When it comes to owning a vehicle there are a few things that you should know. One of those being how to change your car’s battery. If you don’t know how don’t stress. We got your back – this week’s blog has all the information on how to change out the old and bring in the new!

A few things you’ll need:

• A new battery
• Wrench
• Corrosion cleaning solution & wire brush
• Blanket or old towel

Park your vehicle on a flat surface with your parking brake on. To avoid burning yourself, give your vehicle time to cool down before popping open the hood. When you’re ready, pop open your hood and place your blanket or towel across the fender of the vehicle. This will keep battery corrosion leakage from leaking onto your engine or front fender.

Locate your battery and decipher which is the positive and negative port. Start with the negative terminal, use your wrench to loosen bolts just enough to allow you to remove the cable. Remove the negative cable and pull away from the terminal. Do the same with the positive terminals. Once both cables are removed, unclamp the battery from the holder. Wiggle your battery free and remove from the holder.

Once your battery is free, look at the holder and cables. If there is any corrosion, clean it off with your cleaning solution and wire brush. Let everything dry completely before connecting your new battery.

When everything has dried, place your new battery back into the holder and secure it with the clamp. Like we disconnected, we are going to reconnect the cables and bolts – this time, the positive terminal will go first. Attach the cable and tighten the bolt. Repeat with your negative terminal.

Badda bing, badda boom! You are finished! It is time to close up shop and give that baby a go! Test to make sure that your vehicle starts. If not, make sure all the cables are properly tightened and your cables are clean. If you continue to have problems, contact our service department here.