Interstate All Battery Center

Marcos was super helpful and replaced my girlfriends battery within 10 minutes. Thank you! You saved her from a possible nightmare! Great service and very friendly!

Overall the people at interstate are nice and friendly, but he did not tell me they would charge $ 15 to swap out my battery. Had I known, I would have installed it myself or gone to one of the shops where they install for free.
I went to interstate as the dealership killed my battery and wanted to charge me $ 150 to replace it. The gentleman that assisted me at interstate was very friendly and was quick to check my battery and realized it was 5 years old and needed to be replaced. I went ahead and removed the cover and all the liners surrounding my battery. I had called prior to coming and someone else told me a new battery for my car would be $ 115 and I asked the guy helping me if this was accurate. He stated that it was and proceeded to remove the two bolts holding the battery and lift the old one out and insert the new one. After doing so, I went ahead and replaced all the liner and cover over the battery and went inside. Upon ringing me up, he charged me the installation fee of $ 15 even though he never once mentioned the charge nor brought it up when I asked about the cost of a new battery. I told him I was unaware of this charge and if I had known I would have just done it myself. He apologized but didn’t offer to remove it.

It was not a good experience…
My wife’s Interstate car battery failed after 10 months. I called and they said that a free of charge battery would be provided under warranty. Before going over the next morning, I did an internet check to see the age of my battery. They stated where to look for the month/​year of manufacture on the battery. The man on the phone said that a receipt wasn’t necessary for the replacement guarantee. When we arrived, the attendant checked to make sure the battery was bad, and said that it was. After going inside for a moment or 2, he came back and told me that the battery was out of warranty and they could only offer a pro-​rated price on a new one. NOTE: Nothing on the battery was checked to look for a mfr. date.
I was told it was around $ 54 for a replacement and $ 15 to install. I balked at this, and my wife produced a receipt showing that the battery was 10 months old. They honored the warranty.
It seems like a «scam» practice to me. If we hadn’t had a receipt… or didn’t know where to look for the battery life code, I would have probably paid the money.
Not good.
All I can say is… Do your research before going here… or choose somewhere else to buy or warranty your battery.
Oh, and the attendant said that he would assure that the radio code wouldn’t have to be reset when the battery was changed… well, that was messed up too. I’ll have to dig around for the code to the radio to get it to work again.

Had to get a new battery, Derek & Marko took good care of me. Derek installed the battery for me and he even shown me how to check a few things. Great service from these guys

I originally bought batteries from a towing company. The towing company sold and installed the incorrect batteries for my diesel truck. However, they were unwilling to correct their error. Frustrated, I called Interstate Battery customer service to complain about the situation, but I didn’t think they would be able to do much for me. They however offered to replace the batteries and charge me the difference between the cost of the incorrect and correct batteries. Nice to know that customer service still exists.

Kevin went above and beyond customer service… wow…

I needed a battery replacement and the shop was closing in 15 mins. Thankfully it was nearby my office, so i took off and made it just under the wire. They had the battery all ready to go. I even got a nice company discount and while I paid, another gentleman went out to install it. I was in and out within 10 mins (maybe even less). As I drove off, my car felt really nice. I guess that’s what a good battery will do. My company’s garage deals with Interstate Battery for all their vehicles, so I know they are dependable. I’m so glad I found this place!

The date code on that blue top optima was grinded off also the barcode was removed why that is I don’t know .so there’s no way of knowing how old it is. If you have your receipt it will be replaced.

I purchased a Optima battery Bluetop which is the most expensive of all the optima batteries and it’s supposed to be the best according to their driver I move from Redtop to Yellowtop and then to Bluetop and all of them are garbage which are more then $ 300 batteries it went bad with in a year and a half had interstate check it out for me they confirmed that it’s bad but they cannot find the date on the battery so they won’t warranty that’s sad so not only do I have to worry about garbage battery but then have to worry about them putting a stamp date on it too The real sad thing is I work at a dealership they deliver batteries so i have the warranty battery too we know how the system work we know how to check A battery out it took them a week to check it out a battery to see if it’s good or bad and to figure out if a date is on it that’s like a you as a customer drop your car off to get your battery checked out at our dealer I’ll take roughly a week to check it out and then will tell you that your batteries no good but there’s no date on it so I can’t warranty SAD !!!

Best batteries in San Diego, Best service in San Diego, Best warranty in San Diego. Interstate batteries rock!

Thanks 4 the great help from Mike on getting the right car battery.
I did my own install but was very happy with the cool people — great service.

Great place to get a battery. First one lasted a long time so i decided to repeat. Fernando was very helpful in selling me a new battery and Prorated the old one. He also instructed me on how to change the battery and common pitfalls. I recommend them.

Great customer service from Josh. Had a bad battery and sent me to the nearest shop to get it replaced all over the phone. You can tell customer service is their #1 goal.

Great place to get a car battery. I was in and out installed in less than 15 minutes.

The 2^nd rebuilt battery failed after 1 year.

This is a glowing review for their customer service. I don’t have enough experience with their batteries to make a statement about the product, but I can say that when I came in to get a car battery replaced that was still under warranty, I was greeted with a friendly smile and quick service. Although I had an Interstate battery installed at a 3^rd party vendor/​shop, within 15 minutes at Interstate my battery was checked, a pro-​rated price for a new one was given to me without question, and new one was installed. A mechanic quoted me a jaw-​dropping $ 50 in labor just to replace a battery that had no terminal corrosion or anything difficult about it (as evidenced by the mere 5 minutes it took for the technician at Interstate to replace it). Installation cost at Interstate is a LOT more reasonable.
I was out of there without any hassle whatsoever and my car starts again like a charm. I will definitely be back there based on the service I received.

Great place to get batteries. everyone here is always helpful and easy to get in and out. no waiting to BS. Interstate is a great brand and battery name to trust! I positively recommend getting your batteries from here. Car, Boat… spare small batteries.

When you come across an example of a great name brand with customer service to boot, you need to spread the word right away. Woke up this morning and my battery did not start — bummer!!! The battery that died was an Interstate brand and I happen to live close to their main distribution/​retail location in Miramar. Fernando «Ferny» Jimenez was the retail assistant. He checked my dead battery and found that some of the cells were dead. He prorated the new battery and gave me tips on keeping the battery and connections running their best. It’s not often when you come across a sincere customer service assistant that is actually treating you the way he or she would want to be treated. If you want a top quality battery and expect to be treated the way customers should be, ask for «Ferny» at Interstate off of Cabot Dr. off of Miramar road. You won’t be disappointed!

I had an interstate battery from about 3 – 4 years ago, and I was trying to look for the receipt when I bought it for the warranty. Of course, I found every oil change receipt but no battery one! When I finally got someone to jump start my car and drove here, without asking the guy checked the date on there and automatically gave me the prorate on the new battery. Every person I’ve dealt with, on the phone or in person, was very courteous and had great customer service. Didn’t charge me for installation (or maybe it’s in the price, but it was a good deal anyway), and I was on my way in about 25 minutes. The only thing is that there is no seat in the store so I sat in my passenger seat reading on my ipad that whole time. Well, it’s a nice SD day, so it feels more like a plus than a minus~

I had been meaning to replace the battery in my wife’s ride for months and these guys are right down the street from my work. I keep telling her it was good practice whenever she was forced to pop-​start:)
The pricing was competitive when compared with other local auto parts stores, and they even offered me a discounted «blem» battery at a very low rate when I got there. The service was great and they had plenty of tools for a quick change-​out in the parking lot. Thank you Interstate battery!