About Us

Tired of rapid fit, low quality repairs or paying main dealer prices? Then try a local independent garage. Servicing, Repairs, Overhauls, Welding, MOT by arrangement Clutches, Brakes, Exhausts, Tyres, Batteries Quality Used Cars Braeside Motors of Patcham was established in 1946 and was devoted to quality automobile engineering. Today we continue that tradition of skill and quality. At Braeside Motors all your vehicle's needs are cared for promptly and efficiently by skilled motor mechanics at very competitive prices. Click here or on the Servicing button for more details. We now offer electronic scanning using the very latest diagnostic equipment for the following: Engine maintenance fault code diagnostics, Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) fault code diagnostics, Supplemental Restrain System (SBS)/Airbag fault code diagnostics, On-board vehicle performance diagnostics. Free courtasy car (over 25s only )

Trade Bodies / Associations

member of the good garage scheme & Ferodo brake specialst

Specialist Services

Our servicing is based on the following principles: 1. We only proceed with any work after full consultation with you, the customer. We provide you with a thorough explanation of the faults that need attention and, where applicable, the alternatives that exist for tackling these faults. 2. We will quote you a price at the outset. In the vast majority of cases that will be the price you pay. On the rare occasions where further faults are discovered once we have started work then we will contact you.

ENGINE DIAGNOSTICS

Many of todays cars are now governed mainly by a built-in computer called the Engine Control Module (ECM/ECU).

It is responsible for the correct running of the engine for optimum power and efficiency. This in turn means that it has to have several inputs from different components of the engine.

This is where all the engine component sensors come into play. They give the ECM/ECU all the data it needs for it to make the engine run efficiently.

These sensors, as with most electrical components, can and do go wrong often, leading to poor engine running and poor fuel economy.

Most of these vehicles can only be diagnosed using the latest diagnostic equipment to use for communicating with the vehicles computer(s).



Nowadays, vehicles can sometimes have more than one computer responsible for the operation of the vehicle. Some of todays cars have more than 60 computers! Each one responsible for a specific system in the car i.e. wipers, lighting, central locking, audio systems, cruise control, Anti lock Braking Systems (ABS), Traction control (TCS), etc.

Each of the computers are constantly 'talking' to each other for seamless system operation. This is exactly what happens when for example, it is raining and you select reverse gear, the transmission computer talks to the wiper system computer that the vehicle is going to reverse, the wiper computer then puts on the rear wipers so the driver can clearly see while he/she reverses the vehicle.

This is all clever stuff and naturally, it needs clever equipment to communicate and correctly diagnose these computers for when problems arise.

Trading Since

1946