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wild1poet2 · 06-14-2007, 11:04 AM

I checked my manual and it actually says to leave the donor car running. I have an '04 so maybe the protocol is different depending on the year.

Also, when I jumped my car today I attached the negative cable to the chassis for ground. Didn't work. So I adjusted the connections, still no good. I gave up and just went old school and attached directly to the negative terminal on the donor car. Started right up. LOL

Thankfully I didn't need a tow and I didn't need to jump the fuse box to open the trunk. I got it to the stealer and asked them to do a load test on the battery and check the charging system for me. Hopefully its just a bad battery. But boy it went bad in a snap. It happened to me once years ago on my harley when a 4 month old battery went bad. Like all of a sudden bad. So I guess it happens. LOL

06-14-2007, 11:04 AM	#9
wild1poet2 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Boston area Posts: 327	I checked my manual and it actually says to leave the donor car running. I have an '04 so maybe the protocol is different depending on the year. Also, when I jumped my car today I attached the negative cable to the chassis for ground. Didn't work. So I adjusted the connections, still no good. I gave up and just went old school and attached directly to the negative terminal on the donor car. Started right up. LOL Thankfully I didn't need a tow and I didn't need to jump the fuse box to open the trunk. I got it to the stealer and asked them to do a load test on the battery and check the charging system for me. Hopefully its just a bad battery. But boy it went bad in a snap. It happened to me once years ago on my harley when a 4 month old battery went bad. Like all of a sudden bad. So I guess it happens. LOL __________________ '04 Black Boxster, 18" Carerra wheels "If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space."