&lt;p&gt;"My customer told me that he had to jump start his car almost every day, and swore it was because his &lt;a href="https://www.yourmechanic.com/article/symptoms-of-a-bad-or-failing-alternator"&gt;alternator&lt;/a&gt; was bad. The local parts store told him the same story and tried to sell him a new one. I popped the hood and solved the problem in about 10 seconds. Both battery terminals were loose, and the B+ cable was zip-tied in place!&amp;nbsp;I replaced the missing bolt and tightened both ends down. Not surprisingly, the car &lt;a href="https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/car-is-hard-to-start-inspection"&gt;fired right up&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;span class="redactor-invisible-space"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="redactor-invisible-space"&gt;-Alex B., Grand Prairie, TX&lt;span class="redactor-invisible-space"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;