Towing on a flatbed truck of this car with a complete dead battery

REZAS

MEMBER
2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO
3.6L
V6
2WD
AUTOMATIC
45,000 MILES

Hi there, I understand that I must put the car in the "neutral" mode. I saw a video on youtube.
The car is in the garage.
But where at the rear side under the car the ropes/cables can be tied to pull the car out of the garage bringing it on the flatbed truck without damaging parts?

Thanks in advance.

Sunday, November 30th, 2025 AT 9:57 AM

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STEVE W.

MECHANIC
15,233 POSTS

To pull it out backwards you normally would use the rear frame or a tow hitch if it has one. Just don't attach it to parts that move like suspension or shocks. Or get a couple folks and just push it back. However, if you wanted to you could get a reasonable priced battery charger and see if you can get the battery to recover. Just be sure to get a mechanical switched unit similar to the picture and not one of the computer controlled automatic ones, those generally won't even start to charge a real dead battery. You can find the manual ones in farm stores, Harbor Freight and many parts stores. Then let it charge, start it and take it to one of the parts stores and have them test the battery, It is under the front passenger seat and not hard to change out. You need a few tools like in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eupmYxPDpLY
Oh and I would suggest getting the most CCA battery that will fit in the brackets.
So if you take it there and they say it's bad, many will also change the battery for you.

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