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Batteries in this climate rarely last as long as the warranty suggests. Heat is harder on them than cold, so three or four years is common here where five is normal further north. If yours is cranking slowly or needed a jump start this week, it is telling you something. Call 813-993-0750.
Tell us what is wrong and where the car is. Call 813-993-0750.
Most people call us about this when they notice a battery that will not hold its charge. Leaving it rarely makes it cheaper, and on a car used daily in Tampa traffic the wear tends to accelerate once it starts.
We Come to You
Your driveway, your office parking lot, or the side of the road. We bring the workshop to the vehicle.
Diagnostics First
We read the codes and test the part before quoting, so you are not paying to replace something that was working.
We arrive with the tools and the common parts already on board. The fault is diagnosed first, then explained to you in plain terms, then repaired if you are happy with the price. Nothing gets replaced on a guess, and nothing gets fitted without your say so.
Load tested and the charging output checked before we replace anything. You get told what the fault is and what the repair costs before anything is fitted.
A battery is tested under load before it is condemned, and the charging system is checked before a new one goes in. Modern cars also need the battery registered so the charging strategy matches the new unit.
Price depends on the vehicle, the parts it takes and how much work is involved in getting to them. We diagnose before quoting so the figure you get is the real one, not a starting point that grows once the job is open.
We test before we sell you anything. A slow crank is not always the battery, and fitting a new one to a car with a charging fault just flattens the new one too. This work sits under Auto Electrical Service Tampa FL, which walks through the rest of the system it belongs to.
Cars that come to us for this often need attention next door as well, and Auto battery replacement Tampa FL is the one that turns up alongside it most often. Worth a read if you have noticed more than one thing.
The calls that come in most often around Tampa for this, and what each one usually turns out to be.
It turned over slowly for a few mornings, then would not turn over at all. Almost always a battery at the end of its life in this heat, but we load test it before saying so.
It needed a jump start, ran fine all day, then would not start again the next morning. That pattern points at the battery not holding charge rather than the alternator.
A new battery was fitted a few months ago and it has gone flat again. That is usually a charging fault or a drain, and replacing the battery again will not fix it.
Straight answers to what Tampa drivers ask us before booking a call out.
1
On many modern vehicles yes. Without it the car keeps charging to suit the old battery, which shortens the life of the new one. We register it where the vehicle requires it.
2
Yes, that is most of these calls. Tell us where it is parked and we come to it, whether that is your driveway, your workplace parking lot or the roadside.
3
If it is over three years old here and starting to crank slowly, replacing it on your terms is cheaper and easier than replacing it on a roadside.
4
Most battery replacements are done inside the hour at your address, including the test and the registration. Awkward mounting positions take longer and we tell you first.