When your car doesn’t start, often the battery is the culprit. Unfortunately, most vehicle owners do not check their battery until it fails. As preventative maintenance, the suggested best practice is ...

Learn more on how to test a car battery with a Multimeter. Our team of experts prepared the guide on everything you need to know about testing a car battery.

One of the simplest tasks a digital multimeter can perform is a basic voltage test on a car battery. Positive and negative terminals, hooked up to the car or not, will give a base number.

For all of you who have a multimeter thrown in a drawer or toolbox but don’t know how to use it, these instructions will help in your search for missing voltage.

Short of using a multimeter, most auto parts stores can help you test your car’s battery, provided you can get it running to drive to said store.

Your battery light flickering on is normal when you start your car, but if it doesn't turn off (or it turns on while you're driving) that could be a problem.

If the multimeter shows a lower value, repeat Step 6 for another 12 hours. Otherwise, the battery is ready to be reinstalled. Once the reconditioned battery is reconnected, stress-test it by turning ...