Car battery replacement in Dallas

Yes. Pit Stop installs a new battery where the vehicle is parked in Dallas and nearby cities, such as your driveway, an apartment lot, a workplace parking spot or a store lot. Call (214) 367-5302 with the location and your year, make and model, and the dispatcher quotes the full price first.

If the car keeps needing jumps, the battery case is swollen, or the battery is three or more years old, a replacement usually makes more sense than another jump. A Pit Stop technician can check the battery and how the car is charging before the swap, and tell you plainly whether the old battery can still hold a charge.

AAA says car batteries generally last three to five years, and that in hot southern regions a battery typically lasts about three years because heat speeds up wear. Once a battery is in its third year, AAA advises an annual test, which is worth doing before a Texas summer.

Tell the Pit Stop dispatcher where the vehicle is and its year, make and model. If you have the owner's manual handy, the battery group size and cold cranking amps listed there help too. That way the technician brings a battery that fits your vehicle and meets its starting needs.

The technician takes it with them for recycling. Texas law bars putting a used lead-acid battery in household trash and requires battery sellers, including Pit Stop, to accept used batteries for recycling.

AAA points to three specs: the group size, which sets the battery's dimensions, hold-down fit and terminal positions; the cold cranking amps, a measure of starting power at zero degrees Fahrenheit; and the type, conventional or AGM. Your owner's manual lists them, and the Pit Stop dispatcher confirms the right battery from your year, make and model.

It needs the type it came with. AAA recommends that a replacement battery always be the same type as the original factory battery, and notes that AGM batteries handle the repeated discharging and recharging that happens in cars with engine stop-start. Tell the Pit Stop dispatcher your car has stop-start so the right type comes out with the technician.

It usually lasts longer, but the right battery is the type your car came with. AAA says most conventional lead-acid batteries last three to five years and AGM batteries five to seven, and that AGM batteries are sealed and maintenance-free. AAA also recommends always replacing a battery with the same type as the factory one, so the dispatcher matches the type your vehicle was built to use.

You get one total on the phone that covers the battery and the installation, and that's what you pay for the job you described. The price depends on the battery your vehicle takes and where you are. Have a lower written quote for the same service and vehicle from another roadside company serving your location? Tell the dispatcher before a technician is sent, send a copy the way the dispatcher asks, and Pit Stop matches it.