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How do you fix a ground wire in a car?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Try wrapping it in electrical tape...

depending on what is wrong with it, remove it from the battery and clean the terminals, splice the wire if broken, or remove it from where it connects on the other end and clean and reassemble. a ground wire isn't that big a deal.

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