Vehicle won't start after jumping someone else

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Asked by BRichar89 Jul 27, 2011 at 11:39 AM about the 2002 Ford Explorer XLT

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

have a 2002 ford explorer, gave a guy a jump start and my car die, got someone else to jump me and when i got home and turn the veh off, tried to restart it and it's dead. Need to know what might be the problem and where/what to look/check.

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first the newer vehicles arent ment to jump off other vehicles from battery to battery,they have seperate terminals for jump starting.try another battery,if that dont start it,you may have burned up the starter,alt, or other electeral componets. rember to never jump off your battery.

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NEVER jump start another vehicle with yours unless it has seperate terminals off the battery for jump starting.eather shorted your battery or blew your alt.

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