Emergency Starting - Ferrari 458 Spider Owner's Manual

Emergency starting

If the battery is flat, you can perform an emergency start by
connecting the special jump leads to the battery of another vehicle,
a portable jump starter or an external battery.
Important note
Emergency starting can only be performed with batteries with a
nominal voltage of 12 V.
Important note
For emergency starting, only use leads that do not allow reverse
polarity, with sufficient cross-section and insulated clamps.
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Advice for Emergency Situations
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To perform an emergency start, do the following:
• Apply the parking brake.
• Deactivate all the electrical devices.
• Using the hex-head wrench in the tool bag, remove the crossbar
by unscrewing the two screws E.
• Remove cover of the fuse box located above the positive
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terminal on the right side of the battery.
• If emergency starting is performed using the battery of another
vehicle, leave the engine on the other vehicle to idle.
• Using the jump leads, connect the positive terminal of the battery
to the positive terminal of the portable jump starter or external
battery going from the battery on your own vehicle.
• Connect the negative terminal of the portable jump starter or
external battery to an earthing point on your vehicle using the
jump lead going from the external battery.
• Start the engine.
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