Dear Tom and Ray: I own a 1992 Honda Accord. About six months ago, I couldn’t get the car to start. Looking under the hood, I discovered that the clamp on the positive battery cable had completely ...

A dead car battery can happen to anyone. It can happen to you, too, if you forget to turn off your vehicle’s headlights or you accidentally leave accessories turned on like the car stereo. It usually ...

Rumor has it the Third Eye Blind song "Jumper" was originally an ode to jumper cables, but the record company executives made the band change the subject matter to appease "big car battery." Alright, ...

Owning a set of jumper cables is almost a necessity for every vehicle owner. It’s an important component to a car emergency kit as you’ll never know when you can get stuck with a dead battery. Having ...

Cold weather can cause your car to work ten times harder, and in worst-case scenarios, your battery can die. But don’t ...

We earn commissions from purchases you make using links in our articles. Learn more. A jump starter can pay for itself the first time that you use it, without waiting around for a tow truck. Between ...

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 ...

Your car won't start. You have a dead battery. We know, it's a pain! You'd like to pull it out and get it checked at an auto parts store or maybe even replace it—and you want to do it yourself to save ...

Make sure you know what your positive (+) and negative (-) battery terminals are, as the jumper cables will have to attach to them. Jumper cables are red and black for a reason. The black wire ...