EASY FIX! Car Battery Keeps Dying? How to fix in 1 minute

Car Battery Keeps Dying in the Winter? Here's how you can prevent your car battery from draining overnight by simply disconnecting the negative battery terminal wire, and then you can re-connect the wire to the negative/neutral car battery terminal when you're ready to drive.

[dmzsniper]

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[ghosthunter]

I know folks are jamming this guy up, but it’s definitely helping folks with little or zero vehicle knowledge. A faster fix is installing a battery kill switch inside your vehicle so you don’t pop the hood every time. We have them on our fire trucks for this very reason. Merry Christmas folks!

[IAG-Co-Ltd]

Better idea, getting a battery disconnect. A little handle that you spin into place, cost about five bucks, and disconnect your battery when not in use without disconnecting the lead itself

[privatepilot]

You probably have a parasitic drain somewhere. Something is causing the battery to drain. You should be able to let the car set for weeks without the battery draining too low to start it. That’s got to be a hassle having to disconnect the battery all the time. Mechanics are not in to running down a parasitic drain issue because it involves a lot of work to isolate it sometimes.

[ksportfishing]

After reading comments I realized this fix is freaking genius, I never thought to do this, all you thumbs down folks need to learn from this guy, can you share with us more awesome tips like this, this was extremely useful information and needs more views than it has and should be monetized too, soo good, sooo good...

[Redvines]

Battery drains can be so random it sucks. I had a 1990 Honda Prelude that kept draining the battery and I started removing the negative every night. About 3 months of doing this, and one morning when I connected the negative, my radiator fan turned on. Turned out, power steering fluid had leaked on the fan switch and the fan was randomly turning on at night, draining the battery.

[pcno]

This is good advice for anyone (like me) who has a vehicle that is only used every week or two. My '05 Accord Hybrid has always been brutal on 12V batteries; it draws a lot of idle current so unless it's driven regularly, the 12V battery will spend a lot of time not-fully-charged and that destroys lead-acid batteries. But that Odyssey, with the battery draining in less than a day, either has a battery that has already been destroyed, or its idle current so high that it's due to some defect. I should add that with newer vehicles, disconnecting the battery cans cause all kinds of annoyances like lost radio presets and loss of other "customer preference" settings. My Accord doesn't loose its presets, but I have to enter a secret code (which I have memorized) to get the radio working again, and my auto-down windows (a feature I don't particularly like) stop working until they re-calibrate themselves.
PS: If you find yourself driving down to AutoZone to get a battery charged more than once a year, it's time to buy a trickle-charger.

[emancleary]

Good idea but im not about to pop my hood everytime i need to start my car lol

[suskagusip]

Thank you brother. My friend told me to do the same but I waited and forgot to run the car for 2 days. Now I start from square 1. The battery is brand new but now is dead.

[russiandrivers]

You can also prevent thieves from stealing your wheels by simply removing them all yourself and rolling them along next to you every time you go shopping.

[ridgegillespie]

Typically the cause of the battery draining is a door lock, most likely the sliding doors getting stuck making the sensor read open..then causing lights to run and drain the battery

[RobertChudzicki-utfq]

Problem with this is your stereo will need a code to work and your computer will be reset and relearning each time you do this. If you don't mind that then this will work till you find the problem

[TheRelger]

That sucks. Cars today have battery issues.
The old beaters I drove most of my life always started in most weather even without being plugged in.
My 12 yr old battery failed for the 1st time on my ‘03 Ford F-150 yesterday.
I’m not complaining.
My wife’s 2021 Corolla battery died after not being used for a week or so. Not happy.
It’s only got a 1000 Kms on it.

[persenubernation]

my ford mondeo 2004 drained battery through the winter but for some reason.. in the spring it stopped and found out its a small gap either in the trunk or any of the car doors that are open just a few millimeters and it thinks its open, but when you look inside it all seems to be quiet and no lights are on but its draining the battery. if the doors are a little frozen make sure its totally closed if it has been frosted through out the day/night take a hairdryer or a heat gun and warm the rubber strips around the doors (not sure what they are called in english) and wipe them dry after the ice melts. after you have done all that slam the doors shut and maybe that did the trick for your battery drain because it sure fixed mine 😉👍

[truthsauce]

Yeah, well are you ready for this.

I did this years ago, and my cable came off the terminal as I was driving. Can you get what else went out as I was driving at about 40mph when this all happened? My power steering, I had to try my hardest to turn the car myself. I was able to halfway turn it into a side parking lot at a store where I then proceeded to run into the curb. An I mean "run" into a curb. I was forced to get a new tire as it blew out my front. An I know I could have slammed in my breaks but I had fast traffic right behind me, I couldn't have put my breaks on. Coasting in that car with zero power is the scariest thing I've ever had happen in a car. No control, no power, just aimless coasting with no turning ability.


Tighten your terminals my man. Especially if you have power steering. Good lord

[francoisona]

Thanks but it took you 1.42mins to say it.

[TheHienax]

Fix the car..
this is not a Hack or a Repair..
Check it with any voltage meter... pull each fuse and check what system is draining your car..

[wampastompa]

3 min of my life goes to learning how to not fix my car . Douch of the mo award winner

[Jojo-fcbr]

3 mins of my life I will never get back

[mikecosgrove]

I have been doing this. Having this issue on my 2005 Ford f150. I've been disconnecting both cables but if I can just disconnect the negative then that'll be a little Easier.