Book Audi battery service at our Lake Wales shop. Same technicians, same bays, every time you come in.
323 North Scenic Highway, Lake Wales, FL 33853
Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Heat is harder on a battery than cold is. Cold weather gets the blame because that is when a weak battery finally refuses to start the car, but the damage usually happened months earlier, in July. Under the hood in Central Florida a battery spends most of the year at temperatures that speed up the chemistry inside it, evaporate fluid out of the cells, and build sulfate on the plates. Sulfate is the chalky layer that keeps a battery from accepting and holding a full charge. So a battery down here can look fine on a mild morning and still be well past its useful life.
Testing tells us more than age does. We load test the battery and watch what the voltage actually does under demand, check state of charge, and see how it behaves with the engine running and after the car has been sitting. Then we pull the terminals, clean the posts and clamps, and look at the white or green crust that quietly adds resistance to every circuit the battery feeds. A loose or corroded connection can act exactly like a dead battery, and it costs nothing to rule out.
Here is the part that saves people money. A battery that keeps dying is often not the problem. If the charging system is not putting voltage back in, a brand new battery will die the same way in a few weeks. If something in the car is drawing current after you shut it off, same result. So before we sell you a battery, we check charging output and look for a drain. Sometimes the answer really is a battery. Sometimes it is a charging or wiring issue, and a new battery would only have reset the clock on the same complaint. Either way you get the test numbers and the inspection photos on your phone, so you can see what we saw.
Battery. Wonderful service. Great waiting area. Friendly people in the office. To top it all off there were 3 roses on the dashboard when I got into my car. Definitely would go back again. Also, recommend to others. Thank you.
Linda D Demeulenaere
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I couldn’t get to Google reviews fast enough to leave my five star review and appreciation for Johnny’s Automotive. This locally owned business is spectacular place for you to go in and get automotive work done. Today I had my battery changed and my wipers changed. The facility is spotless. The staff is super friendly. It’s air condition inside and there’s coffee. There’s a nice place to sit. It is nicely decorated, and very customer service oriented. They have a text program that keeps you up-to-date on the status of your car. They go over the potential charges BEFORE they start the work. Everyone there is clean, professional, very approachable and friendly. And when you go back to your car, they leave a rose on your dashboard! And there’s no grease on my steering wheel or fingerprints on my gearshift or grease on my seats or anything like that. And my car doesn’t smell like a garage. How you feel and your loyalty obviously is extremely treasured by these people. It’s not that it’s important, they value it, they work for, and then they want to keep it! They’ve got mine! I have no issue driving from Lakeland to Lake Wales for car repairs and service. They are in Haines City and I think Winter haven and I think another one may open soon. They’re worth the drive. They’re worth any wait or extra effort you might have to put out to get to them. I want to thank Johnny’s very much for making this easy. When you’re going by yourself as a female to a repair shop, you have to be on guard and watchful to not ripped off. They are quite amazing! They have my loyalty in my future business. And not because of the rose, but thank you for the rose.!
Isabelle Media
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My battery was dead and I needed to have my car serviced. When I dropped the car off I was told they could fix the battery today but didn’t have time for the service until tomorrow. I left the car to get the battery issue resolved and while they were working on it they had a cancellation so they were able to get the service done right away. Yay! Easy to do business with!!!
Pete Weber
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