Honda of Stevens Creek Blog

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The service staff at Honda of Stevens Creek always checks the health of your vehicle's battery whenever you bring it in for work. However, it is helpful to know how to check the vehicle on your own, particularly during weather extremes, to make sure it is operating properly. Checking your battery on your own helps prevent being unexpectedly stranded somewhere in San Jose, CA or elsewhere.

The easiest way to check the state of your battery is with a voltmeter. If possible, use a digital voltmeter, which is easier to read. 

If you have a dead battery, here is a guide from our Honda service team on how to jump the battery from another car:

• Move the two vehicles nose to nose so the battery compartments are as close to each other as possible.
• Turn off the engine of the operating vehicle.
• The jumper cables will be marked positive and negative. Attach the positive cable to the positive terminal of the battery that is dead. Attach the other positive to the positive end of the good battery.