Jump Start Car Did Not Work
.There is a certain overwhelming feeling of dread when you get into your car, put in your keys and start the ignition only to hear it rev and die. You try again, pushing it a little harder, giving it some reassurance, “Come on, little car, come on! Don’t do this to me now!”Chances are, your battery is dead. Did you leave a light on?
There could be several reasons why your battery won't jump start and they all don't necessarily have to do with the battery. But let's start with the starting battery,.
Was a door ajar overnight? Did that cold weather affect your battery? Whatever it was, you need to focus on how to jump start your car so you can get going.Don’t get caught in a situation where you don’t know how to jump start a car. We’ll provide you the information you need to give your car a jolt and move on with your day. Find Your Source of ElectricityFirst, you want to make sure you actually have jumper cables stashed in your car because for all you know, someone else might not. There are two cables: one red, one black. The red is for positive and the black for negative.
Then find someone with a car that can help you with the jump. If there is nobody around, keeping a portable car battery charger around is a lifesaver. Setting Up for a JumpHave the person pull up by your car so that you can easily connect the jumper cables to each one without having the cars touch. Turn off both engines, it’s incredibly important that both cars are off to avoid any electrical injuries. Pop open the hoods and locate the batteries. It is a rectangular box with a red cap over it. The red cap has a plus (+) sign on it.Inspect the batteries first for any leaks or cracks, if there are, call a tow truck instead as things could get dangerous.
Battery problems can strike without warning—the unsuspecting owner fearing that something terrible happened to their vehicle overnight and now it won't start at all. More often than not though, the vehicle is completely fine other than a battery that's acting up.Car batteries are probably the most volatile component in the car, and it doesn't take much for them to go bad. They only have a shelf life of a few years, and they'll die quicker because of things like disuse, corrosion, and faulty connections.It takes a very large amount of power to turn over an engine and start a car. The batteries are designed to give a big push of power and voltage for a short period of time.If you're not sure what your problem is though, make sure you read through all of the possible problems, and go to my other articles on solenoid problems and alternator problems to make sure you can rule those out too.
There are two ports or posts that stick up from your battery, the negatively charged post and the positively charged post. There are cables that attach to each of these posts that run from your battery to your starter.Sometimes the screws or bolts that connect the ports to the cables can become loose and the connection breaks.
When this happens your car won't start at all. It will be completely dead because no power will be going from your battery to your starter.So if you're trying to start your car and absolutely nothing is happening, check your connections. This problem can also be indicative of solenoid problems. Corrosion is another thing that can cause a bad connection to pop up.
The same two ports mentioned earlier that can develop a loose connection can also develop a corroded connection.As corrosion develops on the ports, the connection consistently grows weaker. There is less metal to metal contact and therefore it becomes harder for power to transfer from the battery to the starter.If you're having battery problems, check your ports to see if they're corroded. If they are, you might think about cleaning them. Here's a good explanation and directions for how to clean battery posts. If you've let your car sit idle for awhile without using it, usually at least two weeks or more, then your battery might have lost enough power that it can no longer start your engine.After a battery starts a car, the alternator takes over and powers the electrical systems of the car and also recharges the battery, which we'll talk about next. As long as the car is being run fairly often the battery can be continuously recharged and ready for use.But if the car isn't being run often, the battery will slowly drain over time and soon won't have enough juice to send the necessary voltage to the starter. Battery problems can quickly arise from alternator problems.
If your alternator is going bad, then it will no longer be able to charge your battery. You'll start your car, drive for awhile and your car will die.The battery won't restart the car and you'll be stuck. Like I mentioned in the above point, the alternator powers almost all of the electrical systems of the car once the car is started and it recharges the battery as well.So if your alternator is going bad, not only will your battery not recharge fully, but your car might die on you while driving because you aren't generating enough spark or other things in order to successfully run your vehicle. Car batteries are something you don't want to skimp on. They're like tires.
Sure you can buy cheap tires and drive them for awhile. But you'll be back in the shop before too long getting new ones because they're already worn out.I don't mind spending extra money for them because I hate battery problems.
Not only that, but I also travel quite a bit and hate coming home to a dead battery at the end of a week-long trip.A good one should cost you around $100. That's pretty expensive, I know, but will last you for a couple of years.If you're like me and really want to avoid problems as much as possible, then make sure you get a good quality battery and make sure that you keep your ports clean from corrosion and firmly connected. Hi Benji, our van battery keeps going dead when it sits without starting for 20 hours or more. If we turn off the engine then start it again straight away it starts first time no problem. It is only after some time that it goes dead.
A garage which i do not trust 100% (but currently lacking options) say they will have to fit a new alternator which seems strange to me - because the battery seems to charge fine and we have never had any electrical problems when driving. It seems like the battery is failing to hold its charge or something is draining it. What do you think?
Could it be the alternator? And thanks for the useful article. The port to my battery has been having issues.
Normally if my car wouldn't start I would just wiggle the port a little bit and it would start right up. I noticed that the positive port seemed loose and it looked like it was stripped so I bought a new one and put it in and got a jump, the car started but after letting it run awhile I turned it off and it won't start back up, dead, no power. So I'm curious could that mean I need a new battery? Could it mean that I still have a bad port connection, or could it mean that I need a new alternator? Someone please help me.
My car has been sitting almost a month due 2 this issue and I need my car but don't want 2 waste money on something I don't need. I have a 2010 dodge charger SXT. My battery was fine and one day my radio started messing up and won't come on and then after a few months it was popping back on for the day and then back off for months. But the day it started that my battery started dying only in the mornings. Well, I bought a new battery and it was fine for about 2 weeks and then started dying only in the mornings again. And the weird part is the days my radio will pop on it won't be dead the next morning. PLEASE HELP I HAVE EVEN TOOK IT TO 2 SHOPS TO FIND OUT AND THEY DON'T KNOW EITHER.
Hi my fiance's 2008 chevy colorodo has problems with battery dying on him. The battery is just about a year old and we took it to the shop where we bought it and they told us everything is ok that it does not drive it enough. I never heard that leaving a car/truck for couple days not being driven can make the battery die. It happened twice on us and was told we need to get a battery tender. Has anyone else have or had this problem and why is it happening. No lights are on to indicate something is drawing juice when not running.
I have a 1984 Gmc C1500. I recently had work done on it. Had the distributor replaced. Ran into issues with the truck keeping a charge, so i replaced both the alternatoe and the battery. They both tested bad.
After replacing i would not have any issues until i would turn on the blower motor for heat/AC. The lights would dim if i would drive at night. I tried turning off the lights and blower motor to let it recharge while i let it run in driveway. Next morning truck would not start.
Any ideas on what would cause the alternator to not recharge, but keep a charge while driving. Tested alternator output and I am getting 13.7V to the battery.
Cannot Jump Start Car
My car failing to start since 3-4 days, called AA, they jump started the car, and confirmed battery is good. Again it happened next day, I called again AA, same story.
I directly drive into kwik fit (Mary hill road), they also told the same story. Next day,managed to reach another kwik fit near Pollokshaws Rd. They really spend sometime and checked everything. Recommended to replace starter motor.My doubt is how come the starter motor is working well when i am using jump starter to start from another car?. I've been having probs with my car lately. I was driving 40-45 mph and the radio went out and all my interior lights flickered and went out and my car died.
My mom and a friend tried to jump it off the next day and it melted the jumper cables. I have no power what so ever. I'm going to school at Lincoln Tech and brought the battery to my teacher. It was completely dead.
We charged it for 2 hours and put it on a d-tax. It was the battery was bad. Hooked up a carbon pile tester and it held a charge at 11.7v with a load. But when I tried to hook it back up in my car that night, it sparked really bad and I heard a clicking noise coming from the starter area. Last night, I was talking to my friend and decided to go check it.
It sparked a little bit when I put the negative cable on the battery, and there was no noise coming from the starter area this time. My dad doesn't know what to do and my teacher is kinda stumped. I've done everything they've suggested, but I still have no headlights or interior lights, with or without the key. Can you give me some advice on what to do?? Its driving me nuts. Its been a week since I've had my car and my mom is tired of taking me everywhere. Hi, after a fail in the alternator (2005 Opel Astra) I replaced it.
Since then, after my rides (5-6 km, home to work and back) when I'm parking using first and reverse gears, lights (only external lights, not internal) and radio turn off for less than a second and then turn on again (it happens 2 or 3 times every day, only with first or reverse gear, so at low rpm). I took the car to the garage where they had replaced the alternator, but they say the new alternator is ok and they don't know what s going on. Should be the new alternator in bad condition?.
Stephanie 16 minutes agoHi my name is stephanie and my problem stared when i left my lights on in 92 buick century only 80.000 miles friend gave me a jump. Was unable due to alarm system. Download dragon ball gt. He cut the alarm box. Then was unable to jump my car.
Ran fine for a couple of days. Try to start my car was having hard time turning over let go to try to restart lost all power. Had someone try to jump my car lights came on still would not turn over. Car sit for about an hour I try it by sure luck it turn over.
I have noticed when my heat is on it is draining my battary when i am driving. Please help not sure where to start.stephanie 11 minutes agoopps forgot AFTER I LEFT MY LIGHTS ON THERE WAS CLICKING NOISE CAMING FROM UNDER THE DASH ON DRIVER SIDE THAT'S WHY FRIEND THOUGHT IT WAS MY ALARM DRAINING MY BAttary. Hi my name is stephanie and my problem stared when i left my lights on in 92 buick century only 80.000 miles friend gave me a jump. Was unable due to alarm system. He cut the alarm box.
Then was unable to jump my car. Ran fine for a couple of days. Try to start my car was having hard time turning over let go to try to restart lost all power. Had someone try to jump my car lights came on still would not turn over. Car sit for about an hour I try it by sure luck it turn over. I have noticed when my heat is on it is draining my battary when i am driving. Please help not sure where to start.
My wife just got a new car battery put in less than a month ago. And she just drove it home from work which takes about an hour. And she stopped in the house for about ten minutes and when she tried to leave the car was completely dead. We have a jump starter but it will not start the car. The dome light sometimes goes on when i open the door but not for long. Theres no radio or clock and when the automatic doorlocks do not work.
I dont understand being that she was JUST driving it minutes ago. Not mentioned here is if a single cell has become defective and you attempt to start the engine you may hear a clunk from the starter solonoid but there is insufficiend current available to fully engage the solonoid or turn the starter itself.
To determine this condition you need to first check and see that your 12 Volt battery has at least 13,67 volts available. Less than that, it is defective. Then if that is correct, check each individual cell. You do that by removing the electrolyte fill caps, use a nails or screws to a voltage meter and one by one test each cell next to one another. If any individual cell varies by more than 25%, you have a bad battery.To Donna above me. A common problem on not starting is the electronics and pollution controls. You can bypass all that by connecting a wire from the hot terminal of your battery to the hot wire of your coil.
(usually a red wire, but can be black. Just remember the green one will always be ground (negative). My car gives problems on this about once a month.
Something in the steering column with the ignition switch. Just remember you will need to disconnect that wire to shut off your engine though. Old day known as Hot Wiring.Here I am a woman and yet I know more about cars and electronics than most any man. But then I also have a PhD in Physics. No, I am not a Rocket Scientist. I had about 150 Rocket Scientists working below me as Chief Metrologist and Program Director.One added thing. Beware that in jump starting another's car, you risk blowing the diodes in your car's alternator if theirs is bad.
Also, I knew of a case where a person was giving a jump start and told the man not to try to start until he was away from the battery. The guy disregarded and cranked as soon as he connected, the battery blew up and the man was permanently blinded from the acid. Not totally blinded, but his eyesight was damaged to the point he will never be allowed to drive again. Ad of course so many people are sue happy. The more you help someone, the more they expect.
Best way to jump start though is connect to the other and run your engine 5 or ten minutes, disconnect a lead and Have them attempt to start. I highly recommend you do NOT have your engine running when they attempt to start. You will have two alternators battling for command. And the weaker smaller one is certain to lose.
Lastly, do NOT hook up the black Negative cables to the batteries. Connect the reds, then clamb the blacks to a bare metal surface on the vehicle. Chrome bumpers work nice. But the engine block has many opportunities too. Well back to that exploding battery. You can be a bit distant from it, even often set the hood down for added protection.
My car was cutting out while driving. I had her checked over by a garage that couldn't find a fault and replaced battery. Left the garage and she cut out again. Turned round to go straight back but they told me they could do nothing with the car for over a week. So after a bit of internet hunting i came up with a CGR valve reading on the car. Got her to my friend who is mechanic. He blocked up the valve (which is legal) ran car through diagnostics and car has been great since.
So check if ur car has the CGR valve and get the update which tends to be between free and £70. Okay.I've no idea apparently. I have an 86 Ford truck which has had some issues and has not run for a while. I regularly go out and try to start it, just to make the engine parts move occasionally. We put a new starter on and I found a renewed interest in trying to get it started. The battery was dead, so I had it on a charger. While charging, I turned the key on listening for the fuel pump, then couldn't resist the stupid urge to crank it.
A moment later, the truck had no power anywhere.no interior lights or anything. Just wondering if there may be fuse, fusible link or maybe the starter relay that I blew up. I must has a wish to complicate things.
No, that doesn't sound like a solenoid problem. The solenoid helps primarily with the starting of the car, and won't let you start at all if it goes bad, even after a jump. It could be something simple like a completely dead battery.
If your battery won't take a charge at all, then the car will die on you pretty quick after you disconnect the cables.If it were me, I'd try jumping it again, but leave the other truck hooked up with the engine revving slightly for about 10-15 minutes after your car starts. Then see if it dies right away again on you. If so, then you might need to take your batter in to your local auto parts store and have them test it for you to see how good it is. So you're saying that you can start it after it has sat over night, but then after you drive it for awhile and then stop it, you can't start it up again later? If that's the case, then you're probably dealing with a failing alternator, and/or a dead battery. Your alternator is what recharges your battery once the car is running. If it's bad or going bad, you can lose power while driving and come to a halt.
If that hasn't happened yet, then you might just be dealing with a failing battery that sometimes works and other times can't hold a charge. Hi there i am having issues with starting my car, firstly i get click start and car doesn't fire up, then after a few attempts it usually fires into life, but on the occasions it doesn't i try putting jumper cables( all fitted correctly) and it seams as though the battery is arking causing the doner vehicle to die and huge weld like sparks come from connection to dud battery, after this it starts, any comments or help greatly appreciated, new starter fitted, battery has been checked, could it be a dodgy earth connection from engine block to car chassis. For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: Show Details NecessaryHubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site.
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