CITROEN C3 Desire User Manual page 147

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
BATTERY
Procedure for charging your battery
when it is fl at or for starting the engine
using another battery.
Access to the battery
The battery is located under the bonnet.
To gain access to it:
 open the bonnet using the interior
lever, then the exterior lever,
 secure the bonnet strut,
 remove the plastic cover by pulling
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on its grip for access to the two ter-
minals,
 unclip the fuse box to remove the
battery, if necessary.
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Starting using another battery
 Connect the red cable to the posi-
tive terminal (+) of the fl at battery A ,
then to the positive terminal (+) of
the slave battery B .
 Connect one end of the green or black
cable to the negative terminal (-)
of the slave battery B .
 Connect the other end of the green
or black cable to the negative termi-
nal (-) of the fl at battery A .
 Start the slave vehicle.
 Operate the starter of the broken
down vehicle and let the engine
run.
 Wait until the engine returns to idle
and disconnect the cables.