You don't connect the black cable to the negative terminal on the dead battery.
- Take out your jumper cables.
- Place both vehicles in Park or Neutral and shut off the ignition in both cars. Engage both parking brakes as well.
- Attach one of the red clips to the positive terminal of the dead battery. It has “POS” or “+” on it, or it’s bigger than the negative terminal.
- Attach the other red clip to the positive terminal of the other car.
- Attach one of the black clips to the negative terminal on the other battery.
- Attach the last black clip to an unpainted metal surface on your car that isn’t near the battery.
- Start the working vehicle and let the engine run for a few minutes.
- Try to start your vehicle.
LPT: Know how to jump a dead battery correctly. It's NOT just red to red, black to black.
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