Opel ASTRA K 2015 Owner's Manual page 266

264 Vehicle care
sulphuric acid which can cause
injuries and damage in the event
of direct contact.
● Never expose the vehicle battery
to naked flames or sparks.
● A discharged vehicle battery can
already freeze at a temperature
of 0 °C. Defrost the frozen vehicle
battery before connecting jump
leads.
● Wear eye protection and
protective clothing when
handling a vehicle battery.
● Use a booster vehicle battery
with the same voltage (12 V). Its
capacity (Ah) must not be much
less than that of the discharged
vehicle battery.
● Use jump leads with insulated
terminals and a cross section of
at least 16 mm 2 (25 mm
diesel engines).
● Do not disconnect the discharged
vehicle battery from the vehicle.
● Switch off all unnecessary
electrical consumers.
● Do not lean over the vehicle
battery during jump starting.
● Do not allow the terminals of one
lead to touch those of the other
lead.
● The vehicles must not come into
contact with each other during
the jump starting process.
● Apply the parking brake,
transmission in neutral,
automatic transmission in P.
● Open the positive terminal
protection caps of both batteries.
2 for
Illustrations show different versions.
Lead connection order:
1. Connect the red lead to the
positive terminal of the booster
vehicle battery.
2. Connect the other end of the red
lead to the positive terminal of the
discharged vehicle battery.
3. Connect the black lead to the
negative terminal of the booster
vehicle battery.
4. Connect the other end of the black
lead to a vehicle grounding point
of your vehicle in the engine
compartment.