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What to do in an emergency
WARNING
Battery
Keep all flames or sparks away
from the battery. The battery
produces hydrogen gas which
may explode if exposed to flame
or sparks.
If these instructions are not fol
lowed exactly, serious personal
injury and damage to the vehicle
may occur! If you are not sure
how to follow this procedure, seek
qualified assistance. Automobile
batteries contain sulfuric acid.
This is poisonous and highly cor
rosive. When jump starting, wear
protective glasses and be careful
not to get acid on yourself, your
clothing or on the vehicle.
Do not attempt to jump start the
vehicle if the discharged battery is
frozen or if the electrolyte level is
low; the battery may rupture or
explode.
Do not allow the (+) and (-)
jumper cables to touch. It may
cause sparks.
The battery may rupture or
explode when you jump start with
a low or frozen battery.
Jump starting procedure
1. Make sure the booster battery is
12-volt and that its negative ter
minal is grounded.
If the booster battery is in
another vehicle, do not allow the
vehicles come in contact.
2. Turn off all unnecessary electrical
loads.
3. Open the engine hood and remove
the service cover on the front
passenger seat side in the engine
compartment.
4. Remove the fuse box cover on the
front passenger seat side in the
engine compartment
5. Open the positive terminal cap
inside the engine room fuse box
and the negative terminal cap
close to the vehicle body.
6. Connect the jumper cables in the
exact sequence shown in the illus
tration.
1)Connect one end of a jumper
cable to the positive terminal of
the discharged battery (1).
2)Connect the other end to the
positive terminal of the booster
battery (2).
3)Proceed to connect one end of
the other jumper cable to the
negative terminal of the
booster battery (3), then the
other end to a solid, stationary,
metallic point (for example, the
engine lifting bracket) away
from the battery (4). Do not
connect it to or near any part
that moves when the engine is
cranked.
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