Push-Starting - Kia Soul 2020 Owner's Manual

What to do in an emergency
WARNING
Sulfuric acid risk
Automobile batteries contain sulfu -
ric acid. When jump starting your
vehicle, be careful not to get sulfuric
acid on yourself, your clothing, or on
the vehicle. This acid is poisonous
and highly corrosive.
Jump-starting
1. Make sure the booster battery is
12-volt and that its negative ter -
minal is grounded.
2. If the booster battery is in
another vehicle, do not allow the
vehicles to come in contact.
3. Turn off all unnecessary electrical
loads.
4. Connect the jumper cables in the
exact sequence shown in the illus -
tration. First connect one end of a
jumper cable to the positive ter -
minal of the discharged battery
(1), then connect the other end to
the positive terminal of the
booster battery (2).
Proceed to connect one end of the
other jumper cable to the nega -
tive terminal of the booster bat -
tery (3), then the other end to a
solid, stationary, metallic point
away from the battery (4).
Do not allow the jumper cables to
contact anything except the cor -
rect battery terminals or the cor -
rect ground. Do not lean over the
battery when making connec -
tions.
5. Start vehicle with the booster
battery and let it run at 2,000
rpm, then start the vehicle with
the discharged battery.
If the cause of your battery dis -
charging is not apparent, you should
have your vehicle checked by an
authorized Kia dealer.
NOTICE
Make sure to connect one end of the
jumper cable to the negative termi -
nal of the booster battery, and the
other end to a metallic point, far
away from the battery.

Push-starting

Your Manual Transmission-equipped
vehicle should not be push-started
because it might damage the emis -
sion control system. Vehicles
equipped with Dual Clutch Trans -
mission/Intelligent Variable Trans -
mission cannot be push-started.
Follow the directions in this section
for jump-starting.
WARNING
Tow starting vehicle
Never tow a vehicle to start it.
When the engine starts, the vehicle
can suddenly surge forward and
could cause a collision with the tow
vehicle.
Emergency starting
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