[A_Boudreau]

My beloved Accord had been sitting for over 2 months inside my garage. Being an idiot, I drove it in instead of backing it in. Also, being an idiot I haven't started it in the time it's been sitting. Today I went to get the snow blower out, which is in front of the Accord it's dead, not even a click out of it..

How do I boost my dead car inside my garage... it's not urgent but I WOULD like to get it going as it's going to be sitting all winter..

 

[BLCKFLSH]

You could put a new/good battery in, and try that, or push the car out the garage, and jump it outside.

 

[A_Boudreau]

You could put a new/good battery in, and try that, or push the car out the garage, and jump it outside.

How hard would it be to get the battery out of another vehicle or should I just go buy one and have it on hand..

 

[JPetovello]

If you are storing it for the whole winter, invest in one of these --> Battery Tender

I would also either over-inflate the tires or put the car on blocks/jackstands.

 

[paperboy42190]

Why dont you just push the car out first? You know you can manually push the shifter to neutral without having the key in the ignition

 

[nehonda]

If the battery is the original from 2005 then it is due to be replaced. Just go buy a new a new battery and replace it.
Be careful about pushing the car out of the garage by yourself. If your driveway is like most, it probably slopes downhill and the car might get away from you once the wheels hit the slope. Have someone set inside and be ready pull the e-brake (power brakes will not be working very well without the engine running).

 

[PKile]

Yank the battery out, put it in your Winter Beater, drive to the local Pep Boys or equivalent and have them put it on a charger, take it home, reinstall it, back the car out. (That is, unless your Winter Beater is also trapped in the garage because you can't get the snow blower out from in front of the Honda, then ahem, you are hosed)

Or as a previous poster said, invest in a Battery Tender and if the battery is still good it should charge it up within about 12 hours. We have two of these bolted in the rafters for our Bimmers which don't get driven regularly, we plug them both in, they look like ****ling pigs, quietly absorbing power at night.

Cheers,
Paul

 

[A_Boudreau]

I believe I replaced the battery last winter or the winter before last. I may push it out tomorrow but I'd like to save my back.. I can't drive it because the plates expired at the end of September and since I've got 3 other vehicles to drive, I'm in no hurry to drive it. If I push it out tomorrow and get it running, in order to "charge" the battery does the car need to be driving, or does the engine just have to be running.. I will probably invest in one of those battery things as I will be storing another vehicle in the other bay once I clean it out!

 

[thedetailguyz]

just go to costco or sears or any other place that you purchase tools at and pickup a:

Portable Power:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_02871987000P

they are great . . . . can be tossed in the trunk in case your batter dies in the middle of no where you can jump it or even help someone out if they have a dead battery as well.

Otherwise just roll your car out and jump it, get a battery charger to charger the battery or purchase a new battery. You got a few options.

 

[SatinSilver]

just go to costco or sears or any other place that you purchase tools at and pickup a:

Portable Power:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_02871987000P

they are great . . . . can be tossed in the trunk in case your batter dies in the middle of no where you can jump it or even help someone out if they have a dead battery as well.

Otherwise just roll your car out and jump it, get a battery charger to charger the battery or purchase a new battery. You got a few options.

+1...Plus it looks like Sears also has a $23 battery tender.

 

[A_Boudreau]

I took your advice and bought one of those battery chargers and left it over night, next morning it started right up.. only problem is I lost the code to my navigation system :headbash:

 

[sjlee]

I took your advice and bought one of those battery chargers and left it over night, next morning it started right up.. only problem is I lost the code to my navigation system :headbash:

You should be able to drive over to any Honda dealership and get the code.

 

[AMAN1]

I would've waited until you actually needed to drive the car before charging it up, but whatever.

Don't leave the battery inside the car this time, take it out and set it on a block of wood in your basement or somewhere cool, but not cold.

 

[EugeneT1979]

Just got a 2nd replacement battery after the initial one got replaced two years ago under warranty.

However, the battery did not have any warranty coverage since the first battery was replaced under warranty so i had to pay for the 2nd replacement.

Does this sound right? I would've thought that at least the initial warranty from car purchase date would apply? Since the car's just over 48 month old, a 20% credit would apply.

Any thoughts?