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.
Sodium runs 5-7 years, the longest of the three, and carries a 4-year warranty with no mileage limit. Its rated range runs from −40°F to 140°F, so a Piedmont August and a cold night in the mountains both sit well inside that range.
Sodium is newer technology, so it is not offered for every vehicle yet. Find My Battery will tell you in a couple of steps whether sodium is available for yours.
Prismatic is the closest we sell to the battery your vehicle left the factory with, so it behaves the way you are used to. It runs 4-6 years with a 3-year warranty. For a vehicle that spends its life east of the mountains, prismatic is the straightforward choice.
Cylindrical is the cheapest of the three and runs 3-5 years with a 2-year warranty. Cylindrical also puts out the most power of the three.
This order is for North Carolina. 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 North Carolina. We cover plenty more, so it’s worth checking even if yours isn’t here.
Yes. A driveway, an office lot or a curbside space is all it takes — no shop visit, no tow, no garage. Tell us where you are and we’ll confirm the options for your address.
The descents do it, not the climbs. Coming down, regenerative braking keeps charging a battery with little room left, and the charge it cannot store comes off as heat. Ordinary hills do not count for much. Sustained mountain grades do.
Heat, and the traffic that makes more heat. A battery held near the bottom of its range through a slow commute runs hot doing ordinary work, and a Piedmont summer gives it no cool air to lose that heat to. The years add to both. How far you drive is not part of it, which is why our warranties carry no mileage limit.
The usual signs are worse gas mileage, the engine running more than it used to, less power on hills, and a warning light. Other problems cause the same signs, so read the trouble codes before you spend anything. Our trouble code lookup tells you what each code means. On a vehicle that spends time on mountain roads, worn brakes and a tired engine bring on some of the same complaints, so rule those out at the same time.
You don’t have to figure this out alone. Call us and we will go through the codes with you and rule out the other causes first.
Whatever it turns out to be, the vehicle still drives. A worn hybrid battery costs you gas mileage and some power. It does not leave you stranded.
The two figures are measuring different things. Ten or twelve years is how long an original takes to fade to around 60%, and it had been slipping for years before anyone noticed. Our figures are service life, backed by a warranty on every battery. Sodium runs 5-7 years, prismatic 4-6 and cylindrical 3-5, and none of those warranties counts miles.
Choose New Module Sodium if it is offered for your vehicle, because it takes heat better than anything else we sell and it lasts the longest. Choose New Module Prismatic for the closest match to your original. Choose New Module Cylindrical if price leads. The battery technology page sets the three side by side. If you would rather compare, pick one and tell us you want to see every option priced for your vehicle, and we will send that over.
Every battery we install is covered, and none of the warranties has a mileage limit. There is nothing to cap, because how far you drive is not what wears a hybrid battery out. How many years you get depends on which battery you choose, and the warranty page has the terms.
Shade in the summer does the most, in the mountains as much as on the coast. Change the cooling filter on schedule, because that filter is the only real maintenance a hybrid battery has. If the vehicle sits for weeks at a time, take it out for a decent drive now and then. A hybrid battery slowly loses charge when nothing is using it, and letting it run all the way down does permanent damage.