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Note
- Applying a higher voltage booster battery
will cause expensive damage to sensitive
electronic components, such as control
units, relays, radio, etc.
- There m ust be no e lectrica l contact between
the vehicles as otherwise current could al-
ready start to flow as soon as the pos itive
(+)
terminals are connected .
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Tips
- The discharged battery must be properly
con nected to the vehicle's electrical system.
- Switch off any car phone, or follow the car
phone instruct ions for this situation.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper coble clomps in
exactly the order described below!
Fig. 161
Luggag e comp ar tm ent: conn ect ors for a charg er
an d jump sta rt cab les
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Fig. 162
Jump sta rt using the batte ry in a not her vehicle: A
• Fe male socket , B • Discharg e
The batte ry is located in the luggage compart-
ment ~ page 166 . The front lid can be opened in
a n emergency r=;, poge 33 .
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do I d o no w?
Do not connect the negative cable d irect ly to the
negat ive terminal on the battery . Connect it to a
jump start pin instead
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fig. 161.
Connect the positive cable (red) to the
positi ve terminal
1.
Connect one end of the red jumper cab le
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fig . 162
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to th e positive t erminal of dis-
charged battery @ .
2. Connect the ot her end of the red jumper ca-
ble to the positive term inal @ ofthe booster
battery @ .
Connect the negative cable (black) to the
negat ive terminal
3 . Connect one end of the black jumper cable @
to the negative term inal of the booster bat-
tery @ .
4. Secu re the other end to the jump start pin @
for the d ischarged battery @ .
Starting the engine
"' Start the engine of the veh icle provid ing assis -
tance and allow it to run at idle .
"' Now sta rt the engine of the vehicle with the
d ischa rged ba ttery.
"'I f the engine does not star t : Stop trying afte r
10 seconds and then try again after about 30
seconds .
"' Disconnect the cable while the engine is run-
ning in exact ly reverse orde r to that described.
The bat t ery is vented to the outside to preven t
gases from entering the vehicle interior . Make
sure that th e j umper clamps are well connect ed
with their metal ports in full contact with the
battery terminals.
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WARNING
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To avoid se rious personal injury and damage
to the veh icle , heed all warnings and inst ruc-
tions of the jumper cable manufacture r. If in
doubt, call for road service.
- Jumpe r cables m ust be long eno ugh so that
the vehicles do not touch .
- When connecting jumper cables, make sure
that they can not get caug ht in any moving
parts in the eng ine compartment.
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