What Moves The Price
- Time of day: after-hours fees
- Vehicle size, and diesel or dual-battery vehicles
- Distance to the car
- Some providers waive the fee when you buy a battery on the same visit
YBE quotes the price for your car before work starts: call (202) 455-3822.
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A jump is not a fix
A jump start gets the engine running. It does not tell you whether the battery will hold a charge tomorrow, or whether the alternator is charging at all.
That is why YBE tests the battery and charging system once the car is running. If the battery has failed, it can often be replaced on the spot.
Need This Fixed?
YBE handles this at the Capitol Heights shop, seven days a week. Read about Jump-Start Service, or call and describe what your car is doing.
Common Questions
With both cars off, connect red to the dead battery’s positive terminal, red to the good battery’s positive, black to the good battery’s negative, and the last black clamp to bare metal on the dead car away from the battery. Start the good car, wait a few minutes, then start the dead one. Remove the clamps in reverse order. Check the owner’s manual first, since some cars have specific jump points.
Plan on at least 30 minutes of steady driving so the alternator can put charge back into the battery. Short stop-and-go trips may not be enough, and a battery that needed a jump should be tested.
Let the running car charge the dead battery for a few minutes before trying to start it. Once the dead car starts, remove the cables in reverse order right away. If it will not start after a few tries, stop: the problem may not be the battery.
Sources
Where the information on this page comes from.
- Haulnado
- David’s Tire and Battery
- RapidFix AutoHub
- J’s Roadside
- Kelley Blue Book, how to jump start a battery
Further Reading
Background on the parts and systems described above.