How to jumpstart bmw? - Kylon Powell
Sarah Silva 
Jumpstarting a BMW is the process of using another car’s battery to start your own car. This is usually done when your car’s battery is dead or has low charge. Jumpstarting a BMW is a fairly easy process, but it is important to follow the correct steps to avoid damaging your car. Here’s how to do it:
1. Make sure that your BMW is in Park and that the parking brake is engaged.
2. Connect the red positive jumper cable clamp to the positive terminal on the battery.
3. Connect the other red positive jumper cable clamp to the Positive terminal on the donor battery.
4. Make sure that both cars are turned off and then connect the negative or black jumper cable clamp to a good solid part of the engine block of the vehicle with the flat battery. This is not as easy as it seems, because most metal surfaces are not good conductors of electricity, you’ll want to choose a place that is unpainted and away from moving parts. You don’t want to short anything out here.
5. Connect the other negative/black jumper cable clamp to a good solid ground on the donor vehicle, again making sure this location is clean and free from grease or the like, and the clamp is tight against metal.
6. Have someone turn on the donor car to give it a little gas while you crank the flat battery vehicle.
7. Let the vehicles idle for about 5 minutes to charge up your batteries
Do not try to start your car if it still won’t start after charging for 5 minutes.
Why do you need to jumpstart a BMW?
If your BMW battery is close to dying, not only will you have a hard time starting the engine, it can also cause electrical problems that’ll get worse over time. Your radio may have short intervals of power, or flicker on and off when the engine is running, car alarms might randomly go off for no reason until they finally stop working altogether, and your battery may not charge as well as it should.
It’s always a good idea to have jumper cables in your car, especially if you live in a cold climate. Batteries lose their charge more quickly in the cold, so if you get stranded with a dead battery, you’ll be glad you have those cables.
