People who forget to get their batteries recharged after a cable boost have no reserve power left in their batteries. You may not notice this in summer, said Klose, but you will definitely notice it in winter, when heat and other accessories demand battery power. Everything in modern batteries is recycled and recyclable and they are no longer an environmental hazard like they once were, said Klose. To diagnose battery difficulties when your car won't start, try the dome light test, said Klose. If your indoor car light dims when you start your car, said Klose, it's either a weak battery or a bad battery connection.
Automatic cars can only start when in park or neutral gear.
This happens quite a lot, said Klose, much to the embarrassment of those he rescues. Klose has been called out on a great variety of rescues. During the floods of West Vancouver in the 1980s, he towed submerged cars in Bellevue and Argyle to dry land. North Shore News a division of Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc., a division of Southam Publications, a CanWest Company. All rights reserved.