and their obsession with technicalities make a smooth experience impossible.

August 17, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hello, I'm sorry that you had difficulties setting up an account. We do accept European licenses, provided that they have been verified by the post office and we have proof of a UK address. I've asked for further information so we can reach out and get to the bottom of this for you.

On the rare occasion there is a technical fault, if you contact us we would look to contact breakdown for you so I apologise that you weren't able to do so.

While we do require an annual license check, this is because our insurance will not cover members if they have a certain number of points or have certain penalties. Unfortunately the only way for us to securely check this is with a DVLA share code.

I hope this clears things up, but please reach out with your information if you have any further questions.

- Jem

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Zoe was really a great help.

Zoe was really a great help.
Answered and dealt with my queries quickly and professionally!
Thank you

August 15, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Saul, thanks for your review! I'm glad Zoe was able to help and I will pass your feedback onto her.

- Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing customer service

This car club is super useful, I've started using them recently and everything was very smooth.
They'r customer service in also very very quick and useful and I think it's one of their strenght, I contacted them via email this morning and got an answer in about 30 minutes.
Some days ago I've also needed some assistance while using one of the cars, mostly I've endod the rental in the wrong parking spot. When I phoned they were super helpful and put the can in "maintenance" for 15 minutes, which allowed me to unlock the can and park it in the right place.

August 13, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi David, thanks for the wonderful feedback!

I'll pass your comments onto our customer service team - I'm happy to hear that you've been able to make the most out of our service so far!

- Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service by Hannah

Excellent service every time.
Tonight had a problem with my baby constantly being sick and myself not planning ahead well. My booking got to the end and someone booked my car after me. No way I would have been able to make in time.
Hannah made my day. She understood the situation and handled it professionally. She contacted the next person helped to rebook a different vehicle for them and extended the booking for me in a matter of minutes.
Thank you, Hannah!

August 10, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thank you for your review, I'm really glad to hear that Hannah was able to help you! I'll make sure to pass on your wonderful feedback.

-Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

credit because the fuel card wasn't recognised

The fuel card wasn't recognised at the till for some reason. Paid on my own card and e mailed a copy (photo) of the receipt to Co Wheels, who promptly replied to credit the amount to my Co Wheels account.

August 2, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thanks for your lovely review James, I'm glad we were able to quickly resolve this for you.

- Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Helpful, responsive customer service

Very helpful and quick responses from customer service, mainly from Hannah. Zoe and Aaron also assisted. Request number 185197.

July 25, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Daniel. Thank you for such a lovely review, I've passed your comments onto the team and I'm glad to hear that they were so helpful.

- Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Customer service extremely helpful

Customer service extremely helpful, friendly & polite, quick and easy car rental from the application to booking to driving and payment, smooth process throughout lovely cars to drive! Highly recommend to anyone! 5 STAR ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thankyou x

July 30, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

I'm really glad to hear that you have had 5 star service from us Rhiann, thanks for your review! I will pass your comments onto the customer service team too.

- Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Always responsive

I have always found the co wheels team helpful and any issue i have come across has been resolved quickly. Very good responsive customer service. Thank you.

July 29, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Hi Roger, thanks for the lovely review. I'll make sure to pass your comments onto the team!

- Jem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Recommended to anyone

Co-wheels has been a life saver for me in the last 6 months of not having a car. It’s so easy and convenient to use and super affordable. Better than getting a taxi for the food shop and cheaper. I have recommended to everyone I know and would love to see co-wheels become more popular and well known. Customer service has also been great and been able to help me with any problems with starting the cars or unlocking them in minutes.

I am getting my own car so no longer needed but would highly recommend to everyone who may need a car on the odd occasion for short trips.

July 25, 2024
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Reply from Co Wheels Car Club

Thanks for a great review Nyomi, I'm glad you were able to make the most out of your Co Wheels membership and I'll pass your comments onto the team.

- Jem

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