Mazda 2006 MPV Owner's Manual page 257

Mazda MPV_8U61-EA-05G_Edition1 Page257
Tuesday, June 21 2005 9:37 AM
1. Make sure the booster battery is 12 V
and that its negative terminal is
grounded.
2. 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.
3. 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).
Connect the other end to a solid,
l
stationary, exposed metallic point
(for example, the engine hanger)
away from the discharged battery
(4).
4. Start the engine of the booster vehicle
and run it a few minutes. Then start the
engine of the other vehicle.
Form No.8U61-EA-05G
Jumper
cables
Discharged
battery
Booster battery
Connect cables in
numerical order and
disconnect in reverse
order.
Black plate (257,1)
In Case of an Emergency
Emergency Starting
5. When finished, carefully disconnect the
cables in the reverse order described in
Step 3.
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