Dead Battery in the Snow? Jaklin's One Winter Trick to Start Your Car

Snow falling, below freezing, battery dead — and one simple winter trick gets the engine going.

Picture it: snow is falling, it is below freezing, and your car battery is dead. Everyone says it will not work. Jaklin tries one simple winter trick — and the engine actually starts. That is the setup of her most-shared winter video, and it is the reason to know the trick before winter hits, not during it. Jaklin's account is small compared to the giants on this list — 26,500 followers — but this is the kind of video that earns its views one stranded driver at a time.

Watch: POV: Snow is falling, it's below freezing, your car battery is dead…

What to take from it

• Know the trick before winter hits. The whole point of the video: learn it now, while you are warm and dry, so it is there when you need it.
• A dead battery is not always a dead battery. Cold saps cranking power. Sometimes the fix is a trick, not a tow truck.
• Test your battery before the cold arrives. The best winter trick of all is never needing one — a battery test in fall beats a rescue in January.

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