Jump start service in San Jose, CA
Sedan or semi,
we come to jump it.
If it quit at a curb or in a truck yard in San Jose, a technician drives to the vehicle, checks the battery and jump starts it there.
SOS Roadside Service sends a technician to jump start your car in San Jose, at the curb or in a parking lot. The technician checks the battery first, then jump starts the vehicle and reads how it starts, from passenger cars and SUVs to work vans and semi-trucks.
Average response time of about 18 minutes.
The job
Same method on a sedan or a sleeper cab
We jump passenger cars and SUVs, work vans, and commercial vehicles up to semi-trucks. Electric cars are included when they need roadside help. On the call, tell us which kind of vehicle it is, plus the year, make and model, so we know what’s waiting.
Nothing gets clamped on until we’ve looked the battery over. After that comes the jump, and how the engine starts is a clue. A drained battery may only need the boost. When it isn’t that simple, the cause could be the battery, the alternator or another electrical problem, and you’re told which it looks like.
Sometimes a jump isn’t the answer. One customer called from the side of a freeway after running out of gas, and the car’s electrical had gone out too. When the jump didn’t work, we worked out what was wrong and fixed it there. If the battery is what’s finished, the recommended matching replacement can go in at the vehicle.
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San Jose
From a truck yard to a station lot
A sleeper cab that won’t turn over in a yard and a sedan that clicks in the Westfield Oakridge lot get the same visit: we drive to the vehicle and do the jump where it sits. Station lots count too, like Berryessa/North San José or San Jose Diridon, if the car sat all day while you rode the train.
If the battery quit while you were in a lane on 101, 280, 680, 880 or 87, call 911 first if anyone is in danger. Hazard lights may not work on a dead battery, so keep your seatbelt on unless you can get out safely, away from traffic. Then call us with the freeway number, which way you were going and the last sign you read.
Telling us where you are
- Truck yard‘White sleeper cab in the yard at [address], cab facing the gate, driver at the truck.’ Add how to get through the gate.
- Station lot‘Berryessa/North San José station, [level or row], near [what you can see], blue Civic.’ Say which side of the station you parked on.
- Mall lot‘Westfield Oakridge, the lot by [entrance or store], row [number], gray Highlander.’ Naming the nearest entrance helps more than describing the lot.
Verified Google reviews
“I ran out of gas and upon being stuck on the side of the freeway my electrical went out and had no idea what to do … he figured out how to fix the car when it wasn’t able to jump …”
Angela AttardDecember 2024
Straight answers
Before you call.
My battery just died in San Jose. Who can come jump start my car?
A technician from SOS Roadside Service meets the car in San Jose, wherever it stopped, inspects the battery, jump starts it and watches the result. Call (650) 898-3789 between 7:00am and 8:00pm, seven days a week.
I left my car at a train station lot all day and it won’t start. Can you come?
Yes. Station lots count, like Berryessa/North San José or San Jose Diridon. Leave the car where it is, give us the station and the level or row, and we come to it and do the jump there.
How much does a jump start cost in San Jose?
The cost depends on the job, so ask when you call. What you pay for with the service call is the trip out and the diagnosis. If the jump shows the battery is finished and you want it replaced, the new battery is extra.
A real person answers during our hours. After 8:00pm, leave a voicemail and we call you back first thing in the morning.