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2. Automotive battery - Wikipedia

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   A typical 12 V, 40 Ah lead-acid car battery. An automotive battery, or car battery, is a rechargeable battery that is used to start a motor vehicle.. Its main purpose is to provide an electric current to the electric-powered starting motor, which in turn starts the chemically-powered internal combustion engine that actually propels the vehicle.

3. Lead–acid battery - Wikipedia

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   Car lead–acid battery after explosion showing brittle fracture in casing ends Excessive charging causes electrolysis , emitting hydrogen and oxygen in a process known as gassing . Wet cells have open vents to release any gas produced, and VRLA batteries rely on valves fitted to each cell.

4. Sudden unintended acceleration - Wikipedia

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   Bernard was able to slow the car down to 50–60 mph (80–97 km/h) with the brakes, but was only able to bring the car to a complete stop after putting the car in neutral. [ 50 ] After this incident, Toyota conducted seven recalls related to unintended acceleration from September 2009 to March 2010.

5. 5 Things to Know About Your Car Battery - AOL

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6. Bad Battery Controllers Spark 43,000-Vehicle Recall for GM

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   General Motors is recalling 42,904 vehicles, citing a problem with the vehicles' generator control modules (GCM) that could cause "a gradual loss of battery charge and the illumination of the ...

7. Jump start (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   (1) to (4) is a safe sequence to connect jumper cables from the discharged battery on the left to the charged battery on the right. If (2) were connected before (1) and the loose end accidentally touches bare metal on the vehicle, the charged battery is shorted; shorting the discharged battery is less risky.