Today we want to help you with a very common problem that we usually face: How to push the car when the battery is flat. If your car does not start, it is possible that the cold and bad weather have finished with the little life that was left in your battery. But it may also have happened that you forgot the car lights on or the radio and if he had little life left, he surely already died. What can you do if this happens to you? It is something very common with the arrival of winter and we must prepare for the battery to play a trick on us.
There are two ways to fix the problem with little or no money. With a car and some cables to connect the two batteries and charge yours at least so that it starts, then walking it will recharge itself, and if you don’t have these things you will need help from people: one to drive the car and another to push to make it start . We want to explain how to push the car when the battery is flat
What do you need to push the car when the battery is flat?
- Two people or more
- Turn off lights, radio and windshield wipers
Instructions to push the car when the battery is empty
- As a first step, you can try to recharge the car battery by connecting clamps to its terminals and to the battery of another car. For this you need to have the necessary elements, the ideal is that you always carry some connection cables in the trunk, just in case. You must buy thick cables so that they resist the passage of current, if they are very thin they will not hold and they will not work for you.
- Doing this job, placing the clamps is simple but if you do it wrong you can cause problems for the car that will be more complicated and expensive than changing a battery. Putting the clamps is a simple operation, but if you don’t do it correctly, you can cause a failure of the alternator, or even the entire electrical system.
- If you do not have cables or another car to carry out this operation, you can recharge the battery with the help of two people: one who must be sitting in the driver’s seat and another who pushes the car, it can be you and someone else, it all depends on the place. If the car has to go downhill it will be very simple but if it goes uphill it will be very heavy.
- You must turn off all accessories: radio, wipers, lights, everything that consumes battery power. Turn the key to the “on” position and depress the clutch pedal with your foot.
- You must put the transmission in first or second. Release the parking brake and the foot brake. At this time people will be able to push the car, when it picks up speed it suddenly releases the clutch and accelerates. The car will start and the battery will begin to charge.
Tips to push the car when the battery is flat
- This job can also be done in reverse (sometimes there is no other option), just put the transmission in reverse.
- A car with a completely dead battery generally cannot be pushed started.
- Learn and train in the repair and maintenance of cars
- A single person can also do it if it is located downhill, only it is dangerous because they have to jump into the car when it picks up speed. It is not recommended for security.
