A dead car battery happens to almost everyone at some point. According to the American Automobile Association, the common causes include corrosion build up, extreme heat or cold, too many accessories ...

So you’ve dug into your garage, thrown away the stacks of outdated automotive magazines, found the dusty carcass of your old car, and decided it’s time to revive your baby? An excellent thought as now ...

One of the most useful tools for your safety and peace of mind while driving a vehicle is a portable jump starter. It wasn’t that far in the past that if you went to start your car and found the ...

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 ...

Loose or corroded battery terminals restrict electrical power from reaching the rest of the vehicle, making it difficult to start even with a jump. Remove the cables from the terminals and clean them ...

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 ...

A car not starting often instigates the five stages of grief. There’s denial, “No, no, no, start!” Then anger, “CURSE YOU, YOU CLUNKER!” Bargaining, “Please start, please, please, please, start?!” ...

Ability of the Jump Pack to start a weak and dead battery at warmer temperatures of approximately 70 deg. F. A weak battery is when the headlights will come on and the engines starter motor will click ...

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Consumer Reports no longer updates this product category and maintains it for archival purposes only. It used to be that a set of jumper cables (and an obliging fellow motorist) or a call for roadside ...