Car battery question

jspooney · 12-28-2011, 11:32 PM

My wife is visiting family in GA this week and her battery was dead today (I've told her and the kids a million times to stop leaving the interior lights on). Anyways, her family refused to jump the van off because they heard somewhere that it could cause $2000-$3000 worth of damage to the car with a good battery. Anybody ever heard that? I guess if you reverse the cables you might hurt something, but under a correct hook- up, really?

60hertz · 12-28-2011, 11:34 PM

Surely, surely, surely there are jump starting procedures in the owners manual. Follow those and you'll be fine.

fisheye48 · 12-28-2011, 11:37 PM

sounds like an excuse not to jump it off

mrwigglezdj · 12-28-2011, 11:46 PM

Years g not a problem, new cars today can screw up from the serge and be costly to repair. Owers manual for sure. If not aval and its a new car jumping off then I say the car giveing the jump be turned off vs running and when dead car starts remove cables before starting jumping car

birdsnest · 12-29-2011, 08:14 AM

I've heard that before too but never had a problem resulting from jumping someone off. Of course the newest car I own is a 2004.

12-28-2011, 11:32 PM	#1
jspooney Senior Member White Marlin Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,820	Car battery question My wife is visiting family in GA this week and her battery was dead today (I've told her and the kids a million times to stop leaving the interior lights on). Anyways, her family refused to jump the van off because they heard somewhere that it could cause $2000-$3000 worth of damage to the car with a good battery. Anybody ever heard that? I guess if you reverse the cables you might hurt something, but under a correct hook- up, really?

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12-28-2011, 11:34 PM	#2
60hertz Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pace Posts: 862	Surely, surely, surely there are jump starting procedures in the owners manual. Follow those and you'll be fine.

12-28-2011, 11:37 PM	#3
fisheye48 Senior Member Blue Marlin Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West Texas Posts: 4,468	sounds like an excuse not to jump it off

12-28-2011, 11:46 PM	#4
mrwigglezdj Senior Member Grouper Join Date: May 2008 Location: milton Posts: 947	Years g not a problem, new cars today can screw up from the serge and be costly to repair. Owers manual for sure. If not aval and its a new car jumping off then I say the car giveing the jump be turned off vs running and when dead car starts remove cables before starting jumping car

12-29-2011, 08:14 AM	#5
birdsnest Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 400	I've heard that before too but never had a problem resulting from jumping someone off. Of course the newest car I own is a 2004.

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