Brakes in Kanata
Pads, rotors, calipers and the lines between them, done on your driveway while the car sits where it already is.
Kanata
Mobile mechanic in Kanata
Kanata is where the truck starts and ends its day. It's also the only part of the service area where the drive costs you nothing, because every Kanata postal code sits in the no-fee band.
What the trip costs
There's no travel fee in Kanata
Kanata splits into six postal codes and every one of them is on the no-travel-fee line of our table. There's no call-out charge to add and nothing for you to check.
| Postal code | Covers | Travel fee |
|---|---|---|
K2K |
Kanata North | No travel fee |
K2L |
Kanata Central | No travel fee |
K2M |
Kanata South: Bridlewood, Trailwest, Blackstone | No travel fee |
K2T |
Kanata West | No travel fee |
K2V |
Kanata Lakes, Bradley Commons, Fernbank Crossing | No travel fee |
K2W |
Kanata North: March, Morgan's Grant | No travel fee |
A fuel surcharge covering the drive is added to the estimate, and you'll see it before you agree to anything.
Where we can work
Somewhere we can get a jack under it
If the car is parked somewhere we can get a jack under it safely, that's where the job happens.
- A driveway or a surface parking space is all we need.
- A residential street is fine too, since we work out of the truck anyway.
- Not an underground garage. Kanata has a lot of townhouse and condo blocks whose only parking is below ground, and for those you're better off booking a visitor space outside and leaving the car there for us.
- Not the shoulder of the 417 or the Queensway ramps. That one needs a tow, and we'll tell you so instead of taking the job.
The usual Kanata call
Brakes, tires, and the clunk
Brakes are more of our work than anything else: pads, rotors, and the caliper that has seized solid after a winter of salt. After that it's seasonal tire changeovers, on or off rims, and the suspension noise you've been living with since spring.
Before you call
Four things we can't do
Not in Kanata and not anywhere else, because they need a hoist, a rack or a licence that doesn't fit in a truck.
- Oil changes
- Wheel alignments
- A/C repair
- Provincial safety inspections
Ask anyway. We can usually point you at someone good.
- Everything we do: brakes, tires, suspension, diagnostics, tune-ups, electrical, exhaust and inspections. The four we get called about most have a page each: brakes, tires, suspension and diagnostics.
- The full travel-fee table: all 60 postal codes, with a checker for yours.
- Fees, warranty and payment: the emergency call-out, customer-supplied parts, and which parts the two-year warranty covers.
- Jobs we've done: photos from driveways around the west end.
- We also rent a 20 ft equipment trailer. Picked up in Kanata, $150 a day, and the winch, straps and chocks come with it.
The jobs we get called about most
Written up for Kanata
What tends to go wrong on each of these around here, where the car can be parked, and how long the job takes.
Tires in Kanata
Seasonal changeovers, flat repairs, balancing and TPMS sensors, on your driveway instead of a queue at a tire shop in the first week of November.
Suspension in Kanata
Struts, shocks, springs, control arms, bushings and links, including the clunk you have stopped noticing.
Diagnostics in Kanata
The codes read and, more to the point, explained: what the car is actually reporting, and what it does and does not prove.
What people say
“Great experience getting our brakes done! The boys were quick, thorough and even caught a small issue that wasn’t included and fixed it right away! The convenience of having automotive work done at home is fantastic!”Andrew Armitage · August 2025
“I wish this service had been available when I was a commuter. Honest, reliable, top quality parts and service, all in your driveway after work hours and on weekends. No scrambling to get the car to the garage, then to work, and hopefully back to the garage that day. Great guys and super convenient.”Blair Armitage · June 2026
Book it in
Get a price for Kanata
Tell us the year, make and model and what it's doing. You get the cost of the work and the travel before anything is booked.
Next opening: Monday.
Weeknights from 5pm
Saturdays & Sundays from 8am
2 years on most parts
Where we go
Mobile mechanic, town by town
Each town has its own page with the postal codes that apply there and what the trip costs.
Stittsville
No travel fee in K2V, $15 + tax in K2S
Bells Corners
$15 + tax · K2H
Barrhaven
$15 to $25 + tax · K2J · K2G · K2R
Nepean
$15 to $30 + tax · K2H · K2R · K2E · K2G · K2B · K2C
Ottawa
$30 to $50 + tax · K1Y · K1Z · K2C · K2P · K1S · K1N · K1G · K1B
Carp
Travel priced before you commit · K0A
Richmond
Travel priced before you commit · K0A
Manotick
$30 + tax · K4M