NPS Score
-100
Recommended: Unlikely
Dec '25 - Nov '26
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Share Your Experience1 reviews | Active since Mar 2011
Paid R100,000 in 2024 — Range Rover still not returned over two years later
In August 2024 I gave my Range Rover to Wayne Meintjies at Recon Engines, Chamdor, for an engine recondition. I was quoted three to six weeks. I paid R100,000 in three payments between August and November 2024. More than two years later, I still don't have my vehicle back. Over that time the explanations changed from "waiting for spares" to "parts missing" to "doing everything again". When I visited the workshop in April 2025, the vehicle was still stripped down, in the same state as months before. I was never given a quotation, invoice, job card or any written agreement. I lodged a complaint with the Motor Industry Ombudsman (MIOSA, ref ***)). In March 2026 MIOSA found that Recon Engines "failed to repair the vehicle in a timely manner" and had contravened Section 54 of the Consumer Protection Act. If you're considering this business, insist on a written quote, invoice and job card before paying anything, and never pay the full amount up front. I have kept the payment records, WhatsApp messages and photographs.
1 reviews | Active since Mar 2011
Paid R100,000 in 2024 — Range Rover still not returned over two years later
In August 2024 I gave my Range Rover to Wayne Meintjies at Recon Engines, Chamdor, for an engine recondition. I was quoted three to six weeks. I paid R100,000 in three payments between August and November 2024. More than two years later, I still don't have my vehicle back. Over that time the explanations changed from "waiting for spares" to "parts missing" to "doing everything again". When I visited the workshop in April 2025, the vehicle was still stripped down, in the same state as months before. I was never given a quotation, invoice, job card or any written agreement. I lodged a complaint with the Motor Industry Ombudsman (MIOSA, ref ***)). In March 2026 MIOSA found that Recon Engines "failed to repair the vehicle in a timely manner" and had contravened Section 54 of the Consumer Protection Act. If you're considering this business, insist on a written quote, invoice and job card before paying anything, and never pay the full amount up front. I have kept the payment records, WhatsApp messages and photographs.
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2024
Engine rebuild gone wrong
My dealings with this company started in January 2023 when he took my Jeeps motor from PMB in KZN for a complete rebuild with a turn around time of 2 to 3 weeks. I got a motor from them in April 2023 with many parts missing and some definitely not mine. This was installed by a local company and when started it had no oil pressure. If I have to judge the quality of their work by this motor it is bad. Mr. Meintjes then took my complete vehicle to his workshop in May 2023. There is a long history of calls asking for my Jeep to be completed. Never have I heard so many excuses, staff, oil leaks, key programming and the list goes on and on. It is now August 2026, three and a half years later and I still cannot get him to complete it. Every time I speak to him I get the same story, we are busy with it.
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2024
Engine rebuild gone wrong
My dealings with this company started in January 2023 when he took my Jeeps motor from PMB in KZN for a complete rebuild with a turn around time of 2 to 3 weeks. I got a motor from them in April 2023 with many parts missing and some definitely not mine. This was installed by a local company and when started it had no oil pressure. If I have to judge the quality of their work by this motor it is bad. Mr. Meintjes then took my complete vehicle to his workshop in May 2023. There is a long history of calls asking for my Jeep to be completed. Never have I heard so many excuses, staff, oil leaks, key programming and the list goes on and on. It is now August 2026, three and a half years later and I still cannot get him to complete it. Every time I speak to him I get the same story, we are busy with it.