Mazda RX-8 Owner's Manual page 326

RX-8_8BQ7-EA-10H_Edition1 Page326
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In Case of an Emergency
Emergency Starting
3. Remove the battery cover from its rear
side.
4. Make sure the booster battery is 12 V
and that its negative terminal is
grounded.
5. If the booster battery is in another
vehicle, don't allow the vehicles to
touch. Turn off the engine of the
vehicle with the booster battery and all
unnecessary electrical loads in both
vehicles.
6. Connect the jumper cables in the exact
sequence as in the illustration.
Connect one end of a cable to the
l
positive terminal on the discharged
battery (1).
Attach the other end to the positive
l
terminal on the booster battery (2).
Connect one end of the other cable
l
to the negative terminal of the
booster battery (3).
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Form No.8BQ7-EA-10H
Black plate (326,1)
Connect the other end to a solid,
l
stationary, exposed metallic point
(for example, the tightening bolt)
away from the discharged battery
(4).
Discharged
battery
Booster battery
7. Start the engine of the booster vehicle
and run it a few minutes. Then start the
engine of the other vehicle.
8. When finished, carefully disconnect the
cables in the reverse order described in
Step 6.
NOTE
Verify that the engine cover is securely
installed.
Connect cables
in numerical
order and
disconnect in
reverse order.