Kmart Tyre & Auto

Similar service/​experience as per previous review.
My partner took the car for a service at the Kmart auto at Broadway for the first time. Around 2 hours later they called saying that the indicator light bulb on the rear left was faulty and that the windscreen wiper arm needed replacement.
Cost was just over $ 100 but I thought I could fix it myself and asked her to decline the extras.
Got the car back and interestingly enough, there wasn’t anything wrong with the wiper or the lights.

The staff at Kmart Tyre and Auto are friendly. And they’re extremely thorough. They’ll give your car a good service and they won’t miss a tick. The bad news comes when you combine this friendly front and their thoroughness for a rego check.
Kmart Tyre & Auto inspected my car, finding every single crank that whistled the wrong way. This I was ok with — I’m happy to know what needs to be done with my car and the time frame it needs to be done within. What I don’t appreciate being told is that all of it must be done in order for my car to pass rego and that the cost of repairs would cost almost double the worth of the car.
Having taken my car to a more trustworthy mechanic for a second opinion, I was told that yes, all this work did need to be done — at some point within the next five years. In fact, only two items on their long itemised list needed tending to to pass for registration. Not only this, but this mechanic informed me that Kmart’s quoted cost of repairs was double what he, and most other mechanics, could ethically charge. Safe to say I gave my business to this mechanic and then returned it to KMart to be approved (which is free if you go within two weeks of the first inspection).
So whilst Kmart are good for a thorough service, ensure you get a second opinion on all quotes — don’t let their amicable smiles fool you.