How To Jump Start A Car With Cables?

Park both vehicles close enough for the cables to reach, but do not let them touch

Turn off both vehicles

Put both vehicles in park or neutral and set the parking brakes

Open both hoods and locate the batteries

Identify the positive terminal marked with a plus sign

Identify the negative terminal marked with a minus sign or grounded metal point

Connect one red clamp to the dead battery positive terminal

Connect the other red clamp to the good battery positive terminal

Connect one black clamp to the good battery negative terminal

Connect the other black clamp to an unpainted metal ground on the dead car

Start the working vehicle and let it run for a few minutes

Try starting the dead vehicle

If it starts, keep it running

Remove the cables in reverse order

Let the jumped vehicle run for at least 15 to 30 minutes

If the car does not start, wait a few minutes and try again

If it still does not start, check the battery and connections

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