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When
jump
starting or charging the
battery,
never connect the
negative
ground cable to
the
battery negat ive post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of charge. Always connect the
negative g round cab le to the negative ground
post of
the battery manager
control unit
.
Using jump
start
cables
Connect the jump start cables in the
exact
order
described
below.
Fig. 188
Engine
compa rtment: connectors for
jump
start
cables and a charger
Fig. 189
Jum
p sta
rting
the battery with anot her vehicle:
@
-
drained battery,
@
-
starter
batt
ery
The
battery
is located to the left
in
the eng ine
compartment.
Do
not
jump
start a
frozen or
thawed battery
c>
A
in Starting with jumper ca-
bles on page
252!
Replace the battery.
The pro-
cedure for connecting jump start cables that is
described
next is designed to
he
lp jump start
your veh icle.
Vehicle with drained battery:
..
Read the following
carefullyc>
page 252
..
Set the parking brake and place the selector
lever in
the P
position
.
Emergency
situations
..
Turn the
ignition
and electrica
l
equipment off
in both vehicles.
Connecting the negative terminal(-)
to
the
negative terminal(-)
(black)
..
To reach the battery
terminals, flip
the battery
cover cap to the side
c>
fig.
188
.
1. Clamp the end of the red jump start cable to
the terminal
©
c>
fig.
189 on the dead bat-
tery
®
¢
0)
in Starting with jumper cables
on page 252
.
2.
Clamp the other end of the red jump start ca-
ble to the
terminal
@
on
the
charging bat-
tery
@
.
Connect
NEGATIVE
(-)
to NEGATIVE (-)
(black)
3.
Clamp
the
black
end
of the
jump
start cable
preferably at the ground point
, or o
n
the
negative
t
erm inal
@
on the charg ing battery
®·
4.
Clamp the
othe
r
black
end of the
jump start
cable
only
on the
ground point
@)
on
your
vehicle
®
¢
(D.
5.
Route the jump start cab les so they cannot
get caught in the moving parts in the engine
compartment
.
Starting the engine
6.
Start the engine
in
the vehicle giving the
charge and let it
run
at
idle.
7. Start the engine
in
the vehicle with the dead
battery and wait two to three minutes until
it
"runs smoothly"
.
8. If
the
engine does not start: stop
the
starting
procedure
afte
r
10 seconds
and then
repeat
it
after
approximately 30 seconds
.
9.
In the
vehicle
that
is
being
jump
started,
switch
the heater fan and
rear
window de
-
froster on to
reduce
any voltage
peaks
that
may occur when disconnecting the jumper ca-
bles. The headlights must
be
switched off
.
10. With the
engines running, remove
the cables
in
reverse
orde
r
of the way they were
instal-
led
.
Make
sure the cables do not get caught
in
moving eng ine components
.
11.
Switch the
heater fan
and
rear window de-
froster
off.
12
.
Close the battery cover
.
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