FAQs – Battery
TOP FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Date codes are engraved into the cover of each Interstate battery at the time the battery is shipped from the manufacturing plant.
This service usually takes about 15 minutes.
If jump starting gets your engine started and running, but the car will not start again once you turn it off, the battery is probably the problem.
Make sure the charger is off, connect positive to positive and negative to negative, turn car/charger on.
The average life expectancy of a car battery is three years.
Corroded battery connections, persistent electrical drains, charging problems, constantly demanding more power than the alternator can provide, and even extreme weather.
If the battery tests bad, and it is within the warranty period, it will be exchanged.
The battery power is used to provide the initial spin to start the engine by way of an electrical powered starter motor.
The battery power is used to provide the initial spin to start the engine by way of an electrical powered starter motor.
After three years, it’s normally time to install a replacement.