Jump Starting Your Car

Without Jumper Cables

For Cars With a Standard
Transmission
1. Find a stretch of downhill
road (ensuring there is no
other traffic) Jump Starting Your
2. Fully push on the clutch and Car 101
put the car in first gear
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3. Turn the ignition on
4. Take your foot off the brake
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7. If no hill is available, you can
have some friends push your
car and follow the steps
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Jump Starting Your Vehicle
Jump Starting Your Car With
Jumper Cables
1. If at any point you don’t feel
comfortable jumping your battery you
may call a tow truck for help.
2. Identify what was drawing a charge
from your battery and shut the
component off
3. Call someone to come jump your
battery
4. Make sure the vehicles are lined up
properly so you aren’t over stretching
the jumper cables
5. Make sure the vehicle that is dead has
the keys turned off so that the battery
won’t be drawing a charge.
6. Attach the positive clamp (red) cable to
the positive post of your battery
7. Attach the negative clamp (black) cable
to the positive post of your battery
8. Attach the positive (red) cable to the
positive (red) post of the car that is
running.
9. Attach the other negative cable to a Precautions To
piece of metal under the hood of the Jump Starting Your Car
car that is running (bolt, frame etc.) ,
not to the battery post because that
will draw an arc. 1. Use eye protection
10. Let the battery charge for 20-30 2. Do not let cars touch each other
seconds.
11. Try and start the dead car. 3. Do not smoke
12. If the car doesn’t start then let the 4. Do not jump start car while
battery charge a little longer.
refueling
13. If the car does start then you may
remove the cables 5. Keep away all metal tools
14. Remove negative cable from the car
that was used to jump your own
6. If the battery appears to be
15. Remove positive cable from the post damaged (cracked or frozen) do
of the car that jumped yours not jump start the car
16. Remove negative cable from your
car 7. Ensure there are no open flames
17. Remove positive cable from your car 8. Make sure the terminals are
18. Let your car run for 30-40 minutes to
allow the alternator to recharge your clean
battery. 9. Ensure the jumper cables are not
19. Drive to a garage shop to have you
touching
battery checked.
10. Drive the car for 30-40 minutes
after jump starting the car to
recharge the battery
Proper order to connect cables (1-4)
Car A is the live battery
Car B is the dead battery