Great service at very short notice!
Needed an emergency radiator replacement while we were on holiday in the area and they got one in overnight and fitted it into their schedule the next day so we could get on with our trip.
Parts and labour pricing both reasonable and very easy to deal with.
Thanks A51 team!
Sarah Brady
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October 17, 2025
Big shout out to the staff down here at Area 51. You guys are bloody legends. Highly recommend. Great pricing and awesome service.
Charntal Fataaiki
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February 01, 2022
Helpful service. 🙂 The person who assisted me here was very informative about Car Diagnostic Checks and literally seen me on the spot! I appreciate you're willingness to help @Area51 awesome people, awesome experience.
Meg P
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October 24, 2023
Sam located a 2nd hand gear box for my car and sorted some other issues at the same time. Friendly crew and reasonable prices.
Jordan Gombert
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September 12, 2019
Went there because our beam lights both suddenly stopped working. Someone checked under the dashboard with a multimeter and just changed a fuse that blew up -> 30 minutes to do that and the fuse they replaced blew up again 10 days later. When I changed it myself this time, the fuse was really dodgy, they didn't even replaced it with a brand new one. It's been more than 2 months now and it didn't blow up again. Plus they charged for a entire box of 4 fuses they didn't even give us.
Finally, we asked them to check our solar panel electrical system after asking them if they were competent to advise us. This guy spend 30min putting its multimeter here and there just to give us information the charge controller was giving us and no answers about why we had such a small amount of energy coming from the solar panels.
As a conclusion, I wouldn't suggest going there unless you want to be ripped off. We spend a bit more than $100 for an hour of time that could have been 15min only...
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Great service at very short notice! Needed an emergency radiator replacement while we were on holiday in the area and they got one in overnight and fitted it into their schedule the next day so we could get on with our trip. Parts and labour pricing both reasonable and very easy to deal with. Thanks A51 team!
Big shout out to the staff down here at Area 51. You guys are bloody legends. Highly recommend. Great pricing and awesome service.
Helpful service. 🙂 The person who assisted me here was very informative about Car Diagnostic Checks and literally seen me on the spot! I appreciate you're willingness to help @Area51 awesome people, awesome experience.
Sam located a 2nd hand gear box for my car and sorted some other issues at the same time. Friendly crew and reasonable prices.
Went there because our beam lights both suddenly stopped working. Someone checked under the dashboard with a multimeter and just changed a fuse that blew up -> 30 minutes to do that and the fuse they replaced blew up again 10 days later. When I changed it myself this time, the fuse was really dodgy, they didn't even replaced it with a brand new one. It's been more than 2 months now and it didn't blow up again. Plus they charged for a entire box of 4 fuses they didn't even give us. Finally, we asked them to check our solar panel electrical system after asking them if they were competent to advise us. This guy spend 30min putting its multimeter here and there just to give us information the charge controller was giving us and no answers about why we had such a small amount of energy coming from the solar panels. As a conclusion, I wouldn't suggest going there unless you want to be ripped off. We spend a bit more than $100 for an hour of time that could have been 15min only...