Auto-kool
4.6(59)Colchester




About
Auto-kool are air-conditioning specialists based in Colchester, offering a mobile car air conditioning service across Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and East London. They provide air con recharges, parts fitting and fault diagnosis, and have been trading since 2010.
Customers consistently value Auto-kool for their knowledgeable, friendly and punctual service, with efficient diagnosis, servicing and re-gassing, clear explanations, convenient updates and fair pricing frequently highlighted.
Reviews
4.6
Auto-kool is praised for knowledgeable, friendly and punctual air-conditioning specialists who diagnose faults, service and re-gas systems efficiently, often at customers’ homes or workplaces. Reviews frequently mention clear explanations, convenient text and email updates, fair pricing and cars left blowing ice-cold air. A small number of customers report difficulty getting replies or arranging follow-up repairs, so communication after diagnosis has been inconsistent on some occasions.
Never answer phone or respond to messages
Really good service from Auto-Kool despite having to deal with the ancient air-con system in my classic car. No hesitation in giving them 5 stars.
done everything through text message. which is quite a novel thing for me. excellent service and excellent price done on your own doorstep. even a message on the day for the expected time the job will begin. brilliant
Friendly and professional company , organised a diagnostic AC inspection for one of our vans in the fleet. Issue resolved quickly, ice cold air blowing back in the cab within minutes. Paul who carried out the visit was brilliant, arrived on time and gave an honest opinion. I would highly recommend this company. We are going to be booking all the other vehicles in the fleet for an Air Con service and re-gas shortly. Thank you Auto Kool
Website is full of adverts, unable to distinguish what is real and what is not.
Good working, fast and efficient 💪
Excellent service and communication. Punctual and very helpful. Thank you
My engineer was very professional, on time and has carried out a great job, my a/c is now ice cold just how I like it, I will be using this company again and would recommend using them for any a/c issues. Thanks Auto-kool
Prompt arrival of both original and follow-up bookings, diagnostics results as predicted it would be due probable age and gas level. Thanks, awaiting a quote of replacement compressor currently.
Knowledgeable and thorough. Very impressed. Thanks.
Very happy to have found Auto-Kool, a friendly , reliable family run business. Effortless to schedule an appointment with prompt responses and able to book me in within a week. Great workmanship and a pleasure to deal with. I now know where to go in future for all our air con needs! Thanks Paul and Lynne.
Efficient and friendly and would highly recommend
Top notch service all round, Paul was really friendly and explained the issue with my wifes car. Paul then expedited our repair with Lynne being super helpful organising this. All around a really good experience and we will definitely come back for an air con service for both our cars in the future, thanks so much!
As always, a very professional approach to work on my Skoda Octavia. Previously, I had a VW Passat and Paul did the work on that in a very similar and professional manner. He is my first contact for air con issues.
Brilliant service and would recommend. They were great at fitting me in and I appreciated this Thank you.
Paul arrived on time, and got straight down to business, job done within the hour. Would definitely be using again.
Super responsive and job done in half an hour. Very friendly. Will definitely refer.
Awful customer service - the engineer that came out to diagnose was brilliant but following his visit it went down hill. I had to request the follow up quote of which the email just contained the quote and nothing to say are you happy and can we book you in for that repair. So I replied to the quote and asked about a repair day and also the quote didn’t include the £69 diagnosis fee rebate as promised by the engineer with the repair. The reply email I got was it did, there was no evidence or detail in the quote of it. I had to follow up with another email on the website asking for a repair date and I received an email saying I’ll get back to you with some dates. There is a date expiry of the quote I was given which is a laugh as that will be out dated if the ever come back to me with those dates. Thanks auto kool for telling me what’s wrong and charging me for it but not giving the option of being able to repair it. I would not advise this company, want the easy money of diagnosing the problem but won’t put in the work to repair it and will quite happily leave the customer with no way of being able to repair it.
There's a reason this firm has such a high review score: they're on-time, knowledgeable, and carry out a much higher quality service than many of the local garages offering AC maintenance.
Excellent service by Paul, would highly recommend them, fast efficient service +A1 customer service and great guy
Excellent service - efficient and polite and reasonably priced.
Really great service. Professional and friendly, can't recommend enough!
Fantastic service. Well informed of expected time on site via advance text message. Issue diagnosed within minutes which always suggests great knowledge of air con systems. To confirm a full test was carried out checking all aspects if the system for leaks, a simple run down of the findings and a clear cost to remedy was agreed. I was kept up to date via phone call at all milestones of the repair and was left with a much cooler car! Many thanks Auto-Kool for your fast and quality work! Have recommended out already!
Having used Auto-Kool previously and being satisfied with the work carried out I called them again to service the air conditioning in two cars. The engineer arrived within the time frame and completed the work efficiently and successfully. I would have no hesitation in recommending this company.
Well just a rubbish experience. Had them out to diagnose the issue with my aircon and paid for that service. They provided a quote to repair the aircon and week and a half later I emailed acceptance of their quote. Didn't hear from them, emailed again. Still didn't hear from them. Text messaged them on the number I had many texts from them on, still no reply. Tried phoning them numerous times and they just ignore the calls. So wanted to proceed with the repair but they clearly aren't interested in the business. So zero customer service and zero for repairs since they cant or wont do it. Try someone reputable instead and save yourself the time wasting.
I recently moved to the Colchester area and needed to get the AC sorted on my 2017 Nissan Juke. The positive reviews led me to Auto-Kool. Great communication throughout the booking process, and they confirmed the day before. Paul arrived exactly when he said he would (having actually checked with me to see if he could bring the job forward a couple of hours). Paul was friendly, professional and thorough, and explained exactly what he was going to do. He allowed me to observe throughout, which was great because I learned a few things! I got some really helpful tips and advice on how to keep the system working at optimal levels. The result? My barely functioning AC now creates polar conditions! Really excellent and honest service from a very experienced professional. Cannot recommend highly enough, and would definitely use their services again!
Great communication and extremely efficient. Bought a new car with non working a/c and by the time they left it was blasting icy cold air. Very knowledgable and gave some great advice on running the system throughout the year. Highly recommend Auto-Kool to anyone looking for a reputable company.
On time. Informative of the work taking place and afable in manner
They got around to us really quickly. Superb communication from start to finish. would recommend.
Highly recommend, I sent an email in as our car has had its A/C recharged five times and the leak is undetectable, asked the question can anything be done and it was, Auto-Kool said they have a professional sealer that can be added so I agreed and had it recharged again.. arrived when promised and a excellent job was done… hopefully in 6 months time it’ll still be working… only time will tell.. however being June it’ll be icy cold for the summer. Great experience 👍🏼A++++
What great people to deal with. Communication excellent, friendly and helpful, and an appointment was easily arranged, with a 2 hour timeslot given on the appointed day. Paul is very knowledgeable, and puts you at ease straight away! My Qashqai is now ice-cool when I need it be, the A/C working exactly as it should be. This was after H******s claiming they couldn't re-gas as there was a fault. If there was a fault, then of course it is what it is, and that's fine, whatever works are needed gets done - except there wasn't a fault, it just needed re-gassing. So so convenient, no sitting around in uncomfortable waiting areas, inconvenience of actually going there, and all at a competitive price too. No-brainer really (now I know) We're in North Norfolk. Highly recommended!
Very happy with the service. Thank you Paul, I will use you again. 5 stars from me!!
Would highly recommend they come to your house and are cheaper then anyone else what’s not to like
I am not disputing that this is a reputable company but on this occasion they have not lived up to their reputation. After calling them out to my older motorhome it was established that all of the air con components would be sourced and changed within an agreed budget. Paul seemed confident he could take the job on and the last I spoke to him by email he was still sourcing parts, that was two months ago so I must now assume that he has dropped me like a stone. Very unprofessional and as I am in the very industry that you also serve I will only be giving my honest opinion in future within that industry.
I am very happy to recommend the services of Auto-Kool. Paul is very professional and gives honest advice. His work is excellent and reasonably priced.
Can not fault the service from contact to the repair. They really went above and beyond. Thanks Auto-Kool
Friendly service and sorted the job quick, will definitely use again
I was very happy with this company's response to my faulty car Air Conditioning. They responded quickly and professionaly I recommend their services. Jim Duffy
Great service from the moment I phoned to book. Engineer turned up bang on time - job done in an hour - now aircon is so cold ! 😎
Very happy. Fixed two cars at one time. They provided a small discount too. Punctual, efficient, and took the time to explain the problem. Air con fixed!
Prompt and punctual service, restored my AC to icy working order. Very helpful too in terms of explaining the process and recommending how best to maintain the system. Highly recommended.
Excellent communication. Really knowledgeable engineer. Prompt time keeping
I just had a visit from Paul from Auto-Kool to check out the air-con on my Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Hybrid. Great service and painless from start to finish, good communication and very friendly company. I booked through email (so I didn't have to wait on the phone) and received a quote the same day. I replied the next day to book in for an Air con services and re-gas. Paul turned up on time at my home in Norwich. He got on with the job straight away talking me through what he was doing and why. It took just over 35 minutes and I am very happy with the service. Auto-Kool did something Halfords and my local garage could not do. Thanks
Getting air-con service with Auto Kool is very straight forward. You contact them with car reg No and they give you a quote by return. Give them the go ahead and they give you a date that they will come to you. The day before, they give you a time window. They turn up on time, do the job and charge as per quote. They keep you informed as the job progresses and then you pay. It’s so simple, why would you go anywhere else?
Really easy company to deal with. Received a message the day before the engineer was due stating an ETA. Turned up on time and air con now working like new. Would highly recommend.
Great service, good communication from start to finish.
Great convenient service and great communication. Definitely recommend.
I contacted Auto-Kool at the weekend and they were happy to oblige with a quotation. I initially dealt with Lynne who was thorough and assisted me with all my questions. Paul arrived at the allotted time and was thoroughly professional and knowledgable. Very happy with the result and service. Thank you Paul and Lynne!
Great service! Response to emails were very quick and informative. Very accommodating to my limited schedule and a swift amount of time between enquiry and carrying out the work. The work was done quickly and professionally 100% recommended and will definitely use again in the future.
Terrible to contact. When eventually they got in touch [all by text) I had already got someone else.
Excellent service, found and fixed leaks, much better to have a specialist rather than the garage who seem to just want to refill and nothing else. Booking was easy, initial communication through text which is fine with me. Friendly and efficient.
Absolutely fantastic service! Great communication from Lynne with constant updates on Paul’s time of arrival. Paul was incredibly knowledgeable, professional and friendly. Kept me updated as to what he was doing and now my air conditioning is working perfectly. Would recommend without hesitation.
Excellent and affordable, accurate and on time, professional and friendly. Glad to have contacted them for my Golf Plus. Great job and service...
My daughter has a VW Polo. Its been to a dealer once and a mechanic once to have air con regased. Both didnt last more than a few days, neither could find a fault. I booked Auto Kool, turned up on time and within 10 minutes, using a special testing tool, detected the leak deep behind the dashboard and identified the defective part it would be. Sadly it would be a full dashboard out job and more a job for a dealer. Brilliant service and in my contacts forever now. Just speaking to him and seeing all the equipment he carries he clearly knows his stuff. Highly recommend
Absolutely faultless from the initial communication, to the service provided, to the value. We were kept informed throughout as to the ETA of the technician, and they arrived right on time. The technician themself was extremely friendly and had our vehicle's air conditioning system running perfectly within no time at all. Outstanding value for money and will definitely use them in future for all air conditioning recharges. Would recommend with confidence to anyone. A+++
Air con packed up, called out these guys and glad I did. I now have working, cold, air conditioning. Had to wait for a part but all fixed within 2 weeks of the first call. Friendly team of people, highly recommend if you need you air con re gassed or fixed.
When Kwik Fit tried to re-gas my air con, it wasn't working and they said they could try to find out why but would cost extra, so I left it. After a quick Google search, I found Auto Kool. They came to my home and sorted out my air con, simple as that! Swift, courteous and professional. I would very highly recommend.
Absolutely superb service. Paul was efficient, polite and courteous. Knew everything about the system and fixed the air conditioning with ease. Now my car is like a freezer and I couldn't be happier! I didn't have time or want the fuss of going to a garage and they saved me the hassle. Easy to book and made up with their service. Will definitely use again 😁 thank you.
Brilliant air conditioning service
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- Monday8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Wednesday8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Thursday8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Friday8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Saturday8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- SundayClosed
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