A failing hybrid battery usually announces itself: fuel economy drops, the gas engine runs more than it used to, a warning light comes on. Those same symptoms show up with other faults, so pull the trouble codes before you spend anything. Our trouble code lookup explains what each one means.
Rated excellent in high heat and built to run from −40°F to 140°F, so neither a valley summer nor a traffic jam in August troubles it. It also lasts the longest of the three at 5-7 years, and the warranty runs 4 years with no mileage limit.
It’s newer technology, so it isn’t offered for every vehicle yet. Find My Battery will tell you in a couple of steps whether it’s available for yours.
Takes California heat about as well as anything in the nickel-metal hydride range, runs 4-6 years, covered for 3, and it’s the nearest thing we fit to the battery your vehicle was built with. The straightforward swap if you’d rather nothing changed.
The lowest price of the three, at 3-5 years with a 2-year warranty. It’s built for high power output, which suits a vehicle doing short local runs rather than one sitting in freeway traffic twice a day.
This order is for California. Each type carries its own warranty, so coverage depends on which battery you choose — the warranty page lists the terms, and the battery technology page has the full side-by-side comparison.
No bay, no lift, no garage. Your driveway, your office lot, wherever the vehicle is sitting.
Tell us the year, make and model. We’ll confirm which batteries fit and what each one costs before anything gets booked.
After your order is confirmed, our scheduling team will work with you to choose and book a convenient date, time, and location that fits your schedule.
A technician shows up with the battery and the tools. Nothing to drop off, no loaner, no waiting room.
Most installs take about an hour. The old battery leaves with the technician and goes back for recycling.
We install across the whole state. If your town isn’t on the list, it’s almost certainly still covered — give us a call.
These are the ones we see most in California. We cover plenty more, so it’s worth checking even if yours isn’t here.
Yes. Someone drives out to wherever the vehicle is — a driveway, an office lot or a curbside space is all it takes. No shop visit, no tow, no garage needed. Tell us where you are and we’ll confirm the options for your address.
Yes, and it’s the single biggest thing working against a hybrid battery in this state. Barely moving drains it faster than the engine can replace it, so the vehicle ends up drawing on what little charge is left, and that makes heat. Do that twice a day for years and the battery gives out well before it otherwise would.
The usual signs are falling fuel economy, the gas engine running more than it used to, less power on hills, and a warning light on the dash. Those overlap with other faults, so pull the trouble codes before you spend anything — our trouble code lookup explains what each one means. Heat and heavy traffic wear more than one part of a vehicle, so the codes are worth reading before you spend anything.
You don’t have to work this out alone. Call us and a sales agent will go through the codes with you and rule out the other things it could be, before anyone talks about replacing a battery.
Whatever it turns out to be, the vehicle will still drive. A hybrid always has the gas engine to fall back on, so a worn battery costs you fuel economy and some power — it doesn’t leave you at the side of the road.
About an hour for most vehicles. The technician brings the battery and the tools, fits it where the vehicle is parked, and takes the old one away for recycling.
New Module Sodium if it’s offered for your vehicle — it carries the best heat rating we make and lasts 5-7 years. New Module Prismatic copes with the heat nearly as well and is the closest match to your vehicle’s original battery. New Module Cylindrical is the cheapest of the three and is made for high power output. The battery technology page compares them side by side.
Every battery we fit is covered, and none of them has a mileage limit on the warranty. That isn’t generosity — it’s because distance isn’t what wears a hybrid battery out, so there’s nothing to cap. How many years you’re covered depends on which battery you choose, and the warranty page lists the terms for each.
Shade is the big one — a vehicle parked in the sun all afternoon gets far hotter inside than the air outside, and the battery is cooled by that air. Keep the cooling vent and its filter clear; they’re behind or beside the rear seat on most hybrids. And if the vehicle sits unused for weeks at a time, take it out for a proper drive now and again — a hybrid battery slowly loses charge when nothing is using it, and letting it run right down does lasting harm.