Firstly you need to bring both vehicles, the one with the good battery and your vehicle close to, but not touching each other, so that the jumper cables can reach the batteries. Make sure that for automatic transition the vehicle is in park and for manual the vehicle in neutral.
Open the hoods of both vehicles and locate each battery and its terminals (the + positive and – negative). Make sure that the metal ends of the jumper cables do not touch any other metal parts of the vehicle as this could cause a spark. Attach one of the positive (red) jumper cables to the positive terminal of the dead battery, make sure this is a good solid connection. At this stage DO NOT attach the black (negative) cable to anything in your vehicle and never to the negative terminal. Now attach the other red cable to the positive terminal of the vehicle with the good battery and the negative cable (black) to the negative battery terminal. Back in your vehicle attach the other black cable to an unpainted metal surface in the engine, remember NOT the negative battery terminal.
Now you are ready to start the vehicle with the good battery, let it idle for several minutes to build up the charge and then start the vehicle with the dead battery and let the two vehicles idle for a few minutes. Remove the cables starting with the negative cable in your vehicle first.
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