Inquired about a car over the phone which I arranged to view early before work at 8AM, nobody turned up until nearly 9. I had paid a mechanic to look at the car, I needn't have bothered really because as soon as the the engine was switched on it was clear, even to me, that there was a problem. According to the mechanic likely the flywheel (circa £1000) worth of repairs and that was before we moved onto the other faults which came up on when plugging it in to the diagnostic tool Their disclaimer is that they don't put the car through their vehicle checks until they are sold, likely a tactic so that if you pick something up they can say they hadn't had it looked at yet in the hopes you don't and you buy the car despite the fault. This was an obvious fault and had they been open about it would have saved me £50 getting a mechanical out. Won't buying from Fareham Car Sales in the future and would recommend you think carefully before doing so as well.

Lee (owner) is a very nice chap on the phone when he calls. Very difficult to get an e-mail response from any of them on sales@farehamcarsale.co.uk + aftersales@farehamcarsales.co.uk in this "age of communication", when you are chasing them up for recovering £150 drive belt & tensioner costs that should have been changed at 90k mls when car sold with 94k mls, when realising it's shredding on the pullies when you don't ring his mobile, for conversation audit trail reasons. I saved them mechanic's labour costs and replaced items myself - no, I wasn't going to claim back but then other reliability issues crept in, one of them the dealer should should have know about. And that was nearly 2 wks ago - left the old items and receipts with Phil in reception. And, hoping for positive reply to the failing oil pump is would be nice. I'm hoping to leave a better review for Lee very soon. Ps. Does anyone else struggle with a good phone line when he calls? There, not too damming with 3 stars!

I put a deposit on a car with these guys but when it was time to collect the car and I had a test drive . I could see 2 problems lighting up on the dashboard but he is said it will be fine drive it around for 15 mins the computer will reset . I said you drive and reset but he said ain’t got time! Anyway I bought another off a decent car dealer. I'd avoid these 2

Bought Citroen c5 exclusive 11 months ago now. Travelled from Birmingham as the spec in car was exactly what I wanted. The sales guy Sean said the few chips on bumper & mirror would be done before I picked car up so was happy with that. Got there after 3hr train journey & the weather was awful so had quick look at car & paid cash for it, not cheep !. Drove back to Birmingham & it seemed fine, so when I had proper look at it the next day it was absolutely filthy with cigarette smoke on interior & the rain washed the silver polish of chips on bodywork, anyway a couple of weeks later the DPF light came on & the next day the whole console shut down for a day. Contacted the owner of Fareham car sales lee leech as Sean would not answer the phone & listed the problems with car his answer was I drove that car & found nothing wrong with it. Anyway since then the wiper motor failed £350, electrics failed £175, front n/side arm sheared £300, rear driver side door filling with water seels replaced £135 & yes this was videoed & sent to LEE KEECH but not in the slightest bit of interest. NEVER BUY A CAR OFF FAREHAM CAR SALES if u want hassle free motoring.

Bought a Volvo V70 from Fareham Car Sales. The next day it had the engine management light on! They fixed it quickly but it still had a fault with the lamda sensor. The mechanic next door couldn't care less and was useless. The manager was never there to talk to just some arrogant salesman who was monosyllabic. Should have realised it was a poor garage when the car was filthy on test drive and damp inside after being hastily valeted. Would never want to go there again. 0/10.