Halfords deals

If you’re a Halfords Motoring Club member (or you become one by signing up for free*), you can get a free 10-point car health check* as part of your membership. You can book your check in-store or online at Halfords*, at any of its 750 stores and garages (find your nearest*). Premium members (£4.99 a month or £49 a year) can get two 10-point car checks a year.

It takes about 30 minutes for the 10-point check, which normally costs £15. You can book these seven days a week from store/garage opening until closing time. Simply book in your car by choosing your time slot online or in-store.

What's covered by the Halfords 10-point car check?

• Headlight and brake light check
• Wiper blade condition check
• Battery health check
• Tyre depth check
• Tyre inflation check and top up
• Windscreen chip check
• MOT due date reminder 
• Oil level check
• Screen wash top up
• AdBlue and coolant check

There's no obligation to buy anything or act on any advice you're given, though Halfords could try and upsell you throughout the process. Halfords told us it doesn't offer these services in some city centres due to parking restrictions.

For other ways to drive down costs, see our Motoring MoneySaving tips.

If you go online to Halfords and sign up to its free Motoring Club*, you can get a £5 off £20 'welcome' voucher to use in store or online. Halfords confirmed the £5 voucher can be used on any product or service (excluding gift cards), and is valid for 12 months from when you sign up.

If you're shopping online, you'll have the option to select the £5 voucher in your basket once you've added the items you'd like to buy. If you're shopping in a store simply log into your account*, select 'My Account', then select 'Rewards & Benefits' and show the QR code at the checkout. 

What's more, the Motoring Club membership also gets you a free 10-point car health check and £10 off an MOT (normally £39.99) at any of its 700+ stores and garages. Simply book in your car by choosing your time slot online (find your nearest*). Halfords says both of these benefits are valid for a year and will be renewed annually. If you're already signed up to Motoring Club, you should be able to find these vouchers in your online account, too. 

There are two versions of the Motoring Club – a free version and a 'premium' version that costs £4.99 a month. You can sign up to the free version and still get the vouchers. However, when signing up you need to enter your vehicle registration number, so you'll need to have a vehicle to get this deal.

What's covered by the Halfords free car check?

The 10-point car health check takes around 20 minutes and normally costs £15, but it's totally free when you sign up to the free Motoring Club. The following checks will be carried out:

• Headlight check
• Brake light check
• Wiper blade condition check
• Battery health check
• Windscreen chip check
• Tyre depth check
• Tyre inflation check and top-up
• Oil level check
• Screen wash top-up
• AdBlue and coolant check
  

There's no obligation to buy anything or act on any advice you're given – these checks are completely free – though Halfords could try and upsell you throughout the process.

For other ways to drive down costs, see our Motoring MoneySaving tips.

Halfords is offering a free bicycle safety check at all of its stores (find your nearest*). There's no need to book - simply pop along with your bike and ask a member of staff for a free bike check, which shouldn't take more than 10-15 minutes and covers all of the following:

• Handlebars
• Wheels/tyres
• Gears/chain
• Brakes
• Saddle
   

Obviously, it's no coincidence Halfords is doing these checks when it also sells bike parts and cycling accessories. Staff might try to upsell you (eg, new tyres, saddle etc), but there's no obligation to act on any advice you're given, or to buy anything.

There are always ways to save money at Halfords*, so even if there isn't a cracking deal out there that works for you, don't assume you can't cut your costs further. 

Ways to save include:

• Free Click & Collect. Standard delivery's free at Halfords, but only when you spend £30 or more. If you're spending less, delivery's £2.99 - but you can avoid paying this by collecting your order from a Halfords store for free (find your nearest*).
   
• Check for offers. See the Halfords offers page* to find seasonal offers and sales throughout the year. Of course, we'll feature the broader discounts, but you may find a slightly more niche offer on the Halfords page that works for what you're buying.
   
• Try haggling. We polled 1,400 MoneySavers to find out in which shops hagglers have most success. Lots of high street retailers are known to give discounts to customers who ask, so it's always worth a punt. For more haggling tips, see our Haggle on the High Street guide.
   
• Check similar retailers. If you're not committed to buying from Halfords, check for deals from other stores such as Argos, Tesco Direct or Millets, where you may find there's a better deal.
   
• Want more? Find out more shopping tricks in our Shopping Secrets guide.
   
• Had a problem with Halfords? There's a free online tool you can use to draft, manage and if necessary escalate a complaint. It's called Resolver, and we like it so much we work with it to help people get complaints justice - you can use it to complain to Halfords*.
   

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