Car batteries may seem to die at random, but they're actually predictable if you know the causes of batteries dying. These are the five most frequent causes of dying car batteries and what you can do about each one. If you’ve ever heard the taunting click of a car battery that keeps dying and asked yourself why you’re not alone.

There are a lot of warning lights on your dashboard, it can be hard to know what all of them mean. Find out what each car light symbol means in our guide so you know what to do next.