Kia Carnival 2023 Owner's Manual page 480

What to do in an emergency
charged battery, directly. This can cause
the discharged battery to overheat and
crack or degrade. Make sure to connect
one end of the jumper cable to the nega-
tive terminal of the booster battery, and
the other end to a metallic point, far
away from the battery.
WARNING
Sulfuric acid risk
Automobile batteries contain sulfuric
acid. When jump starting your vehicle,
be careful not to get sulfuric acid on
yourself, your clothing, or on the vehicle.
This acid is poisonous and highly corro-
sive.
Jump-starting
1. Make sure the booster battery is 12-
volt and that its negative terminal is
grounded.
If the booster battery is in another
vehicle, do not allow the vehicles to
come in contact.
2. Turn off all unnecessary electrical
loads.
3. Connect the jumper cables in the
exact sequence shown in the illustra-
tion.
1) Connect on end of a jumper cable
to the positive terminal of the dis-
charged battery (1).
2) Connect the other end to the posi-
tive terminal of the booster battery
(2).
3) Proceed to connect one end of the
other jumper cable to the negative
terminal of the booster battery (3),
then the other end to a solid, sta-
tionary, metallic point away from
the battery (4).
Do not allow the jumper cables to
contact anything except the correct
battery terminals or the correct
ground. Do not lean over the bat-
tery when making connections.
4. If connected with the other vehicle,
start the vehicle with the booster bat-
tery first and let it run at 2,000 rpm
for several minutes.
5. Start the vehicle with the discharged
battery.
6. If the engine starts, disconnect one
end of the negative terminal of the
booster battery (3), then other end of
the positive terminal of the booster
battery (2) and the discharged battery
(1).
If the cause of your battery discharging
is not apparent, have your vehicle
checked by an authorized Kia dealer.
Push-starting
Vehicles equipped with automatic trans-
mission cannot be push-started, and
only jump starting can be applied. Fol-
low the directions in this section for
"Jump-starting" on page 6-4.
WARNING
Tow starting vehicle
Never tow a vehicle to start it.
When the engine starts, the vehicle can
suddenly surge forward and could cause
a collision with the tow vehicle.
Emergency starting
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