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Sep 10, 2009 | 08:47 AM

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lobuxracer

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Originally Posted by cm09578

yes, my car was tuned on. So what do I do now?

Take it to the dealer. It shouldn't have caused any problems, but that doesn't mean it didn't, and the techs there should be able to get to root cause pretty quickly. Before you make a warranty claim, check the owner's manual for jump start procedures and be sure you followed them when you gave the jump.

If it were me, I'd probably have been giving the wife's car a jump, not some random stranger.

Sep 10, 2009 | 08:56 AM

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B16da9

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The beauty of a stick, you just need enough juice to power the ignition and push start FTW.

Sep 10, 2009 | 08:58 AM

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Yeah, I really want to push start a 3700+ lb car...NOT...I don't even like bump starting my Supra and it's a full 300 lbs lighter.

Sep 10, 2009 | 11:42 AM

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Audriuss

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From: LITHUANIA, Europe

Instructions how to jump start safely for your car:
1. keep your car running
2. conect both batteries with cables
3. still keep your car running (could rew little bit more)
4. turn off your car and then give comand to "dead" car to start engine
5. disconent cables, and turn your car back on

Some notices:

>Idea of doing this, is because when your power generator is charging your battery u cannot let other car try start their engines while connected, because generator could be damaged at that moment.

>some cars, that have batteries in trunk, have connections of "+" and "-" in front, though, when engine is off, usualy they have no power, so you should connect directly to battery.