Kia Soul 2023 Manual page 376

What to do in an emergency
tion. First connect one end of a
jumper cable to the positive terminal
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 negative
terminal of the booster battery (3),
then the other end to a solid, station-
ary, metallic point away from the bat-
tery (4).
Do not allow the jumper cables to
contact anything except the correct
battery terminals or the correct
ground. Do not lean over the battery
when making connections.
5. Start vehicle with the booster battery
and let it run at 2,000 rpm, then start
the vehicle with the discharged bat-
tery.
If the cause of your battery discharg-
ing 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 terminal of
the booster battery, and the other end to
a metallic point, far away from the bat-
tery.
Push-starting
Vehicles equipped with Intelligent Vari-
able Transmission cannot be push-
started. Follow the directions in this sec-
tion for jump-starting.
WARNING
Tow starting vehicle
Never tow a vehicle to start it.
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When the engine starts, the vehicle can
suddenly surge forward and could cause
a collision with the tow vehicle.
Emergency starting