Car advice from
the Navan workshop.
Straight answers to the things drivers ring us about most. Written by the people who do the work, not copied from anywhere else.
Broken down on an Irish road
The safe order to do things in when your car stops, on a motorway, a back road or in traffic. Where to stand, what not to touch, and what the recovery driver needs to hear.
Read the guide 5 min readHow to pass the NCT first time
The checks that account for most Irish NCT failures, a ten-minute inspection you can do at home, and what to bring on the day.
Read the guide 5 min readCar will not start?
Battery, alternator or starter motor? Three different faults that look identical from the driver’s seat, told apart by the sound the car makes.
Read the guide 5 min readHow often to service your car
What a full service actually includes, how Irish short-journey driving changes the interval, and why an NCT certificate is not a service.
Read the guideSomething not covered here? Ring the workshop on (086) 446 1672 and we will tell you what we would do.
Rather just have it looked at?
Describe the symptoms and we will tell you what it likely is, what it costs to find out for sure, and when we can take it in.