Mechanical service and repair

When to have it looked at

• Knocking over bumps, or steering that has gone vague.
• Brakes that have seized from months of regenerative braking.
• Uneven tyre wear on a car that carries half a tonne of battery.

Why it fails

An electric car is heavier than the equivalent combustion car and it barely uses its friction brakes, which wears the chassis in a different order. Bushes, bearings and dampers go early; discs and calipers seize from disuse rather than wearing out. Both are ordinary work, and both are missed by a workshop that only thinks about the battery.

How we work

1. We record the condition in writing before anything is opened, and you get a copy.
2. The unit is stripped and inspected. It is the only way to know the real state of it.
3. Everything that matters is measured, not estimated.
4. You get a written quote before any repair starts. Nothing proceeds without your agreement.
5. We replace what has actually failed and what will fail next, not the whole assembly.
6. It is tested under load and returned to you with the findings written up.

What decides the price

What moves the price is the platform, what we find once it is open — which nobody can know beforehand — and whether the original parts can be reused. That is why the quote comes after the inspection and not before it.

Turnaround, warranty and whether a teardown is chargeable are set by this workshop. Ask us before you commit.