Jump Start: Description; Removing The Jump Leads; Jump Lead Terminal Connections - Seat Ateca 2020 Owner's Manual

Jump start: description

Fig. 43 Diagram of connections for vehicles
without Start-Stop system.
Diagram of connections for vehicles
Fig. 44
with Start-Stop system.

Jump lead terminal connections

1. Switch off the ignition of both vehicles
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.
Self-help
2. Connect one end of the red jump lead to
the positive terminal of the vehicle
+
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with the flat battery Fig.
A
3. Connect the other end of the red jump
lead to the positive terminal
hicle providing assistance
4a. In vehicles without a Start-Stop system:
connect one end of the black jump lead
to the negative terminal
–
›››
providing the current
B
4b. In vehicles with a Start-stop system:
connect one end of the black jump lead
to a suitable ground terminal, to a sol-
X
id piece of metal in the engine block, or
›››
to the engine block itself
5. Connect the other end of the black jump
lead to a solid metal component bol-
X
ted to the engine block or to the engine
block itself of the vehicle with the flat
battery. Do not connect it to a point near
the battery .
A
6. Position the leads in such a way that
they cannot come into contact with any
moving parts in the engine compart-
ment.
Starting
7. Start the engine of the vehicle with the
boosting battery and let it run at idling
speed.
8. Start the engine of the vehicle with the
flat battery and wait for 2 or 3 minutes
43. until the engine is running.

Removing the jump leads

in the ve-
+
.
B 9. Before you remove the jump leads,
switch off the dipped beam headlights if
they are switched on.
of the vehicle
10. Turn on the heater blower and heated
Fig. 43.
rear window in the vehicle with the flat
battery. This helps minimise voltage
peaks which are generated when the
leads are disconnected.
11. When the engine is running, disconnect
Fig. 44.
the leads in reverse order to the details
given above.
Make sure the battery clamps have sufficient
metal-to-metal contact with the battery ter-
minals.
If the engine fails to start after about 10 sec-
onds, switch off the starter and try again after
about 1 minute.
WARNING
Please note the safety warnings referring
●
to working in the engine compartment
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page 311.
The battery providing assistance must
●
have the same voltage as the flat battery
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