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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

In order to jump-start your car, you will need another car with a working battery. Make sure the cars are parked close to each other so the jumper cables can reach the good battery car and the dead ...

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 ...

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

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 ...