Kaliyakkavilai · Kuzhithurai · Kanyakumari

“Car not taking start?”

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Car will not start — Xavier Battery & Auto Electrical Works, Kallukatti, Kaliyakkavilai, Kanyakumari district.

Or check it yourself first — the 60-second test

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

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

  • Rapid clicking with dim lights . Battery.
  • One loud clunk with lights staying bright . Solenoid.
  • Died while driving with battery light on . Alternator.
  • Nothing at all, no lights, no click . Flat battery or bad earth.
  • Dash lights up, security light flashing, no crank . Key or immobiliser.
  • Cranks normally but never fires . Not electrical.

Not sure which?

094872 34923

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

Car will not start — what it usually is

  1. 1 Flat battery
  2. 2 Starter motor or solenoid
  3. 3 Bad earth or loose terminal
  4. 4 Alternator (drained it overnight)
  5. 5 Ignition switch
  6. 6 Immobiliser not reading key

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.