2007-01-27 06:27:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
YES, if your car is jump started improperly, damage to your alternator can result. As a rule of thumb, never hook the black jumper cable directly to either car the jumper or the jumpee
2007-01-27 06:33:54 · answer #1 · answered by jthecarman2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how high your jumping it from. Anything over about 10 feet will not only break the alternator but will severely injure most other components
2007-01-28 05:56:07 · answer #2 · answered by mad_mick001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if you do it right. Not so smart people just say that because they find out their alternators are bad after jumpstarting, when anybody with half a brain would realize that the bad alternator was why the battery died in the first place.
2007-01-27 21:13:41 · answer #3 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO.... if you jump a car correctly (Red to Pos and Black to Neg) then it will not hurt your alternator at all. I have done it a million times.....
2007-01-27 15:37:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is true .... im going thru this ... i jump started my car on wednesday and it wouldnt work b/c the cables were too weak and i replaced the battary and now i had my alternator check and they told me i had to replace it ..
2007-01-27 14:32:56 · answer #5 · answered by CRISTIE C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
won't hurt your car as long as you keep it running while doing the jumping and hook the cables up correctly.
2007-01-27 23:12:46 · answer #6 · answered by mister ss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. What I do know is it can ruin the battery.
2007-01-27 14:32:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can short circuit you computer
2007-01-27 14:32:31 · answer #8 · answered by Frank J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no not true.
2007-01-27 15:31:17 · answer #9 · answered by cat_23au 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋