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Jump Starting Another Car from '12 Focus?

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#1 ·
Hello all,

Maybe I had a total brain relapse, but for the life of me I could not figure out how to access the negative terminal of my Focus's battery to jump start a friends car. The positive terminal is in easy reach, but what I thought was the negative terminal was under the windshield in an unreachable place. Anyone know if you can jump start from a 2012 Focus???
 
#2 ·
Connect positive cable to positive terminal, negative cable to solid ground connection anywhere on the vehicle. A portion of the frame that is unpainted, or where the vehicle's electrical components attach their ground connections would be good spots.
 
#8 ·
The main body ground bracket hangs from the LF strut tower behind the main engine fuse box and in front and to the left of the battery (on the right when standing directly in front of the car looking under the hood).
 
#18 ·
The "Boom" makes me love this post more than I should, lmao.