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Emergency
s ituation
s
Whe n jump sta rting or charging the battery,
never connect the negative ground cable to
the batte ry negat ive post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of charge. Always connect the
negat ive grou nd cab le to the negative ground
post of the batte ry manager control unit .
Use of jumper
cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable clamps in
exactly the order described below!
Fig. 215
Engine compa rt ment: connectors for ju mp star t
cables and cha rge r
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Fig. 2 16
Jum p start ing with t he bat t ery of a not her vehicle:
@ -
boos ter ba tt ery, @ - discharged vehicle batt ery
The procedure described be low for con necting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump start
for your ve hicle.
Vehicle with discharged battery:
•T urnoff lig ht s and accesso ries , move lever of
automat ic transmiss ion to N (Neutra l) or P
(Park) and set parking brake.
Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE(+) (red)
• Open t he red cove r o n t he pos it ive termin al
~ fig. 2 15.
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1.
Connect one end of the red positive cable on
the jump start bolt
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fig. 216
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(bolt under
the red cover = "positive") of the vehicle to be
started @ .
2. Connect the other end to the positive termi-
nal @ of the booster battery @ .
Connect NEGATIVE (- ) to NEGATIVE (- )
(black )
3. Connect one end of the black negative cable
to the negative term inal ® of the booste r
batte ry @ .
4 . Connect th e other end to the jump start pin
@
(bolts wit h hex head bolt = "negative") of
the veh icle t o be starte d @ .
Starting the engine
• Sta rt the engine of the veh icle with the booster
bat t ery @ . Run the eng ine at a moderate
speed.
• St a rt engine wit h d ischa rged vehicle batt e ry @
in t he usual man ner.
• If the engine fails to start, do not keep the
starter cra nking for longer than 10 seco nds .
Wait for about 30 seconds and then try again .
• With engine running , remove ju mper cab les
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse
order .
• Close the red cover on the positive term inal.
The batt ery is vented to the o utside to prevent
gases from enter ing the vehicle inter ior. Make
su re that t he jumper clamps are well connected
with their metal parts in full contact with the
batte ry terminals.
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WARNING
To avoid se rious personal injury and damage
to the veh icle, heed all war nings and inst ruc-
tion s of the jumper cable manufa cture r. If in
doubt, cal l for road service.
- Jumpe r cabl es m ust be lo ng e noug h so tha t
t he vehicles do not tou ch.
- When conne cting jumper cables, make sure
th at they can not get caug ht in any moving
part s in the engine com partmen t.
- Before you check anyt hing in t he engine
comp art ment, always read and hee d all
WARNINGS
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