I have a 2000 montero sport my car will start while it is on jumpers but when we take the jumpers off it turns off right away,when trying to charge it only hold a charge up to 50 ,I know I need a new battery but could it be my alternator too?
I have a 2000 montero sport my car will start while it is on jumpers but when we take the jumpers off it turns off right away,when trying to charge it only hold a charge up to 50 ,I know I need a new battery but could it be my alternator too?
My car battery just recently started dying on me. The more I drive, I can stop and restart with no problem. Overnight though the battery drains. It never goes completely dead. My time inside the car hasn’t reset or my favorite radio stations. I have a rechargeable battery jumper I use to jump my car. [...]
I was letting it warm up two days ago and went inside came out 20 min later and it had died and then battery was dead i got a jump and it did fine yesterday but today it acted like battery was low and i have it on charger do you think that will give [...]
The usual procedure for jumping a car is to connect the black cable from the negative terminal of the good battery to a clean metal surface somewhere on the car requiring the jump. Even without that though, aren’t the negative terminals of both vehicles already grounded to the chassis? What purpose does it serve to [...]
I have an Energizer battery charger and Energizer batteries. The charger claims the batteries are fully charged, but they are completely dead. It does this for all 6 batteries. 2 of these batteries are a few months newer than the 4 older ones – so I’m thinking the battery charger is at fault as it [...]
I drive a 1999 dodge caravan
I know it can be done somehow, but I am electriclally challenged. From what I have seen you use little jumper cable-type clamps and split some wires, and then can power even a halogen light. I need specifics (what type of marine battery works best, etc). Help!
I’m on vacation and forgot my charger. I’ve been periodically throwing my cell on the car charger (30 mins or so) while the car is not fully running. I went to start my car this AM and it barely started. I noticed what must be a battery light coming on/flashing now that the car is [...]