Accura Vehicle Solutions , Essex | ClickMechanic

Book Matthew

(104 ratings)

  • 14 years professional experience

  • 260 completed bookings

  • Active since December 2017

Qualifications

  • NVQ Level 3 Qualified
  • ATA Level 2 Accredited

Accura Vehicle Solutions , Essex | ClickMechanic

Matthew H
I began my career with a Renault main dealer in 2003 where I completed my 3 year advanced modern apprenticeship earning an NVQ level 3 in Automotive maintenance and repair and then worked as a qualified technician with the business for 1 year.

I then moved on to work with a Honda main dealer for a year as a Technician and here gained my ATA service technician accreditation status before moving into the breakdown assistance & roadside recovery sector with the RAC for 4 years working as a roadside technician.

This position gave me alot of experience as it held a great deal of responsibility, independence and customer service - working alone every day and operating from my patrol vehicle, supported via a control centre but under my own initiative, covering an approximate 50 mile radius.
Here I gained many attributes from customer facing skillls with all sorts of people in all sorts of moods and situations at their homes, work place, out and about or road side to actioning inventive and resourceful roadside repairs to allow people to continue their journey. This role also included recovery of people and their vehicles in all types of different and hazardous environments while remaining calm and keeping them safe as well as live time situation fault finding and diagnosis skills as you need to try and find and fix faults quickly in those situations where people are stranded or on the way to something somewhere, especially when you have a stranded family roadside on their way to the airport ;)

Following on from the RAC, I worked with Kwik-Fit as a mobile and static master technician for 2 years and gained my ATA diagnostic technician accreditation status.

In this role I was consulting customers with regards to their vehicle issues, diagnosing the fault, pricing the job, sourcing the parts and then fixing the car. This role was as close to working for yourself as possible while working for a company and was left and trusted to my own devices to serve customers in the best way possible delivering the best customer service possible. I worked on all makes and models here and gained a tremendous amount of experience in vehicle fault finding and repair as well as customer service.

I subsequently moved to Jaguar/Land Rover main dealership working as Technician for 2.5 years before completing my employment here in November 2018. I engaged in alot of training while in this position in everything from Suspension/Chassis systems, Electrics and fault finding, Diagnostic machines and even Electric and hybird vehicles. Working at JLR, I worked on only high end prestige vehicles and dealt with customers who expected very high standards of customer service as well as highly skilled technicians to resolve the complex issues they experienced with these super technical and advanced vehicles. Driving these machines was a high light of the job. I ended my employment here to start my own business and work for myself in a full time capacity.

Although I initially began working for myself in a part time capacity in 2017 (at evenings/weekends outside of my day job to build a clientele)

As of November 2018 I began work full time for myself trading as Accura Vehicle Solutions and offer full workshop facilities as well as a mobile service, I also offer a free collection/delivery service for customers or a mobile mechanic service if preferred. All aspects of mechanical and electrical diagnosis & repair are taken on with makes/models catered for at Accura.
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Nick
21st September 2018
Ford Focus Electric power steering unit removal & reinstalling following repair
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Mathew did a great job and I have had no issues since the work was completed. He kept me advised as to what was happening throughout the repair. I would have no issues in recommending him to others.

Graham
18th September 2018
Ford Fiesta Window winder mechanism replacement - front door
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Matt was great
He found the problem with the window and replaced the parts. It was very tricky and complicated.
The car was left clean and tidy

Great Work

Terry
10th September 2018
Ford Focus Windscreen/wiper washer reservoir replacement
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Matt replaced my alternator and belt ,despite the supplier giving the wrong parts , and was efficient and friendly

Palle
25th August 2018
Mercedes-Benz S-Class Diagnostic Inspection
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Matthew was very skilled and explained every step in the process I would anytime trust him to do any work on my Merc s500
THANK Matthew for making my car work again

Kevin
25th August 2018
Land Rover Range Rover Electric window winder mechanism replacement - front door
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I am extremely pleased with the service that I received from my mechanic and would certainly recommend and indeed I will use again

Terry
25th August 2018
MINI Mini Radiator replacement
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Good job done and friendly would have do more work on car if need any done knew what they were doing.

Natalie
23rd August 2018
Nissan Juke Track rod end joint replacement x2 (Both sides)
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Matthew was fantastic! Excellent communication, kept me informed throughout the whole process. Repair completed in good time. He was very informative about the issues with my vehicle. Would definitely recommend him! I feel like he went above and beyond!

Kelly
23rd August 2018
Renault Megane Alternator replacement
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he was lovely kept in contact explained everything and was prompt i would definitely be using him again

Christopher
22nd August 2018
Renault Megane Auxiliary drive belt tensioner replacement
Auxiliary drive belt replacement
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mat not his fault had to wait for part but he done great job new his job very well great mechanic would recommend him any time. thanks click mechanic you done good

Kieron
9th August 2018
Ford Ka Door handle replacement - front (outer) Replaced door handle assembly as was broken - removed and refitted door card for access - tested operation - all ok. Works correctly.
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Really friendly, carried out the job in quick time and kept me aware of everything he was doing with the vehicle.