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The battery light comes on when I put the lights on

StopDo not keep driving it. Telephone +1 876 923 7740 and we will come for it inside 15 km.

The alternator is not keeping up. From the moment that light stays on you are running on the battery alone, which in most cars is under an hour with the lights and fan going, and less at night.

Get it here while it still moves, or call us. It is usually brushes and a regulator, which is a rebuild; a burnt rotor means a new unit. We check the belt and the tensioner at the same time, since a glazed belt slipping on the pulley reads exactly the same on the dashboard.

How we tell: Headlights dim at idle and brighten when you rev.

In this order

What happens if you bring it in

The same three steps as every car that comes through the door: the check, then the quote, then your old parts.

01

Diagnostics first

Starting and charging test

JMD 2,500comes off the bill

Battery load-tested, alternator output and draw measured cold.

  • 30 minutes
  • Bay
  • Credited against the work
02

Quote second · likeliest first

0JMD 60,000120,000

03

Old parts back in the box

Whatever comes off your car is bagged with your registration on it and handed to you when you collect. It is the simplest proof that the part we charged you for was the part we changed.

Book the starting and charging test Other faults 2 ramps. Checks are usually free the same week.