1. Open the hood of your vehicle and locate the positive and negative terminals on the battery.
2. The positive terminal is usually marked with a “+” sign and the negative terminal with a “-” sign.
3. Connect the positive jumper cable to the positive terminal on your dead battery.
4. Connect the other end of the positive jumper cable to the positive terminal on the working battery.
5. Connect the negative jumper cable to the negative terminal on the working battery.
6. Connect the other end of the negative jumper cable to an unpainted metal surface on your dead vehicle, such as the engine block.
7. Start the working vehicle and let it run for a few minutes to charge the dead battery.
8. Try to start your vehicle.
9. If your vehicle starts, leave it running for at least 15 minutes to charge the battery further.
10. Disconnect the jumper cables in the reverse order that you connected them.
