Use Of Jumper Cables - Audi TT Roadster 2011 Owner's Manual

232 Emergency situations
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Tips
The discharged battery must be properly
connected to the vehicle's electrical sys-
tem.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper coble
clomps in exactly the order described below!
Fig. 174 Engine compart ment: Conne cto rs for jumper
cables and charger
Fig. 175 Jump starting with the battery of another ve-
hicle: @ discharged vehicle battery, ® booste r battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump
start for your veh icle.
Preparatory measures
1. Do not jump start a froze n battery! Re-
place such a battery!
2 . Otherwise apply the hand brake and put
the selector lever into P position.
3. For both vehicles switch off all consumers
and the ign it ion.
Connecting/disconnecting the jumper
cable .
4 . Connect one end of the red jumper cable
on the jump start bolt
(D
9
fig. 175
(Bolts under red cover = "positive") of the
vehicle to be started @ .
5. Connect the other end of the red jumper
cable to the positive terminal @ of the
booster battery @ .
6. Connect one end of the black jumper ca-
ble to the negat ive terminal @ of the
booster battery @ .
7. Connect the other end of the black jumper
cable to the negat ive terminal (bolt head)
@ in the external start ing point @ of
your vehicle.
8. Route the jumper cables so that they can-
not catch in any rotat ing parts in the en-
gine compartment.
Starting the engine
9. Start the engine of the vehicle providing
assistance and allow it to run at idle .
10. Now start the engine of the vehicle with
the discharged battery, wait for two to
three minutes until the engine "runs"
smoothly.
11. If the eng ine does not start: Stop try ing
after 10 seconds and then try aga in after
about 30 seconds.
12. In the vehicle that has received start as-
sistance, turn on the heater blower and
the rear window heating to elim inate any
voltage peaks when disconnecting . Driv-
ing lights must be switched off!
13 . Disconnect the cable while the engine is
running exactly in
reverse
order to that
described inc:>
page 232, Connecting/dis-
connecting the jumper coble ..
When do-
ing so, make sure that the cable cannot
contact rotating eng ine parts.
14. Close the cover on the posi tive terminal.
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent
gases from entering the veh icle inter ior. Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connect-
ed with their
metal parts in full contact
with
the battery terminals.
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WARNING
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To avoid serious personal injury and dam-
age to the vehicle, heed all warnings and