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How to Jump Start Your Car
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2024
- Age and extreme cold can combine to reduce your car’s battery capacity dramatically, and driving in the dark for more hours each day during winter places an extra strain on your electrical system. To avoid being left out in the cold, Cars.com’s Matt Schmitz provides a rundown on how to jump-start your car in this week’s segment of Driving Smart.
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Who’s here because it’s the shortest video?
Right!!! hate it when ppl talk too much. Just get to the point... dang!!
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me
It was the determining factor for me.
I don't need an eight minute video for a one minute procedure.
Yeah like wtf I'm trying to jumpstart a car not listen to someone's life story
Short, straight to the point and everything that's necessary is there. More tutorial videos need to be EXACTLY like this!
Not like others talking too much about their lives or being unprofessional.
Thanks this was great info💪🏾
Had to go through an ad that was longer than the video
Well this is also an “older” video. These days, they make longer videos since that gets them more attention some how; going into depth about pointless shit. This was good video to send to my buddy who needed a jump but was to far for me to get to him
its good he emphasised never letting the cables touch, that stuff can be really dangerous.
I've jumped cars multiple times but I watch a refresher video every time just to be sure lol
Same
Same bro
You are the people I want in my life!
Same. Fack!
Fr lmao not sumn u can fuck up I know a couple fools that are walking alternator friers
Gonna do the jumpstart for the first time ever. I hope it works 😂.
It did.
Thanks for getting to the point. I hate the 10 minute videos.
Or the ones with a stupid skit in the beginning
For real. Like just tell us what goes where. No one needs to know the history of giving a car a jump lpl
That’s for I why I’m here
Right? We’re not here for ur intros lol
What more do you need to know after 1 minute or less?
I enjoyed how you got right to it and didn’t give us all the extra comments the others do.
Who’s here because they had no dad
😂
Me too lol
Me to man we cool tho
I had a dad but I forgot what he told me 😂❤
Im here because I never had a car before 🧍♂️
Thank you for not being a 14 minute video.
I really appreciate you for the no condescension explanation. I've jumped a car a million times and one in my life, but I get massive anxiety every time. This was encouraging, simple, and accessible.
It went swimmingly, we found a different issue, but at least now we know what the actual problem is now that the car is running.
Thanks!!
Whos sitting in their car waiting for a jump? 😂
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Me rn😂😂😂
Bruh 😂
dawg😭😂
Meeeee😂
Just jump started my first car today. As a lady I’m so thankful for this video.
Please don't pull out a measuring tape when jump starting someones car lol
HAHAHA imagine someone doing that
Lmao
I was gonna say
LMAO!! Hahaa! No doubt!
🤣🤣🤣 I’ll definitely make sure to leave that part out, I’ll do heel to toe👍🏽
I’d like to say thank you for us girlies who don’t have any help from others or a significant other to help! I’m a widow and never needed to worry about jumping batteries or changing tires before, my late husband did it all. I’m not ashamed to do it myself so videos like this really does help me A LOT! Thank you 🙏
We have everything to get the battery jumped except for the measuring tape. We’re waiting for my cousin to get off work and bring us one.
Remember the time John Conor jumped on the 1-800-terminator and jammed a screwdriver in his brain and started to eat his RAM so that he could be more intelligent, but actually he just ate arnold schwarzeNATOR’s cooling fan and thermal paste, so terminator had to jump on t-John-Conors back and they ran to the arcade to hack into one of the pinball machines to acquire the necessary components, and just as they were about to, none other than that big silly WOLFIE comes and tackles both of them to the ground and eats the RAM out of Maria Shriver’s husbands’ head and becomes super intelligent and tells them both that they have to go kill that black guy who invented Skyrim, or at least make him do a kamikaze-chest-bomb-sit-down in a building full of policemen while holding the detonator and then told him to die right before he blows everybody up. I remember saying “wow” when I first saw that and someone in the theatre told me I had to leave because I was sitting on the floor blocking the fire exit with tickets to the wrong movie (Glengarry Glen Ross).
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YOU SAVED MY LIFE! i usually panic in situations where my car is malfunctioning and automatically call my dad but hes out of town. straight forward and easy! THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for this video. I never had to jump a car before today. I'm grateful for your video. It really helped me and my mom this morning. ☺👍
I was looking for a reminder on how to do this. This perfectly explained safety and the process. Thanks and subbed!
Thanks for watching!
No unnecessary fluff, I had a straight question and got a straight answer, love it!❤
This is how I did always:
Positive to positive.
Negative to Negative.
And it works within seconds!
I never attached the Negative to a metal?😮😮😮
I've been doing the same for years. I also never turn off the donor car's engine. I learned it from a mechanic.
Yea this is what worked for me, triee for like 10 minutes with the method in this video to no avail.
Positive red to dead car positive red.
Positive red to working car positive red.
Black negative to running car negative black.
Black negative to dead car frame over a foot away from battery to ground.
Start running car. Wait 1-2 minutes.
Try starting dead car.
Disconnect cables in reverse order.
Why can’t you put pos to pos and neg to neg
Just watched the video and have the same question
@@andysmith5328
It can occasionally cause problems so its considered safer practice to ground black wire on the non running vehicle
@@andysmith5328 did it once, it works but I don't think it's safe. I remember sparks and light when connecting them, but the car started straight away as if it was never dead
Dead Red to Donor Red, Donor Black (which can be on the battery or engine block bare metal) to Dead Black engine block bare metal. Wait 30 seconds both vehicles off. Then 2 minutes with Donor vehicle on, then turn on Dead vehicle, run for five minutes, both cars on. Then shut off donor vehicle, keep dead vehicle running. Take off cables in reverse order. Drive dead vehicle for at least 15 minutes to charge up battery before turning car off. The Black cable doesn’t have to be attached to either the dead or donor battery, just engine block metal is sufficient.
Anyone else jumped a car dozens of times but still wants to be sure
And that’s why I’m here today 🤣
@@jamiesouthey748 yesterday I was doing this, then went to replace the battery with no video 🤦♂️ make it make sense
I like how you got straight to the point.😊
Excellent video. Short, punchy, clear, perfect. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
So helpful and straight to the point! Thank you!
Don't know if the original creator of this video is still active on TH-cam, but if you are and if you get my comment here then let me thank you so much your short video saved me as I was able to recover my Sister's dead car from an extremely unsafe and creepy area within in 10 mins following each and every step mentioned by you in this video.
My Sister's car started within just 3-4 mins post me connecting the jumper cables in the exact manner explained in the video.
Once again Thanks a ton 😇
I didn't have a spot of un-painted exposed metal. I used the negative terminal of the battery and that worked.
I was looking for this comment. Because I had always seen it done by connecting positive to positive, and then negative to negative. I was wondering if I've been seeing it done wrong and how the hell it's been working that way. I guess it works both ways?
@@uglow_uknowThanks for the explanation, I learned negative to negative and was confused when it was shown as negative to grounded on dead car. It only worked for me when I did negative to negative for some reason.
Was looking for this comment. It only worked negative to negative for me. Negative to ground on dead car was what i tried first, and it wouldn't kick over.
Thanx guy, you're a real help, i always revert back to this video when i forget the proper steps 🙏🏾
Thanks for coming back!
Life skills that they don't teach us in school.
It's insane that you have to learn how to turn the wheel when parking uphill or downhill to get your license, but not how to jump a car.
Facts man.
Man I don’t have a measuring tape. Guess I’ll leave the car overnight by the side of the road.
you are funny you are funny im happy
I gotta give credit where it's due man, you guys are great! Short, concise, straight to the point but also not missing out details that a newbie might need to know (which I really didn't know). Thanks a lot guys
Finally a straight to the point video....thanks mate
I already knew how to jump a car, but I used your video just to make sure. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. You helped me out this morning as my car was dead. Happy New Year to you and thank you again for taking your time to make this :)
Thanks for watching! We're so glad this could help!
Simple. Thank you.
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When my daughter turned 16 and got her drivers license, I showed her how to jump a car, how to change a flat tire & how to properly put air in it & many other things.
Her response was, "thanks Dad, but if I'm ever in that situation & I'm stuck on the road & I do things myself, you're gonna be mad that I didn't call you for help".
I had to think for a minute bc she's right, but I told her that I'm not always gonna be here for u & it's good that u know how to do things for yourself.
LOL . . .
just what I was looking for--short, sweet and good!
Bro I got my first car and it died so I looked on TH-cam and your video was the best
Thanks a lot bro
Here I am, 6am, watching this video because my car won’t start and I’m late for work lol.
Some things should be learned/practiced before you need them. If you haven’t yet, changing a flat tire before you need to know how to change a flat tire is well worth 30 minutes of time actually performing the steps and change the tire. Like where the jack and spare tire are located in your vehicle, how to safely operate it, correct order of steps, etc. Seriously will be well worth doing a practice run.
make sure engine is off is not enough , must be ignition off too , turn key all the way to that side and remove it . or else computer damage from spark on pole clamp expensive is possible . open way from spark to computer if ignition is on.
Finally got my van out of the party city parking lot. I thought it was my belt because my accessory power turned on but apparently just didn’t have enough power to start. Thanks for easy and informative tutorial
Awesome video! One of the best I’ve seen on jumpstarting cars
Short and straight to the point. Best video ever. Have a great day everyone :)
Hey thanks, I appreciate it. The short video got right to the point and helped a lot
I never knew your supposed to connect it to bare metal and not the battery. Interesting
I've never had a problem connecting it to the negative terminal on both cars ever
@@uglow_uknowit also doesn’t spark when contact is made like it does connecting to the post when the battery is significantly drained.
Dude is huge.
That's triple H! Lol
Jump started a car for the first time today. Thanks for that, will subscribe.
I have never shut the engine of the running vehicle off. Also, I have never had any trouble when connecting to the negative battery terminal of the non-running car. I'm fearful that I might short out a nearby part that sends electricity to a vital engine part. But, I get you have to instruct people on the absolute safest method.
Wish I'd seen this before I tried because my cables got messed up bc I didn't just connect it to the negative side of the non -running car
Yea I just connect to the negative and never ground it on metal.
If the battery is drained significantly, attaching the negative cable to the negative battery post tends to spark when initially connected. It doesn’t when connected to the car [bare metal framework]. Of course you never connect directly to electrical components regardless.
The negative on a bracket or bolt? Not on the negative side of the dead battery? How does that work? Or is it cause the positive is the charge needed mainly?
I think you’re supposed to turn the donor car off when trying to start the dead one? so they’re not running at the same time, alternator against alternator.. ?
No. You could drain the donor’s battery. You want the alternator providing a constant charge to the donor. Just disconnect after the car starts.
Quick video helped me jump a forklift on the job and appear like a pro lol
2 Lesbians failing to jump a car on TikTok brought me here
😂😂😂
Thanks for watching!
It’s so odd, for decades I’ve connected the clamp to the neg battery post.
Great video just used this in real time 🎉🎉
This didn’t work for me I had to plug the negative to the dead battery
What happens if I connect the negative terminal of the working battery to the negative terminal of the dead battery? Like instead of connecting it to a metal part
First time looking at this video while not in an emergency!
Thank you so much, I did the first jump of my life with this guide!
Its 2 am and my buddy jus called me sayin his car died 😂
Connect Dead battery positive terminal -> connect functional battery positive terminal -> working battery negative (black) terminal-> don’t connect negative to dead battery-> start the engine of good battery-> once the dead car running-> disconnect reverse order which is :
Dead battery negative-> working batteries negative-> working battery positive-> dead battery positive???
I have to jump my car but I’m nervous lol
Dude same. After watching his video I felt confident and everything went fine
@@gumerzambrano Your comment alone gives me confidence. Im procrastinating doing it lol
Dont be nervous but just make SURE you're connecting the + to the + and the - to the -.
Check it as many times as you have to just to make sure. Have whoever you are with check it as well.
EVERY CAR IS DIFFERENT.
I just jumped my girlfriend's friend's car and it wasnt clear on the + and - and it sparked on me and I realized that it was marked you just have to look CAREFULLY. Just be safe.
SAFTEY 1ST!
I had a buddy of mine need a jumpstart. I followed these steps but it didn’t work. Then a passing cop turned up and moved the cables around and it worked. They moved the positive cable on the good car to another bolt and the negative cable on the bad car to a more flat surface. I knew all this but I really suck at jobs with my hands so it didn’t go so well for me.
Negative to Bare not painted metal is key
I heard you were suppose to cut the working car off before you start the dead one
Thank you so much you saved my life ❤️
How?
@@NoOneHere2Day ho
NO WAY I JUST DID THIS YOURE A HERO IVE NEVER TOUCHED CAR STUFF BECAUSE MY DAD ALWAYS DOES IT FOR ME IM SUCH A GIRL BOSS😫😫
what a freaking chad
Thank you so much for sharing this video, it helped us a lot! God bless you! 🔥👍🏼
Watching this video because the girl I like is currently jumpstarting the car while I wait in the passenger seat lol I’ll be prepared next time 😂😂
NOOOOOOO! 🤣
I have 2 questions: What if it's closer than 18 inches? What would happen? And when u said remove the cables in reverse but in the video is different, the last step is black cable on bold but when u remove it's on battery, why is that?
Can someone explain why the cable gets grounded on a piece of metal instead of on the negative pin of the battery, I always learned to put the black cable on both negative terminals and the red one on both positive terminals and it always worked
When I attached the black end of the cable of the non working battery to a bolt it wouldn’t work. Once I switched it to the negative side of the dead battery it worked just fine.
Hope that helps
Thank you Triple H
Gotta love that very clean and bare grounding bolt head. I don't think I have one of those.
straight to the point tutorial. Very helpful! thank you!
Connect Positive to positive and negative to metal than remove negative first and then positive
Some questions for anyone that can help! 1. Why don’t you connect both negatives to the batteries? 2. Is there any chance you can get shocked since the second negative is connected to the bolt? 3. So you do + dead battery, + good, - good, then bolt on dead car? Then the exact reverse to remove?
Helped me in a sticky situation😅, W vid❤❤❤
I've heard you can damage a car by connecting directly from battery to battery. Is this true or just an urban myth as I know lots of people that do that without amy problems.
Most of the time it won’t cause any problem or in some cases an explosion, but there is still a VERY small chance that it cold happen.
Most of the videos I’ve seen on TH-cam and mechanics I’ve spoken to in real like agree that why risk the chance?
Best and safest way is to not connect it to the negative terminal on the dead battery.
@@MrPancake777 You realize you replied to a year old comment and the person might be dead by now.
@@NoOneHere2Day Do you enjoy being braindead and saying rediculously stupid things?
@@NoOneHere2Day Someone else might read and learn from the comment.
If you attach the negative clamp to the battery it could cause damage but probably wont just safe precaution. Jump starting someone's car takes a lot of juice but it's only once so it's no biggie for ur car. Just dont do it often hopefully u dont have to.
Thankfully I’ve never needed to jump my car, but my coworker needed a jump, so I helped him with my car.
I've seen videos that say not to jump start a dead vehicle until shutting off the doner vehicle
other wise the two vehicles
alternators work against one another. Is this true? Like in other words charge the dead vehicle's battery with running doner vehicle but don't start dead vehicle until powering off the doner vehicle.
Bro thank you I just did first Jump ALONE
I'm reading the instructions and it says First determine which post is grounded to the chassis, positive or negative and that determines which you ground. It could be negative or positive in the dead car. Not addressed here
What’s the problem with leaving the car running? It’ll be easier for the dead car to start with 14V than with 12V, especially with potential voltage drop in the jumper cables.
0:26 you can forget to bring jumper cable in your car, but for no reason forget your tape measure. (Very important ) lol
This video came in clutch I was high asf when I jumped my friends car lol
Nice short video !!! But need to focus more on leaving the working car on charging the dead battery !!! Then turning it Off before you start the dead one !!! ( Don’t leave the two cars running and connected with the cables ).
Explain. !!!! Possible electrical damage. ?????
Finally for fuk sake i found a video that made this process easy to understand. the amount of wrong information, or longed out droning and unclear info
finally a video on this topic that isn't 11minutes long.
People always want to put both cables on both batteries and I try to explain them. It may not cause a problem but I have definitely seen cables melt from doing that and it can go much worse.
Quick and precise. Many thx!!
This might be a dumb question but is grounding to anything metal the same as grounding to the negative? My whole life I was told either or. But now that I'm looking at "instructions " alot of the time it tells you to ground to the engine block? Curious if there's more advantage or what.
Why does it never, ever work when I go live black to dead piece o’metal near engine compartment; but ALWAYS works when I go live black terminal to dead black terminal?
My favorite part about this videos is the left over leaves inside the hood.
if you touch the cables together it makes cool lightning
We do not recommend that! 💜
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Wait, the negative black cable is supposed to be connected to another part of the dead batter car? Damn, I've been doing it wrong the whole time. I've always connected it negative to negative.
both would work but your way is worse. this video's way is more efficient in terms of electricity flow cycle
Came here because I couldn’t remember red or black first and now I can tell people on the internet there wrong thanks :)
Thanks for watching!
Thank you man
I'm here because I accidently connected the positive to the negative when the cables were live and was basically holding a ball of lightning
Thanks for clearing it up for me 👍