When your car doesn’t start, often a low or dead battery is the culprit. Unfortunately, most vehicle owners do not check their battery until it fails. As preventative maintenance, the suggested best ...

Four Wheeler reader Allan asks:I have a 1985 and 1986 CJ-7 both set up almost exactly the same with the following exceptions: the 1985 has dual batteries with Kirkland batteries (6 months old) and a ...

A dead car battery happens to almost everyone at some point. According to the American Automobile Association, the common causes include corrosion build up, extreme heat or cold, too many accessories ...

Car batteries don’t just die. Well, they will if you leave them for long enough. but not just over the course of a few hours or even just a day or two. Finding your car has a dead battery after it was ...

Later, while chatting with an experienced mechanic named Lao Zhou, I learned that car batteries, like people, can have issues ...

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We earn commissions from purchases you make using links in our articles. Learn more. The alternator is a device that keeps your car’s electrical system running once the engine is on. It’s essentially ...