Along with seeing a police car\u2019s flashing lights in your mirror, there\u2019s nothing worse than discovering you\u2019re late to work\u2026 and your car won\u2019t start. Maybe you left your lights on or just haven\u2019t driven your car for quite a while. If your problem is a dead battery, jump-starting your car should get you on your way.<\/p>\n
Caution: Jump-starting a car can cause serious injury if you are not careful. According to the Sight and Hearing Association, \u201ceach year nearly 6,000 motorists suffer serious eye injuries, or even blindness, because of improperly jump-starting a dead vehicle battery. Be aware \u2013 all vehicle batteries contain sulfuric acid and produce hydrogen and oxygen gases. If the hydrogen gas comes into contact with a spark, the battery can explode.\u201d If you are unsure of what you are doing at any point, do NOT attempt to jump-start your car. Call your roadside towing service for help \u2013 you may already have this coverage with your car insurance<\/a>.<\/p>\n For your safety, please read your owner’s manual. Some auto manufacturers do not allow jump-starts, and many carmakers specify methods of jump-starting their cars, such as a different sequence of attaching or removing jumper cables.<\/p>\n IMPORTANT TIPS:<\/strong><\/p>\n Jumpstarting by the numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Turn off the ignition, all lights and accessories in both vehicles to minimize sparks when hooking up jumper cables. a.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Disconnect the black (negative) cable connected to the dead car’s engine. 10.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0If the dead car’s engine doesn\u2019t crank, wait for two or three minutes and try again. Now\u2019s a good time to check your auto insurance coverage and see if you\u2019ve got towing coverage.<\/p>\n Have you ever had problems jumpstarting your car? Feel free to share your thoughts in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Along with seeing a police car\u2019s flashing lights in your mirror, there\u2019s nothing worse than discovering you\u2019re late to work\u2026 and your car won\u2019t start. Maybe you left your lights on or just haven\u2019t driven your car for quite a while. If your problem is a dead battery, jump-starting your car should get you on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[695],"tags":[188,248],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\n2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Remove any terminal covers and corrosion.
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Attach the positive (red) jumper cable to the positive (red) terminal of the dead battery. Make sure that both metal clamps are firmly in contact with the terminal.
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Attach the other end of the positive (red) jumper cable to the positive (red) terminal of the good battery.
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Attach the negative (black) jumper cable to the negative (black) terminal of the good battery Attach the remaining end of the negative (black) jumper cable to an exposed unpainted metal part of the dead vehicle’s engine, away from the battery.
\n6.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Start the assisting car\u2019s engine.
\n7.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Start the dead car\u2019s engine.
\n8.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Allow both vehicles to run connected for about three minutes.
\n9.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0While leaving the jumpstarted vehicle running, disconnect the cables in the reverse order that they were attached.<\/p>\n
\nb.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Disconnect the black (negative) cable from the negative terminal of the good car’s battery.
\nc.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Disconnect the red (positive) cable from the positive terminal of the good car’s battery.
\nd.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Disconnect the red (positive) cable from the positive terminal of the dead car’s battery<\/p>\n
\n11.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0If it still doesn\u2019t crank, you probably have a bad connection somewhere. Turn off the engine of the good car.
\n12.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Disconnect the negative clamp on the dead car\u2019s engine to prevent sparks near the battery, then wiggle the other three clamps to be sure they\u2019re making good contact with the battery terminals. Reconnect the fourth clamp.
\n13.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0If the car still doesn\u2019t start after checking the connections, it\u02bcs time to call a tow truck.<\/p>\n