Went there las week. On avanza 2006 wit 2xxk km mileage. Thumbs up. Jus minor service plus change carbon brush. Rm100. Go behind sshop as front shop getting hot.

Wow. I think the cheapest bill i see here in this thread

My Alternator stop charging so went to this new shop again for repairing. RM120 for IC Chip faulty

came back to Kwong Weng today 22/2/22

weird sound coming from alternator

as expected its bearing has worn out as per last visit 26/6/20 didnt change those bearings..was still ok.

did also carbon servicing..practically everything in it.

still people-friendly..still da best place to check alernators..starters & wiring.


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Do they open up the entire starter to service? The sentul shop Magic SLI quoted me rm320 to service and change carbon only for avanza 2011. Seems over priced compared to this Kwong Weng kepong shop.

Ya they did, to change the carbon they have to do that. If not mistaken Kwong Weng is normally charging 200-300 only but my case was a little bit more harder to remove the starter due to tight spaces and uncommon layout, so extra labour charge.

Parking for future

Wow.. 10 yrs old & still running thread
Nice sharing.. Wonder is TS still around this forum? 😂
Just wondering, how to know when we need to service our starter & alternator?
Myvi 350k mileage here, never done anything on starters & alternator before.. Need to service? Touchwood la

Hello..thank you TS..this shop manage to fix my alternator..uncle there is very friendly..I'm using old mivec engine..so the alternator is really expensive nowadays..







even getting free gift..thank you..

how many hours it took to repair your alternator?

was gonna redirect you here from your thread.
lol.

thx buddy

Did your engine start normally upon restart (after dying for no reason that is)? I mean did the starter crank with gusto or was it a weak crank?

Weak crank...but still can start. MY battery baru changed sep last year.

My car is Hyundai Sonata YF 2010, a 12 years old car.

The past 6 months, changed 2 batteries, start suspecting alternator problem, but from the usb plug-in meter, after start engine, it shows sometime 12.5, after running for 30 mins back to 13.8

Yesterday after starting engine, ride for a while the dashboard battery warning light up for 2 seconds then gone. Scare me, straight drive to Kwong Weng Electrical and look for the uncle and untie.

Uncle's staff, a mid-aged fellow check and measure, said my alternator sometime work sometime not work. Dismantled the alternator and point out to me that my alternator is not original one, is a recond-unit fixed by the previous owner.

He said since it is a recond-unit with unknown quality, not advisable to repair, better change to a new one. He ask me to take the "Original Refurnished KIA / HYUNDAI alternator".

All in plus installation with new pully RM580. A it pricey, but i feel better to take the so called "Original Refurnished Unit" over recond dont know what brand one.

He told me there is a middle-man company always go to the Official Service Center of different car brand ( Kia, Toyota, Hyundai etc ) to buy their customer replaced alternator and sold to them. Most of the alternator still in very good condition because SC does not do repair, a small issue also advised customer to replace new one.

Hope this can last few years.

it is always better to install NEW Alternator if we can afford it. Even after repairing the old one, it is still not new

hahaha of coz la, if money no issue.

Done mine today after 4 years tahan telinga with "Grok gok gok" soundtrack at lower rpm (2000 below), replacing pulley & carbon brush.

Is this a pic of the shop?

Seem different from other pics. Is it the same location?

Same location.
You may try Google the company name to get the address & direction.