Quick, reliable starting of one's vehicle necessitates a routine preventative maintenance program for the battery. Prior to performing any battery maintenance, make sure you have proper equipment for safe operation, such as face shield/safety goggles, rubber gloves, battery post/cable cleaner, treated felt washers and baking soda with petroleum jelly. A cover is placed over the battery in the rear of the car trunk. By turning the cover fasteners counterclockwise it will be released (CD). Precautions should be taken while servicing this battery such as turning off engine and all accessories and disconnecting cable from negative terminal (OK). Always remember that the hydrogen gas produced by a battery is flammable and explosive, so avoid sparks or matches near it (OK). Additionally, electrolyte contains poisonous corrosive sulfuric acid; hence wear protective safety glasses and keep it away from your eyes skin or clothes (CD). Inspect outside of battery for damage or loose connections. To clean corrosion present on the battery remove them by loosening cable clamp bolts; then slide them off terminals (PQ). Take care not to let solution enter into battery when cleaning cable clamps terminals and case with a warm water/baking soda solution (LMN), Make sure that hold-down clamp fasteners are tight and also ensure that tray needs no repair. After cleaning terminals apply some petroleum jelly to them to prevent future corrosion. Hold down components can have their corroded parts removed using a water/baking soda solution followed by rinsing with plain water, And any metal parts damaged by corrosion should be covered with zinc based primer & painted, Charging a vehicle's power supply is recommended instead of using traditional transformer-type charger in charging batteries; when charging batteries in general one is better off charging slowly at 1-2 amp rates since good charging rate would restore discharged batteries or even maintain charge in batteries of vehicles driven short distances, Avoid chargers rated at more than 1/10th the amp/hour rating of the battery, and be cautious with rapid boost charges that claim to restore battery power quickly, Usually a trickle charger will charge a battery in 12 to 16 hours.