Batteries and charging
Battery and alternator testing, charging system faults, parasitic drains traced circuit by circuit rather than guessed at.
Auto electrical · Marrickville
Diagnosed once, not guessed at three times.
Warning lights, flat batteries, dead starters, intermittent faults and post-accident wiring damage. Every job starts with a proper diagnostic scan so the fault is identified before a part is replaced.
Diagnostics first
Electrical faults are the easiest thing in a car to misdiagnose and the most expensive to get wrong. Replace the alternator when the problem was an earth strap and you have paid for a part, lost a day, and still have the fault.
So every job here begins with a scan across engine management, ABS, airbags and body electronics, and a physical check of the circuit the codes point at. You get a written quote after the diagnosis and before any repair, and the diagnostic time is priced upfront so there are no surprises.
What we handle
Auto electrical work, all makes
Starting systems
Slow cranking, clicking, no-start faults and starter motor repair or replacement.
Diagnostic scanning
Engine management, ABS, SRS airbag and body control modules read, interpreted and checked against the physical circuit.
Wiring and loom repair
Chafed, corroded or rodent-damaged looms repaired properly, not bridged with a scotch-lock and taped over.
Lighting and sensors
Headlights, indicators, reversing cameras, parking sensors and interior lighting traced and corrected.
Post-accident electrical
Collision damage to looms, sensors and modules assessed and repaired alongside the body work, in one booking.
See smash repairsAfter a collision
The damage that is not on the panel
Modern cars carry sensors, cameras and control modules in the bumpers, mirrors and guards, and an impact that looks cosmetic often takes one of them with it. It shows up weeks later as a parking sensor that screams at nothing or a camera that will not wake up.
- Looms, connectors and earths checked through the impact zone
- Parking sensors, cameras and radar modules tested, not assumed
- Faults documented for the insurer as part of the claim
Good to know
Auto electrical questions
Depends which one. A red light generally means stop driving and call us. An amber light usually means get it looked at soon rather than immediately. Either way the light corresponds to a stored fault code, and reading it takes half an hour.
A standard scan and assessment is usually thirty to sixty minutes. A clear single fault can often be diagnosed and repaired in the same visit. Intermittent faults take longer, because they have to be reproduced before they can be proven fixed.
Sometimes. Just as often it is the alternator not charging properly, or something in the car drawing current after it is locked. We test all three rather than selling you a battery and hoping.
Yes. European, Japanese, Korean and American makes are all routine, including the ones that need manufacturer-specific scan protocols.
The diagnostic is quoted upfront. After that it depends entirely on what the fault turns out to be, and you get a written quote before any repair starts. A battery replacement and a wiring loom repair are very different jobs.
Free, no-obligation quote
Tell us what the car is doing.
Describe the fault or the warning light and we will tell you what the diagnostic will cost and what we expect to find. No guesswork, no parts cannon.