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The price of being a Good Samaritan. Got asked for a jump start at WalMart and, being a good guy, obliged them. All the lights on my dash lit up and the car got really sluggish after the start. Turns out jumping newer model cars shorts the sensors in parts of the motor. Several mechanics at AutoZone as well as my mechanics said NEVER jump start another car. It creates chaos in the electrical parts of cars with check engine lights and can short out any number of sensors. Guess I got “lucky” I only shorted out two. Maybe I’ll save some friends from the same experience. I had no idea!