If you’re a Halfords Motoring Club member (or sign up for free*), you can get a free 10-point car health check* as part of your membership. You can book your check at a store or online at Halfords*, and have it at most of its 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.
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
If you don't want to sign up to the Halfords Motoring Club, you can still get a free 5 point check.
What's covered by the Halfords five-point car check?
The health of your battery
Your headlights and brake lights
The condition of your wiper blades
The condition of your windscreen
Your MOT due date
You can book in for the Halfords five-point car check, here*.
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 this service in some city centres due to parking restrictions.
For other ways to drive down costs, see our Motoring MoneySaving tips.
Halfords is offering a free bicycle health check at all of its stores (find your nearest*). All you have to do is book a slot at a time that suits you, and a member of staff will do a 32-point pre repair assessment check. It shouldn't take more than 30 minutes and covers all of the following:
Frame, Saddle and Handlebars
Wheels; Tyres, Rims, Spokes and Hubs
Brake system; Levers, Calipers, Pads and Cables
Drivetrain; Gears, Levers, Chain, Bottom Bracket, Cranks and Cables
Obviously, it's no coincidence Halfords is doing these checks when it also sells bike parts and cycling accessories. They may try and book you in for a repair or might try to upsell products to you (eg, new tyres, saddle etc), but there's no obligation to act on any advice you're given, or to buy anything.
This check does include electric bikes, but if they are non-Halfords E-bikes staff will only be able to carry out mechanical work.
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.
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.
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*.
If you spot any hot deals we've missed (we're only human!), let us know on Twitter @MSE_Deals or by emailing us at msedeals@moneysavingexpert.com.
If you go online to Halfords* you can get up to 30% off selected items in its Black Friday sale until 11.59pm on Monday 2 December. Delivery is free when you spend £20 or more, but bulky items, pre-built items and online exclusives will incur an extra charge.
In 2021, Halfords offered discounts of up to 40%, but the discount hasn't been that deep since.
Also, for the past two years Halfords offered a 'Lowest Price Guarantee' for products bought between the Black Friday sale period where if it reduced the price of a product you've already bought, you'd be refunded the difference within two weeks via a gift card. Sadly, it told us it's not bringing this back this year.
There were just over 490 items in the sale when we checked.
Some deals we spotted on Friday 29 November are:
Karcher K2 Power Control Car Pressure Washer* – £94.99 (was £134.99). Next cheapest, £119 at Amazon
Nextbase 320XR+ front & rear dash cam bundle with 32GB SD card* – £99 (was £169). Similar model for £159 at Nextbase directly
Apollo Spiral women's mountain bike* – £168 (was £210). Not found elsewhere.
What does 'up to 30% off' mean?
Minimum discount we saw: 10%
Maximum discount we saw: 40%
Typical discount based on a sample of 10 random items: 30%
Important: Don't allow yourself to be taken in by the hype around Black Friday and be sucked into buying something you don't need or can't afford. Always do your own price comparisons to ensure you are getting the best deal possible – don't just take a retailer's word for it.
See our Black Friday 2024 guide for all our analysis on this year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals.
If you’re a Halfords Motoring Club member (or sign up for free*), you can get a free 10-point car health check* as part of your membership. You can book your check at a store or online at Halfords*, and have it at most 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.
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
Screenwash 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 this service in some city centres due to parking restrictions.
For other ways to drive down costs, see our Motoring MoneySaving tips.
Use them
If you answer 'NO' to any of the following questions, don't buy.
Are you
Will I use it?
Is it worth it?
Are you
Do I need it?
Can I afford it?