TYLER, Texas (KETK) – During the bitterly cold winter days, most people know to check their tires for air and make sure they have plenty of gas, but did what some people may not know is that car batteries are also at risk during freezing temperatures.
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AAA said their top calls during Thursday’s storm were from dead batteries caused by the cold weather. If a battery is two to three years old, it’s common to have issues in extremely hot or extremely cold weather. Once a battery starts to get old and lose its effectiveness it doesn’t take a charge as well as a new battery would.
Some newer cars have a feature where you can check your battery life yourself. 12.6 volts or above is considered healthy and fully charged.