Kia K5 2021 Owner's Manual page 462

What to do in an emergency
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.
WARNING
Frozen batteries
Do not attempt to jump start the
vehicle if the discharged battery is
frozen, as the battery may rupture
or explode.
WARNING
Battery
Keep all flames or sparks away from
the battery. The battery produces
hydrogen gas, which will explode if
exposed to flame or sparks.
WARNING
Battery cables
Do not connect the jumper cable
from the negative terminal of the
booster battery to the negative ter-
minal of the discharged battery,
directly. This can cause the dis-
charged battery to overheat and
crack or degrade. Make sure to con-
nect one end of the jumper cable to
the negative terminal of the booster
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battery, and the other end to a
metallic point, far away from the
battery.
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.
If the booster battery is in
another vehicle, do not allow the
vehicles to come in contact.
2. Turn off all unnecessary electrical
loads.
3. Connect the jumper cables in the
exact sequence shown in the illus-
tration.
1)Connect on 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,
Emergency starting