HM GEM
13 reviews
Do NOT recommend this business. We purchased a motor for a customer to only have it fail, twice! They do not respond to warranty claims via email and phone calls are also ignored. Go anywhere else but here. They do not care about customer service and provide nothing but below poor workmanship on their motors!!! They have no complaints system in… Read more
place so being ignored it all they will do. If you do get hold of someone to talk to, they will say it is with another person to look into.
Great service and fantastic engine. I am really happy with the outcome
Can’t stand by there products – Won’t be ever going to HM again brought a 5le hilux engine reconditioned for $7500 done 800kms and done the head gasket hm has avoided warranty as I didn’t put in a new injection pump when old one was tested and come back good and Toyota never replacedinjection pumps with a warranted motor as there is no need to and Jason wants nothing to do with… Read more
it. I have now forked out money of my own pocket to fix it. Pulled head off to find bolts were not torqued to spec Jason wants nothing to do with it still so will now be going to fair trading and the ombudsman.
Cannot recommend – Engine gave up right at the end of warranty period, stripped down to find not genuine parts. Could not recommend.
Are they Rebuilding engines with old parts, your lucky to get 12 months – It cost me about $6000 and they took my old motor, I ended up with a dodgy rebuilt motor, it lasted a month or two past the 12-month warranty and rattled and sounded bad every day. I could not take the sound and so, the motor was stripped down to find, an old timing chain, old timing chain guides, old oil pump... and that's just what was found on… Read more
the front of the motor, the timing chain kit was $180 for a new full kit, so cheap and yet not replaced and they call it a rebuild? see the image below of the groves in the chain guides, this does not happen over 14 months
Forget your warranty – Burned oil at an alarming rate from Day 1, had I not been a compulsive oil checker, my engine would have blown before scheduled service. This was reported immediately. After 4 "checks" that HMGem had my mechanic do, I was told the warranty had expired. It hadn't! They then have engine returned for their own "checks", motor was returned with NO… Read more
rings, said that's how they received the motor and refused warranty. It is now a legal matter. I have spent $15,000 on restoring my vehicle, was offered $4,400 by insurance company. Not in the least bit happy, avoid this company.
Great – Quick response to emails, sales team are great answered all my questions. Purchase of my new reconditioned motor was an easy experience, motor doing great, had it fitted at their workshop, car running smooth, would recommend, will be dealing with them in the future.
Won't recommend, not rebuilt, just honed and new rings, – 3.6 alloytec ra rodeo, $4500 rebuilt motor. 80k wore out timing chain guides, broke journals on camshaft, new lh head etc, new oil pump, water pump, gasket set, new timing chain set, 140k cracked piston, worn out rings, discovered motor hadn't been rebuilt, still had standard size pistons, full strip down of motor, rebuilt my own, I had serviced motor every 7500km religiously
As Advertised and on time – Reco engine XH Falcon. Good price. 2 day delivery (In COVID time). Goes really well. reduced fuel consumption. All good. recommended. Feed back and updates from GEM are all really fine. Email response immediate. All questions from me treated with respect.
Good communicators – Outstanding service. The staff at hm where very helpful and detailed the work being done to my engine and kept up communication the whole time. yes i would recommend them.
Great service – Thought it was going to be an ordeal buying an engine for my VW golf, not so! these guys rebuilt my engine in fast time and were so helpful through the whole process. Friendly even with my silly questions!
Absolutely perfect – Absolutely perfect. Whenever i need and engine or a cylinder head i go to these guys. Service is great and engines run like clock work. Not the cheapest but i guess the best products on the market rarely are.
Buyers Beware – Purchased a HM Gem Reconditioned engine through our workshop for a customer. On fitting there was no compression and a new head had to put on. The last one we bought had chronic oil leaks. The after sales service is terrible, they do not care about customer satisfaction at all. We will never buy another from them and would definitely not recommend anyone else to either.
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