How To Jump Start?

Park the donor vehicle close enough for the jumper cables to reach, but do not let the vehicles touch

Turn off both vehicles and remove the keys

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 and the negative terminal marked with a minus sign

Attach one red clamp to the dead battery positive terminal

Attach the other red clamp to the donor battery positive terminal

Attach one black clamp to the donor battery negative terminal

Attach the other black clamp to an unpainted metal ground on the dead vehicle away from the battery

Start the donor 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 revived vehicle run for at least 20 minutes

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

If it still does not start, seek roadside assistance or a mechanic

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