With many people staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak, your car may have been sitting in the driveway or in a parking space for days on end without being driven. 

Read AAA's list of general checks to keep your vehicle in good operating shape.  

Jump-starting a battery, which used to be fairly common do-it-yourself auto knowledge, has become increasingly hazardous. A major reason for the additional risk is the computer modules stationed throughout modern cars that perform thousands of monitoring tasks.