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Tips
The disc harged battery must be properly
connected to the vehicle's electrical sys-
tem.
Use of jumper
cables
Make sure to connect the jumper coble
clomps in exactly the order described below!
Fig. 177
Engine comp a rtm ent: Conne ctors for jum per
cables and charger
Fig. 178
Jump start ing with the batt ery of anot her ve-
hicle: @ discharged vehicle batte ry, @ booste r battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump
start for your veh icle.
Preparatory measures
1. Do not jump start a frozen battery! Re-
place such a battery!
2 . Otherwise apply the hand brake and shift
into idle gear if your veh icle has manua l
transmission , and put t he se lector lever
into P position if your vehicle has auto-
matic transm ission .
3. For both vehicles switch off all consumers
and the ign ition.
Emergenc
y s itu a tion s
235
Connectin g/ disconnecting the jumper
cable.
4. Connect one end of the red jumper cable
on the
j ump start bolt
(D
c:> fig. 178
(Bolts under red cover = "positive") of the
vehicle t o be started @ .
5. Connect the othe r end of the red jumper
cable to the positive te rm inal @ of the
booster battery @ .
6. Connect one end of the black jumper ca-
ble to the negat ive terminal @ of t he
booster battery @ .
7. Connect the other end of the black jumper
cable to the negative termina l (bolt head)
@
in the exte rnal starting point @ of
your vehicle.
8. Route the jumper cables so that they can-
not catch in any rotat ing parts in the en-
gine compartment .
Starting the engine
9. Start the engine of the vehicle providing
ass istance and allow it t o run at idle .
10 . Now start the engine of the vehicle with
the discha rged battery, wait for two to
th ree minutes until the engine "runs "
smoot hly.
11. If t he engine does not start: Stop t rying
after 10 seconds and t hen try aga in aft er
about 30 seconds.
12 . In the vehicle that has received start as-
sistance, turn on the heater blowe r and
the rear window heating t o elim inate any
voltage peaks when disconnecting. Driv-
ing lights must be switched off!
13 . Disconnect the cable while the eng ine is
run ning exactly in reverse order to that
described in c:> page 235, Connecting/dis-
connecting the jumper coble .. When do-
ing so, make sure t hat the cable cannot
contact rotating engine parts.
14 . Close the cover on the positive termina l.
The bat t ery is vented t o t he out side t o prevent
gases from entering the vehicle interior . Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connect-
ed with their metal ports in full contact with
the battery term inals.
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