Kaliyakkavilai · Kuzhithurai · Kanyakumari

“Battery or dynamo?”

“is it the battery or the alternator · new battery but still not starting · battery drains every morning · battery down again and again · battery complaint or dynamo complaint · battery weak or dynamo weak”

Battery or alternator? — Xavier Battery & Auto Electrical Works, Kallukatti, Kaliyakkavilai, Kanyakumari district.

Call 094872 34923

Or check it yourself first — the 60-second test

after-hours emergency line — call any time: 094872 34923

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Diagnosis: How to tell, from the driver's seat

  • Trouble starting but perfect once running . Battery.
  • Starts fine but trouble begins while running, or flat again every morning . Alternator or charging.

Not sure which?

094872 34923

Tell us what it is doing. We will name the part.

Battery or alternator? — what it usually is

  1. 1 Battery at end of life ›
  2. 2 Alternator not charging ›
  3. 3 Loose or corroded terminal ›
  4. 4 Bad earth ›
  5. 5 Parasitic current leak ›
  6. 6 Starter solenoid (mistaken for battery) ›

Problems that often come together

Lorry or truck will not start “truck won't start”
Self not working “self not working”
Auto rickshaw will not start “auto won't start”
How to tell if it is your battery or your alternator
How to tell if it is your battery or your alternator

Reading this at the roadside? Call now:: 094872 34923 Or WhatsApp a voice note of what it does — the sound usually tells us: WhatsApp

What happens when you call

Say exactly what your vehicle is doing.

We tell you on the phone what it most likely is. If it is not an electrical problem, we say that too.

If the vehicle needs to come to the shop, or we need to come to you, we explain the next step first — and you decide.