Last Updated: Feb 05, 2021

Automotive Tips from Lee's Summit Total Auto Care: Making a Battery Last Longer

One thing all Lee's Summit drivers can do to extend the life of their battery is to keep it clean. A greasy, dirty battery holds in damaging heat. Same goes for removing corrosion from the terminals. Lee's Summit Total Auto Care can help maintain your battery.

Allowing your battery to be deeply depleted – like from using your headlights when the engine is off – is very harmful to your battery. Most automotive batteries can only take that about 10 times before they are ruined.

Also, making sure you have a full charge every month or so extends battery life. Either an extended drive at freeway speeds around the Lee's Summit are or using a battery charger will preserve your battery’s ability to hold a full charge.

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Lee's Summit Total Auto Care
512 Sw 3rd Street
Lee's Summit, Missouri 64063
816-525-0414