Questions tagged [jump-start]
The process of using a charged battery from a functional vehicle to start a vehicle, usually one with a battery too drained to turn the engine.
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Should a 2004 Mazda 3 run after jumping when battery has a dead cell?
I have a 2004 Mazda 3. It got a new battery just over 2 years ago. About 8 months ago, the alternator died and I had that replaced and everything seemed fine in the months since then, including as ...
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Car runs for only 5 seconds after a jump start
I have a 2002 Ford focus and it keeps dying.
When I jump it I can drive it for 5 sec and then shut down and I'm wondering if my radio has something to do with it because I have to twist my red and ...
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Can a lithium-ion battery really start a truck?
There are some compact lithium-ion powered devices on the market that claim that they can start cars and trucks. Youtube is full of videos with reviews and people actually starting cars with them. And ...
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Can you pushstart a hybrid / fully electric car?
I'm fairly new to mechanics and was wondering:
Let's say you have a hybrid car and the battery is dead.
Can you pushstart this vehicle?
The same question goes for a fully electric car, however I'm ...
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Can running a vehicle with a dead alternator solely off a jump battery pack cause damage to the vehicle's battery?
I'm a service employee for a highway assistance program. I came across a vehicle where the alternator had failed, and the vehicle drew all available power from the onboard battery, causing the ...
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Can I use a Jump Starter Battery Pack to directly power LED spotlights on a motorbike?
The battery on my 125cc motorbike isn't powerful enough for any extras. Can I use a jump starter power bank and wire some extra LED lights directly to it as you would to the main battery?
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Jump starter cable wiring
I have a 1986 Defender, ex-military. These have a so-called "inspection socket" (that's the name on the wiring diagram), which I believe are meant for jump starting. They have heavy gauge wires, and I ...
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Why did a failed jumpstart work?
Sorry if this question is long, I am trying to include all the details in case that helps.
My 2008 Honda Civic would not start after I had changed the brakes (left the trunk open and a door cracked so ...
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Safe voltages for jump starting
For various reasons, I keep several very large four cell lithium-polymer batteries in my vehicle. Each of these batteries is rated for over 100 amps of constant current, with 10 second burst ratings ...
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Jumpstarting a vehicle with no charge time
Recently, I came across someone needing a jumpstart who asked me to help them. I agreed to help and went about starting to jump their car. I don't know a lot about cars, but I know the basic steps to ...
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Jump start car battery
I connected the jump leads red to the two positives and the black cable from flat negative to a metal earth point on the charged battery car.
Only figuring out the black should be the other way round,...
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Car will not start while trying to jump start, just clicks
I have a 2012 Jeep Liberty with about 100,000 miles on it. When I went out to it this morning to turn it on all the lights turned on for a second then went off. After that nothing electrical in the ...
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Does different voltage jump starter make a difference?
I want to get a jump starter power-bank for my car.
There are two types, one with 15v and the other with 12v both 10000mAh.
Does the difference of voltage make difference?
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What are the risks of jump-starting a modern car?
I'm aware of the general risks, i.e. igniting hydrogen gas with a spark, and accidentally hooking up the leads backwards. But I have been reading conflicting information about whether one should even ...
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Jumping a bad battery?
What would cause the negative side of jumper cables to get so hot the rubber sloths off when charging a deep cell battery off your car?
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Using an Anderson plug to jump start a vehicle
So I want to buy an Anderson plug to install on my car in case I need to give someone a jump. Some of them say 300 amps and some say they are 50. The confusion is tow trucks have these. If cars and ...
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Why is it difficult to start Hyundais? [closed]
I heard from a friend that has a Hyundai that it is difficult to jump start them.
She said the guy had to use two battery packs, one the normal handheld one, and another that was much larger.
Why is ...
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Damage during jumpstart
I used my vehicle jump start another vehicle,the other vehicle started then died out, not cables remained on both vehicles for about 20 minutes before realizing the other vehicle died. Now my vehicle ...
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Can hooking up jumper cables incorrectly cause one to have to replace the throttle body?
Can hooking up jumper cables incorrectly cause one to have to replace the throttlebody?
I own a 2007 Toyota Camry XLe (6-cylinder) and accidentally hooked battery cables up to the wrong post. The ...
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Can I jump start one car with two other cars in parallel?
If I'm in a pinch, and I have a small car that can't put out enough cranking amps to start a bigger one, could I connect two cars in parallel to start the bigger one?
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Jump starting when boot is locked Volvo bifuel v70
I can't jump start my Volvo V70 as my boot is locked.I have been told that I can jumpstart it on the engine ,but where? Battery is in the boot..it's a bifuel estate.
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Battery at 12V but car still not starting
My car is not starting up. I have checked the following, what else could I check?
Measured the Battery Voltage and it is at 12V
Tried to jump start the car from another car and also a battery jump ...
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Bang & small flames when I tried to jump start, now nothing
I tried to jump start my car (a 2006 Ford Focus, 1,600 cc) and there was a bang and small flames.
Now, nothing happens when I try to start the car. Can anyone tell me what could have happened?
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Why do cars die after removing jumper cables?
I work at an auction site where we have to move cars from one spot to another. Often, we get a car with a dead battery that we have to jump.
I've noticed that if the jumper cables are removed a ...
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Isuzu KB won't Start after an Hour
I parked my Isuzu KB Fleetside diesel bakkie (truck). An hour later, I tried to start it, but the engine wouldn't start.
It turns on, but the starter does not crank. The lights turn on, but the ...
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2005 VW Golf 1.4 will not start, has new battery
2005 VW Golf 1.4 5-door hatchback manual.
I keep having to get my car jump started everyday after only a few hours of being parked.
When I turn the key, it just does a "click, click, click" noise ...
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Car wont start unless I use jumper cables but battery is fine
2002 Acura RSX. Battery is fine all lights come on in car. Car will even almost start just missing that last step. I am only able to overcome the last step when I use jumper cables.
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Idle doesn't hold on 2006 Toyota pick up truck after giving a jump, actually failing to give a jump.
We have a 2006 toyota pick up truck and a 2000 mustang with a dead battery. Cable's have been Properly connected. 1, I can get no current flow, no jump from the toyota, yet it starts the pick up ...
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Are there some kinds of modern car, which cannot be bump-started?
Over the weekend I had a situation where a 2010 VW Golf Diesel had a flat battery. I had a nice long but gentle hill to let it roll down, so I attempted a bump start, which didn't work.
When starting ...
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Starting a diesel tractor
I have a diesel tractor with a generator. After sitting for a long period the battery was low so I used a portable jumper battery but mistakenly hooked up the cables in reverse. This caused smoke to ...
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Why is gas around a car battery only at risk of ignition from jumper cables?
As pointed out in Jump starting a dead battery: Connect black wire to negative pole of battery or grounded metal?, you connect the black jumper cable to the dead car's chassis to avoid sparks made ...
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When jump starting a car why not hook up the negative on the donor car last? [duplicate]
I understand the safety concerns leading to grounding to the frame or engine for the car with a dead battery. From what I've read the dead battery is the one with a chance of venting hydrogen, but ...
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Dodge Charger with Excalibur AL-1510-EDP security not starting with regular key
I own a Dodge Charger which is equipped with Excalibur AL-1510-EDP security system.
My car battery went dead couple of days back and when I jump started it, it stopped working with my regular key. ...
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Hyundai XG350 - Positive or Negative Ground Battery?
I have a 2002 Hyundai XG350, and all of the wires from the battery run out of sight before connecting to the chassis. There is only one wire coming off of the negative, and a number of different ...
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How can I jump the solenoid in a starter?
My friend and I recently tried to investigate why his dad's '98 Pajero wasn't starting after heavy rains.
After establishing that the starter relay was fine, I was hoping that tapping the starter ...
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Can I use any portable powerbank to jump start a car
Say I have some ordinary portable powerbanks I use for my smartphone, I wonder if all of them are able to jump start a car with flat battery as long as I have a correct connector (e.g. clamp).
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What is the safest way to jumpstart a car surrounded by snow, ice and water? Can I get electrocuted?
All of the water and snow in the coming days can make jumpstarting a car pretty unnerving. With all the electricity in car batteries and jumper cables laying in snow and water, what are the concerns?
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Chevy Cobalt key stuck in ignition, battery dead
I've got Chevy Cobalt 2007 with key stuck in ignition and dead battery. The battery is located in the trunk.
The trunk could be opened either using the button (oh no, cannot do that because the ...
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2005 4 cyl Ford Escape
My daughter's 17 and pretty smart.
Her Escape wouldn't turn over this morning, sounded like she just needed to jump it. She's never done it before, I'm at work, so I told her to get her friend and ...
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When jump-starting a car, won't there be a huge back current into the dead battery?
So imagine I have car D with the dead battery and car G with the good battery. Initially, both cars are turned off. I hook up car G to car D in the proper order. Before I start either car, won't ...
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Motorcycle Starting Issue - no longer starting after attempting to jump with a car battery
I tried jump start my bike with my car battery because the motorcycle battery was really low and would not start. I mistakenly touched both ends of the jump leads together and cause a big spark, ...
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Where is positive and negative terminals under hood of 2006 Volvo S60?
I need to jump start a 2008 Ford Focus and I am using my wife's 2006 S60 Volvo. This Volvo has the battery in the trunk and the owner's manual says not to use that for jump starts. Instead, it ...
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2 Volts on Car Battery
My car battery has gone completely flat after leaving my car parked up for about a month. Tried turning over the car today, and none of the lights on the dash light up.
Ran a multimeter across the ...
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Can a conventional car be used to charge an electric car?
A friend who drives a Leaf recently came very close to running out of charge, which prompted another friend to ask if it was possible to "jumpstart" a Leaf from another car. Obviously you couldn't do ...
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Can I jumpstart a non-hybrid car from a hybrid or full electric car?
This morning I had starter battery troubles with my 2001 VW Eurovan. As it happened, my father-in-law arrived just at the right time in his fancy new Toyota Camry hybrid. So we opened the hoods, dug ...
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Starting using a deep-cycle battery
This weekend, during a camping trip, the starter battery on my 2001 VW Eurovan camper started to show signs of weakness - cranking was much slower than usual and took about 5 attempts to get the ...
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Portable jumpstart kits: why aren't regular car batteries this small?
I was looking at the details of this jumpstart product:
It claims to be 2 lbs and 14.2 x 12 x 3.5 inches, which I think is for the outer black canvas case, so I would guess the actual device is less ...
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Jumping car with too many amps?
Is it bad to jump your car with too many amps (i.e., with a 1000 amp jumper vs. a 400 amp jumper)? Or does the car regulate how many amps it will take?
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1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee battery issues
Nearing 200,000 miles on this car, so it's beginning to have issues here and there. The most recent being that it dies when not being driven. This car was driven on a daily basis until I went to ...
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Why should I connect the red/positive terminal first when jump starting?
So, it's fairly popular consensus online that it's red/positive clips to the positive/red posts, then the black/negative clip to the frame
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