New Years Resolutions To My Car
“I promise to stick to these New Years Resolutions” Schedule 6 monthly check-ups Seasonal maintenance should maximise your car or vans fuel efficiency and performance. Bonus: a trained technician can spot potential problems early, nipping costly repairs in the bud. Stay on top of fluids Staying hydrated is probably onRead More …
Child Car Seat Law Change UK
Strict new rules on the use of a child car seat are coming into force, limiting the use of backless booster seats for older children. Under the new rules backless booster seats – also known as booster cushions – will only be approved for use for children taller than 125cmRead More …
Dan’s Diagnostics – VW Transporter EGR Valve
An EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) valve is very important for the exhaust system in a vehicle. The valve has been in use since the 1960’s and helps in increasing efficiency of vehicles and reducing pollution as well. However, whenever the EGR valve is clogged or not working as it should, engineRead More …
Dan’s Diagnostics – BMW FRM Module
Many BMWs have a Footwell Module or FRM that controls electrical functions such lighting, Something as simple as a blown bulb can cause the module to log a fault and switch off the supply to that bulb. Unfortunately once the bulb is replaced the supply is not switched back on andRead More …
Paperless Driving Licence
You’re counting down the days until your summer holiday but do you have all the necessary documents for your hire car company? There is a new service to replace the paper counterpart of your licence which was scrapped on 8 June 2015. If you’re hiring a car, or need aRead More …
Easter Offer 2015
From 1-15 April all our customers will receive a totally FREE Egg-stra special Easter gift! We’ve also collated a local Easter Family Activity Guide for you lovely lot – don’t say we never give you anything! Easter Family Activity Guide 2015
Local Garage Forms New Partnership after Collapse of National Automotive Group
Daniel Spatig & Owen Forrest, Kent Car Craft Co Directors with SC Motor Factors Key Account Manager Steve Brett (centre) A local independent garage has established a new alliance with vehicle parts supplier SC Motor Factors, who recently opened a local Thanet branch in Margate. Kent Car Craft, a familyRead More …
Motor Codes Garage Of The Year 2014
After reaching the top 50 garages in the country last year thanks to our amazing customers, it’s that time again where we ask for some feedback to help new customers see who they can trust and also, to let us know where we can improve. Now we know no oneRead More …
Dan’s Diagnostics Weekly Round-Up
This week I was asked to activate the BC trip computer on a 62 plate Vauxhall Antara Exclusive. The BC (board computer) button when pressed displays ‘no function’. When activated it displays trip information such as distance to empty, average speed etc. As an Exclusive model the sensors required wereRead More …
Dan’s Diagnostics Weekly Round-Up
We look after a lot of Vauxhalls at Kent Car Craft, whether it be for general servicing and repair, or finding faults on these very popular and overall very good cars. This week was no different, and for me it was a busy week for Vauxhall diagnostics including the followingRead More …
D5 Creation