SMC Scarborough Mobile
Car Mechanic 24/7

Open now — 24 hours, 7 days

Your car breaks down
wherever it is.
We come to it.

Dispatch
24 / 7 / 365
Base
3350 Ellesmere Rd
Coverage
All of Scarborough
Payment
Card or cash, on site
A mobile mechanic leaning over the open hood of a car, working on the engine in a residential driveway.
On-site engine work — Ellesmere & Morningside, 2:40 a.m.

01 — Services

What we do at the kerb

Everything below is done on site, with the tools and parts already in the van. If a job genuinely needs a lift, we say so on the phone before we drive out — no surprises, no invoice you didn't agree to.

  1. 01

    No-start & won't-crank calls

    The most common call we get, and the one people panic about most. We test the battery under load, check the starter draw, the alternator output and the ignition circuit, then tell you which of the four it actually is. Roughly half of these end with a boost and a drive-away; the rest get a starter or alternator swapped in your parking spot.

    Typical on-site time: 45–90 min

  2. 02

    Batteries — test, boost, replace

    We carry group sizes for most sedans, hatchbacks, SUVs and light trucks. A boost gets you moving tonight; a replacement gets you through February. We test the charging system at the same time, because a battery that keeps dying is usually an alternator telling you something.

    Boost: 20 min · Replacement: 30 min

  3. 03

    Brakes — pads, rotors, calipers

    Grinding, pulsing pedal, pulling to one side, or a warning light you've been ignoring since the fall. We pull the wheels, measure pad and rotor thickness, and show you the numbers before anything gets replaced. Front or rear, one axle or both, done in your driveway.

    Per axle: 1.5–2.5 hrs

  4. 04

    Check-engine light & diagnostics

    We read the codes, then we read the live data — because a P0420 doesn't always mean a new catalytic converter. You get a plain-English explanation of what the code means, what it costs to fix, and whether it's safe to keep driving while you decide.

    Scan & report: 30–45 min

  5. 05

    Flat tires, tire swaps & seasonal changeover

    Plug and patch for a nail, spare fitted if you're stuck on a shoulder, or your full set of winters swapped over in your own driveway instead of a two-hour wait at a tire shop in November. Torque checked and re-checked by hand.

    Changeover: 45–60 min

  6. 06

    Starters, alternators & belts

    Hard-starting, clicking, squealing on cold mornings, or a battery light that flickers at idle. These are the jobs people assume need a shop — most don't. We've done hundreds of them on driveways, in condo garages and in mall parking lots.

    Typical on-site time: 1.5–3 hrs

  7. 07

    Oil changes & fluid service

    Full synthetic, filter, and a top-up of everything under the hood. We also check the coolant, brake fluid and transmission level while we're in there, and tell you honestly if something looks like it's about to become a bigger job.

    30–45 min

  8. 08

    Pre-purchase inspections

    Buying used in Scarborough? We meet you at the seller's address, put the car up on stands, and go through it the way a mechanic buying it for himself would — rust, frame, fluids, brakes, codes, and the things a seller hopes you won't look at. Written summary the same day.

    60–90 min, by appointment

  9. 09

    Roadside & after-hours emergency calls

    Shoulder of the 401, a plaza on Kingston Rd at 1 a.m., a dead car in a GO station lot. We're staffed around the clock, so "after hours" isn't a surcharge conversation — it's just the job.

    Dispatch within Scarborough: usually 45–75 min

Not sure which of these you need? Describe the noise, the light, or the smell on the phone and we'll tell you what it probably is before we quote anything.

02 — How it works

Four steps, no shop visit

  1. You call

    Tell us the year, make and model, where the car is sitting, and what it's doing. Two minutes on the phone usually narrows it down to one or two likely causes.

  2. We quote before we drive

    You get a range for the diagnosis and a range for the likely repair, up front. If the number doesn't work for you, you haven't lost anything.

  3. We come to the car

    Home driveway, condo garage, workplace lot, or the shoulder of the road. We text when we're on the way and again when we're close.

  4. You pay when it's fixed

    Card or cash on site, after the work is done and you've seen what was replaced. Old parts stay with you unless you'd rather we take them.

Close-up of a mechanic's hands using a wrench on an engine component.
Alternator swap, condo garage off McCowan.

03 — Service area

Scarborough, end to end

We're based on Ellesmere Road and we work the whole borough. If you're inside Scarborough, you're inside our dispatch area — no travel surcharge for the neighbourhoods below.

West & central

  • Agincourt
  • Tam O'Shanter
  • Wexford
  • Bendale
  • Dorset Park
  • Ionview

North & east

  • Malvern
  • Rouge Valley
  • Highland Creek
  • Morningside
  • West Hill
  • Centennial

South & waterfront

  • Birch Cliff
  • Cliffside
  • Guildwood
  • West Rouge
  • Scarborough Village
  • Eglinton East

Just outside the borough — Pickering, Markham, North York border streets? Call and ask. We take those jobs when the schedule allows.

A mechanic's service van parked on a residential street.
The van carries the parts most calls actually need.

04 — Why mobile

The shop comes to the driveway

A conventional repair means three trips: one to drop the car, one to get home, one to pick it up — plus however many days it sits in a queue behind other people's cars. For a battery, a starter, a set of pads or a check-engine light, that's a lot of your week spent on logistics that have nothing to do with the repair.

Mobile work removes all of it. You keep your car, you keep your day, and you watch the job happen. That last part matters more than people expect: when you're standing there, you see the worn pad next to the new one, you see the old starter come out. Nothing gets replaced on faith.

We're a Scarborough business working Scarborough streets — Ellesmere, Kingston, McCowan, Markham Road, the 401 shoulder at 3 a.m. We know which plazas let a van work for an hour, which condo garages have height clearance, and which side streets are quiet enough to do a brake job on a Sunday. That local knowledge is most of what makes a mobile call go smoothly.

“Diagnose it properly, quote it honestly, fix it where it sits.”

A diagnostic scanner connected to a car, showing live engine data on screen.

Live data, not just codes — the difference between a guess and a diagnosis.

05 — Hours

Open every hour of the week

There is no closed day and no overnight surcharge. The phone is answered around the clock, including statutory holidays.

Opening hours for Scarborough Mobile Car Mechanic 24/7
MondayOpen 24 hours
TuesdayOpen 24 hours
WednesdayOpen 24 hours
ThursdayOpen 24 hours
FridayOpen 24 hours
SaturdayOpen 24 hours
SundayOpen 24 hours

Late-night and early-morning calls are the normal case here, not an exception. If it's 4 a.m. and the car won't start, call.

06 — Get in touch

Call the number. That's the whole process.

We don't take bookings by email or web form — a mechanic needs to ask you two or three questions before quoting, and that happens fastest on the phone.

Phone

Answered 24 hours a day. If the line is busy we're under a car — try again in a few minutes.

Address

3350 Ellesmere Rd #3392
Scarborough, ON M1C 1C2

Mailing and dispatch address. We come to you — you don't bring the car here.

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Before you call

  • Year, make and model
  • Where the car is parked right now
  • What it's doing — noise, light, smell, or nothing at all
  • Whether it's safe to leave it where it sits