MOT test
Class 4 test on site, while you wait if you’d rather. Free retest within ten working days.
£45fixed
Book an MOT
Independent garage · Kettering
Main dealer work.
Main dealer work.
Without the main dealer bill.
MOT, servicing, diagnostics and repairs on every make. Fixed prices published on this page, a photo of anything we find, and nothing touched until you say yes.
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Fixed pricesPublished, not quoted on the day
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Photos of the faultSent to your phone before we start
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Courtesy car, freeBooked with any service or MOT
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Warranty stays validServicing to the maker's schedule
- 1. Your car
- 2. What it needs
- 3. When
- 4. Your details
Start with your registration
We’ll pull up the car, tell you when its MOT runs out, and show you the price before you commit to anything.
That doesn’t look like a UK registration. Try something like AB12 CDE.
Sample lookup — on a real site this reads the DVLA vehicle enquiry service, so the make, model and MOT date fill themselves in.
Try one:
AB12 CDE
Vehicle
What does it need?
Estimated total
£0.00
Parts and labour, VAT included. If we find something else, we photograph it and ring you — we don’t just do it.
Choose at least one job so we know how long to book you in for.
When suits you?
We’re open 8:00–17:30 Monday to Friday and 8:00–13:00 on Saturday. Drop off from 7:30 if you’re heading to work.
Drop-off time
Pick a day and a drop-off time.
Last bit
So we can confirm the booking and reach you while the car’s in.
You’re booked in
- A text confirmation is on its way, with the address and what to bring.
- We’ll photograph anything we find and ring you before doing a thing.
- Pay when you collect. Card, bank transfer or cash.
Nothing was actually sent — this is a demonstration of the booking flow.
What we do
Everything a main dealer does, on every make, for a lot less
Two ramps, a four-wheel alignment rig and a diagnostic subscription that covers most makes back to 2004. If we can’t do it, we’ll tell you who can.
Servicing
Interim, full or major, to the manufacturer’s schedule and stamped in the book. Your warranty stays intact.
from £119parts and labour
Book a service
Diagnostics
Warning light on? An hour on the ramp with the fault codes and a proper look, not a guess.
£54refunded if we do the repair
Book diagnostics
Brakes
Pads, discs, fluid and handbrake. We measure what’s left and show you the reading — nobody gets sold pads at 7mm.
from £249front pads and discs
Book brakes
Tyres & alignment
Budget to premium, fitted, balanced and the old ones disposed of. Four-wheel alignment on the rig.
from £62fitted, or £69 alignment
Book alignment
Air conditioning
Regas, leak test and antibacterial clean. Covers both R134a and the newer R1234yf gas.
£79R1234yf £119
Book air-con
The bit that matters
You should leave knowing exactly what was done and why
Every job leaves here with the old parts in a box if you want them, photographs of what we found, and an invoice that lists parts and labour separately. No “sundries”.
Why Kestrel
Three things people tell us they can’t get anywhere else
You see it first
Worn pad, split boot, weeping hose — whatever we find gets photographed on the ramp and sent to your phone with the price before anyone picks up a spanner.
The price is the price
Servicing and MOT prices are on this page, not behind a form. If the job grows, we ring you and it’s your call — the bill never quietly becomes bigger than the quote.
It stays under warranty
We service to the manufacturer’s schedule with parts that meet their spec, so a main dealer can’t turn round and void anything. Block Exemption — it’s your right.
Prices
What’s in a service, and what it costs
Prices are for most cars up to 2.0 litres. Bigger engines, vans and anything needing special oil cost a little more — we’ll tell you when you put the reg in, not when you collect.
What’s included
Interim
Full
Major
Engine oil and filterCorrect grade for your car, not a generic 5W-30
32-point checkBrakes, tyres, steering, suspension, lights, levels
Air filter and pollen filter
Fuel filter and spark plugs
Brake fluid and coolant check and top-up
PriceMost cars up to 2.0 litres
£119
£189
£279
Other fixed prices: MOT £45 · diagnostics £54 · air-con regas £79 · four-wheel alignment £69 · front pads and discs from £249 · cambelt from £389. Courtesy car free with any service or MOT.
The workshop
Two ramps, four people, and no incentive to sell you anything
Kestrel is a two-bay independent on the Bramble Way estate. Nobody here works on commission, which is the single biggest reason a garage recommends work you don’t need.
We look after everything from ten-year-old superminis to vans that do 40,000 miles a year, and we’d rather tell you a car isn’t worth the repair than take the money.
- Free courtesy car with any service or MOT
- Collection and delivery within five miles of Kettering
- Twelve months or 12,000 miles on every part we fit
Customers
What people say once they’ve stopped using the dealer
Dealer quoted £720 for front discs and pads and a “diagnostic investigation”. Kestrel did the brakes for £249 and told me the noise was a stone in the shield, which they took out for nothing.Priya M.Barton Seagrave · Golf estate
Two vans on the fleet, both serviced here. They photograph everything and ring before they do it, so I can actually plan the week instead of guessing what the bill’s going to be.Dan R.Rothwell · two Transit Customs
Booked the MOT on my phone at eleven at night, had the courtesy car at eight the next morning. First garage I’ve used where the website actually did something useful.Helen T.Kettering · Fiesta
Illustrative reviews for a fictional garage — on a real site these would be your genuine Google reviews, pulled in automatically.
Ready when you are
MOT due? Find out in about ten seconds.
Put the registration in and we’ll tell you when it expires, what a test costs and the next three mornings we can take it.