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Feilding, Manawatū-Whanganui

Mechanics in Feilding

A Manawatū farm town, 20 km up the road from Palmerston North.

Feilding's vehicles are a mix of town runabouts and the utes and four-wheel drives of the farming district around it, so say which you've got when you ask for a mechanic. Tell us the job, the make and the postcode, and a mechanic near the car rings you; if it suits you better to leave it in Palmerston North, use that postcode instead.

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What does the car need?

Stopped on the road? Get everyone well clear of the traffic. If anyone is hurt or in danger, call 111.

Only one local mechanic gets your number.

Tell us the job, the make and the postcode, and a mechanic near the car rings you; if it suits you better to leave it in Palmerston North, use that postcode instead.

What happens next

The card takes four answers and shifts up a gear for each. A local mechanic who specialises in your car. They ring, go over the job, give you a price, and the yes or no is yours.

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Feilding roads, and the work vehicles do here

Highway 54 to Palmerston North

Feilding sits on State Highway 54, 20 km north of Palmerston North, and that road is the main link between the two. A regular commute down it adds kilometres steadily, so check the service sticker on the windscreen more often than you'd think.

Stock trailers and sale days

The Feilding Saleyards have been part of Manawatū life for over 125 years. A ute that tows a stock trailer to the sales works its towbar, trailer plug and brakes hard, so ask for them to be checked as part of a service.

Floodplain farmland

The town sits on the very fertile Manawatū Plains, on the floodplain of a major river. If a vehicle has been driven through floodwater, have the brakes, the wheel bearings and the electrics looked at before you rely on it again.

Not many other ways to get about

Bus Route 311 runs between Feilding and Palmerston North from Monday to Saturday, and there's been no regular passenger train since 2012. A car that won't start costs you more here than in a city, so don't leave a slow-cranking battery until winter.

Feilding or Palmerston North?

If the car is in Feilding, use the Feilding postcode, and the job goes to a mechanic near it. If you'd rather drop it off in Palmerston North on the way to work, put in a Palmerston North postcode instead; mechanics in Palmerston North covers the city.

For the warrant itself, there's WoF in Palmerston North. Many garages inspect cars as well as fixing them, so ask the mechanic on the call whether they do.

Picking a garage you'll keep going back to

A garage that sees the car year after year builds up a picture of it. Consumer Protection notes that a garage you use regularly will have notes on your services, warrants and repairs, which helps when something odd turns up.

There's no mechanic licence in New Zealand to look up, so ask instead how often the garage works on your make, and whether it puts the quote in writing.

Worth telling the mechanic about a farm vehicle

  • Whether it's petrol or diesel, and the make and model.
  • What it tows, and how often.
  • Whether it's been through water or deep mud lately.
  • Where it's kept, if a mobile mechanic is coming out to it.
  • When the WoF is due, if it's close.

Our advice

We'd use the postcode where the vehicle will be on the day, say whether it's a car or a farm ute, and mention any towing. If the battery has been slow on cold mornings, we'd get it sorted before winter, because a dead car in Feilding leaves few other ways to get about.

Questions people ask

Can a mobile mechanic come out to a farm near Feilding?

Quite often, yes, for batteries, routine servicing and vehicles that won't go. Pick the mobile option on the card, and use the note to say how to find the vehicle on the property.

Will a Feilding mechanic work on my diesel ute?

Say it's a diesel and give the make and model on the card. A local mechanic who specialises in your car. The diesel service page explains what that kind of service covers.

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Where this information comes from

Rules do change. If one matters for your car, check it on NZTA's site or with Consumer Protection. How we write and check these pages.