{"id":14574,"date":"2026-03-20T23:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T23:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=14574"},"modified":"2026-03-20T23:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T23:06:14","slug":"why-you-should-turn-on-your-cars-headlights-10-seconds-before-starting-the-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=14574","title":{"rendered":"Why you should turn on your car\u2019s headlights 10 seconds before starting the car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turning on your headlights for about 10 seconds before starting your car can help stabilize the battery, especially after it\u2019s been sitting in cold conditions. This small load prepares the battery for the heavier demand of the starter, reducing strain and potential voltage drops. The result can be smoother starts, longer battery life, and less stress on the car\u2019s electronics. To do it, switch on the headlights briefly, wait, then start the engine, keeping other systems off until it\u2019s running\u2014an easy habit that helps protect your vehicle\u2019s electrical system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turning on your headlights for about 10 seconds before starting your car can help stabilize the battery, especially after it\u2019s been sitting in cold conditions. This small load prepares the battery for the heavier demand of the starter, reducing strain and potential voltage drops. The result can be smoother starts, longer battery life, and less &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":14575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}