Kaliyakkavilai · Kuzhithurai · Kanyakumari

“Wire burning smell?”

“burning smell · smoke from dashboard · plastic burning smell · smoke coming”

Burning smell or smoke from wiring — 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

Different problem?

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Stop, switch off, and do not keep driving. If you can do it safely, disconnect the battery negative. Diagnosis comes second.

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

  • Smell after fitting new accessories . Overloaded accessory circuit.
  • Smell with flickering or dead circuits . Short or rodent damage.

Not sure which?

094872 34923

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

Burning smell or smoke from wiring — what it usually is

  1. 1 Short circuit in the harness ›
  2. 2 Rodent damage
  3. 3 Overloaded circuit from a badly fitted accessory ›
  4. 4 Alternator or starter windings ›
  5. 5 Corroded terminal arcing ›

Problems that often come together

Tractor will not start “tractor won't start”
Car will not start “car won't start”
Lorry or truck will not start “truck won't start”

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.