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How to Check Your Car Battery and Not Get Ripped Off

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Uploaded by on Jul 4, 2010

Shows how to easily check your car battery, charging and starting systems before you take the car to the garage. Tips to help you make sure you don't get ripped off!

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  • Id like to buy this guy a beer.

  • @willybarton when and where?

  • Check the fuse to the radio. It may be loose or is internally broken and making intermittent contact? Replace it in any case.Also it could be a loose connection in the system? It could be the radio itself. I seriously doubt that the battery has anything to do with this problem!

    These are only guesses!

  • when i start the car with the keys, it fine.

    when i attempt a remote start, it cranks but does not start, then the battery is drained all of a sudden. then now i have to jump it.

  • @NguyenEmpir3 new cars with a "chip key"must have a box installed with the remote. the box uses the "valet key" to allow the car to start. Who installed the remote?? I bet they didn't install the valet key box!

  • what are you talking about?

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  • @tinordy

    What does WOW mean??

    Big problem????

    All that does is gives a negative voltage reading on the meter. So what? It still allows you to read the voltage drop when cranking the engine and that is what you want!

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  • This is the info I was looking for. Thanks for taking the time to produce this informative piece.

  • THANKS!! BEST VIDEO I'VE SEEN ABOUT BATTERIES AND HOW TO CHECK THEM WITH A VOLTMETER. I LEARNED ALOT!!

  • Hi I start the car and the radio starts with sound, I crank and start the motor the radio stop for some seconds. The radio light come back but no sound. AFter 10 minutes the sound might come. Is that a battery problem ? I have 12.4 Volt over the battery when the car stands still. Thanks for good info/video

  • Information at 4:20 was what I needed to know.

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