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Semi Truck Jump Start in Michigan

The All Roadside Assistance answer: A semi truck usually needs more power than a car to start. Call a mobile truck mechanic or road service that carries a heavy duty jump pack or can replace batteries at the truck.

Across Michigan, the directory lists 117 providers with a phone number of the kinds that take calls for a semi truck that needs a jump start: mobile truck mechanics and providers that mention batteries or jump starts. 70 list 24/7 service and 116 are mobile services. Pick the town closest to the truck.

Towns in Michigan

TownProviders in rangeList 24/7
Farmington Hills3927
Livonia3624
Warren3522
Detroit3221
Taylor3222
Ann Arbor1913
Grand Rapids189
Flint1310
Lansing119
Kalamazoo42

Where the providers are

Towns with the most of these providers: Detroit (5), Warren (4), Flint (4), Romulus (3), Portland (3), Saginaw (3), Kalamazoo (3), Lansing (3), Byron Center (2), Waterford (2), Woodhaven (2), Wyoming (2), Coldwater (2), Ann Arbor (2), Grand Rapids (2). Interstates with these providers within 5 miles: I-75 (34), I-94 (30), I-96 (24), I-69 (15).

Providers in Detroit

First steps

  1. Turn off lights, the inverter and anything else that draws power.
  2. Check the battery cables for loose or corroded ends if you can do it safely.
  3. Note whether the starter clicks, grinds or does nothing.
  4. Ask whether the provider can test and replace batteries if a jump does not hold.

What to tell the provider

The truck make and model, how many batteries it has if you know, what happens when you turn the key, and your exact location.

Why it happens

Most semi trucks run on a bank of batteries. One weak battery can drag the rest down. A jump gets the truck going, but if the batteries or the alternator are failing it will happen again. A mobile mechanic can test the charging system at the truck.

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