12 Volt Vehicle Battery; Using The Jump-Starting Cable - Skoda Scala 2020 Owner's Manual

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Engine fault
or
illuminates
Stop driving!
Stop the engine and seek the help of a specialist
garage.
Disconnecting, connecting and replacing
CAUTION
Risk of fire!
Do not mix up the connection cables.
Disconnecting
Close the electric boot lid, all windows and the
electric sunblind.
Switch off the ignition and any connected power
consumers.
Disconnect the
terminal and then the
nal.
Connecting
Connect the
terminal and then the
After switching on the ignition, the indicator lights
light up
from the isolation box.
If, after a short distance, one of the above-men-
tioned indicator lights does not go out, seek the
help of a specialist garage.
Operate these vehicle functions after disconnect-
ing and connecting the 12 volt vehicle battery
Clock setting
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56.
Window operation
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Sunblind
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29.
Changing
The new 12 volt vehicle battery must have the same
parameters as the original battery. Have the replace-
ment carried out by a specialist garage.

Using the jump-starting cable

Usage
With the help of jump start cables, a vehicle with a
discharged or defective 12-volt vehicle battery can
be started using the 12-volt vehicle battery of an-
other vehicle.
What you should be mindful of
WARNING
Risk of explosion and chemical burns!
Do not jump start with the 12 volt vehicle battery
of another vehicle under the following conditions:
12 volt vehicle battery and fuses ›
termi-
terminal.
28.
Using the jump-starting cable
The discharged 12 volt vehicle battery is fro-
zen. A discharged 12 volt vehicle battery may
already freeze at temperatures just below 0 °C.
The acid level of the 12-volt vehicle battery is
too low
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158.
Use jump leads with a sufficient cross section and in-
sulated terminal clamps.
The rated voltage of both batteries must be 12V. The
capacity (in Ah) of the 12 volt charging vehicle bat-
tery must not be significantly lower than the capaci-
ty of the discharged 12 volt vehicle battery.
Use another vehicle's 12 volt vehicle battery
to operate the vehicle
WARNING
Risk of injury! Danger of damage to vehicle!
Lay the jump start cables so that they cannot be-
come caught by rotating parts in the engine com-
partment.
NOTICE
Short circuit!
The non-insulated parts of the terminal clamps
must not touch each other.
The cable connected to the positive pole of the 12
volt vehicle battery must not come into contact
with electrically conductive vehicle parts.
The vehicles must not touch each other.
Connect the jump start cable
Switch off the ignition.
Connect the terminal clamps of the jump start ca-
bles in the order shown in the legend.
discharged 12 volt vehicle battery
current-supplying 12 volt vehicle battery
1
-pole of the discharged 12-volt vehicle battery
2
-pole of the current-supplying 12 volt vehicle
battery
3
-pole of the current-supplying 12 volt vehicle
battery (or earth point)
4
Earth point of the vehicle with discharged 12
volt vehicle battery
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