Your service center Reno Northwest Mae Anne Avenue(775) 787-1000
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University and North Reno is about 10 minutes from our Mae Anne Avenue service center, where a battery check measures the resting voltage, the cold cranking amps and the terminals. Once a battery passes three years, the Car Care Council's advice is to test it every fall.
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Here is a familiar story from 89512. A student parks the car in October, walks to class all month, and finds it dead the week before Thanksgiving when it is time to drive home. Households in the ZIP average 1.5 vehicles and the median age is 32.8 (Census ACS 5-year 2024); plenty of those cars are older, bought used, with a battery of unknown age.
A parked car still draws a small current for its clock, alarm and computers. Over a few weeks that drains a battery, and the Reno winter, 122 nights a year at or below freezing at the airport (NOAA 1991-2020 normals), makes a low battery even weaker on a cold morning. Each time a lead-acid battery is run flat it loses some capacity it does not get back, so a car that gets jumped twice a winter is wearing out its battery quickly.
If you know the car will sit, start it and drive it for a real distance once a week, or use a battery maintainer. If it already needed a jump, have it tested.
Most batteries carry a date code on a sticker or stamped into the case. If yours is past three years, the Car Care Council's guidance is to test it, and with about 65 days a year at 90 degrees or hotter at the Reno airport (NOAA), the high desert summer is exactly the kind of heat that shortens battery life. We read the code with you during the check when it is legible.
We say so, show you the reading, and write down the group size and cranking amp rating your car needs. The battery check is a test, not a replacement service, so the next stop is a parts store, the dealer or a mechanic. Testing is available at participating locations, during the maintenance check that comes with a full-service oil change.
From campus, McCarran west past Rancho San Rafael brings you to Mae Anne Avenue and our service center at number 6100, about 10 minutes and 4.8 miles on OSRM free-flow routing. Residents closer to Wells Avenue may find Longley Lane quicker, about 13 minutes south on US-395.
Mae Anne Avenue: Monday through Friday 8 to 5, Saturday 8 to 4, closed Sunday; (775) 787-1000. No appointment needed.
About 10 minutes (4.8 miles) to the Reno Northwest service center by car in light traffic, OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM), retrieved 10/15/26. Not a promise of your drive time.
I've had my oil changed here twice now. Nothing bad to say about this place. The employee who has helped me both times is a super nice and helpful guy.
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Any full-service oil change, conventional, synthetic blend or full synthetic, with the multi-point maintenance check.
Most vehicles. Up to 5 quarts; extra oil and special filters may add to the price. Present this coupon on your phone or printed before service begins. One coupon per vehicle per visit. Cannot be combined with other discounts or promotions for the same service.
Nevada emissions test while you wait at our Reno service centers.
Test fee only; the Nevada DMV certificate fee is set by the state. Present this coupon on your phone or printed before service begins. One coupon per vehicle per visit. Cannot be combined with other discounts or promotions for the same service.
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Not necessarily. A test tells you whether it only needs a charge or whether it has lost capacity.
Usually on a sticker on top or a code stamped into the case. We can help read it during the check.
About 10 minutes west on North McCarran to Mae Anne Avenue (OSRM).
No. Drive in Monday through Saturday during open hours.
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