paddyc1988 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Hi all I took the car down to a garage to sort out my power steering he charged me an arm and a leg and didn't fix it at all, it was the same old problem within a week even though he apparently changed the pump I can take it to a ford garage but they cost £100-200 just to run 'diagnostics' which is their standard procedure before they do any work So I was wondering if anyone knew a good garage close to me in kent cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Hi Mate, I live in Gillingham, and tend to take the car down to "Dagenham Motors" on Pier road. They charge £65 diagnostics fee. Otherwise, I have previously used (and my ' father in law's ' employers take all their fleet vehicles to "Adam Auto's" up on the rochester / medway city estate (just off and behind the Vauxhall garage and to the far end of the road with RM Tyres). They are pretty good. The argument I would have is that he replaced the pump and it didnt fix the issue, therefore I would argue that it should be reviewed further. I tend to as a rule, tell any garage I will only pay for the parts that directly fix the problem, therefore if they install a pump and it doesnt fix the issue, I dont see why I should have to pay for it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddyc1988 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Cheers for the info mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobomassiv Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Whats wrong with your power steering - is it a street Ka? Is it noisy? Does it feel like you reach a point of sudden resistance when turning lock to lock? Dagenham have been good with my parents who bought a new Ka there. I would completely recommend Simon at Halfway Garage on the Gravesend road where the car dealership is (about half way from Higham to Gravesend funnily enough) If theres anything i cant do i will take it to simon, he will always try and fit you in even if he is busy, my family have used him for years and years. A bit closer to you is CE autos over by the Harrow pub near Bredhurst - Carl there has done a few bits for me in the past (including swapping some bits on a steering rack) and i cant argue with prices, also his uncle Mick owns the bodyshop opposite and he has done some spraying for me. MOT's i get done at the place at the bottom of cooling road in Strood, nice and quick and honest as they dont do repairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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