"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A dead car battery can happen to anyone. It can happen to you, too, if you forget to turn off your ...

Q: I appreciated your caution on connecting the negative to a grounding point when using jumper cables. A self-proclaimed family “expert” stated it is safe to connect it to the battery as long as you ...

Turning your keys in the ignition, only to realize your car battery died is an irritation most people experience at one time or another. This can happen because the headlights were left on, extreme ...

If your car battery is dead, you can jump start it with jumper cables and a second working vehicle. First, correctly identify the battery terminals and then, connect jumper cables in the right order.

You can jump-start a dead car battery by using jumper cables to connect its terminals to the terminals of a functioning car battery or a standalone jump starter kit. However, if you don’t know how to ...

These days, it’s likely your car is sitting parked for an extended period of time and not being driven. That means there’s a good chance that when you do go to fire it up, the battery’s dead and the ...