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When jump starting or charging the battery,
never connect the negative ground cable to
the battery negative post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of charge. Always connect the
negative ground cable to the negat ive ground
post of the battery manager control unit .
Use of jumper
cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable clamps in
exactly the order described below!
Fig. 216
Engine compartment: connectors for jump start
cables and charger
Fig. 2 1 7
Jump starting with the bat tery of another vehicle :
A - discharged vehicle bat tery, B - booster battery
The proc edure d esc ribed be low for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump start
for your vehicle.
Vehicle with discharged battery:
.. Turn off lights and accessories, move lever of
automatic transmission to N (Neutral) or P
(Park) and set parking brake .
Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE(+) (red)
.,. Open the red cover on the positive terminal
~fig. 216 .
Emergency
situations
1. Connect one end of the red positive cab le on
the jump start bolt ~
fig. 217 (D
(bo lt und er
the red cover= "posit ive") of the veh icle to be
started @ .
2. Connect the other end to the posit ive termi-
nal @ of the booster battery @ .
Connect NEGATIVE (-) to NEGATIVE (- )
(black)
3. Connect one end of t he black negative cable
to the negative terminal @ of the booster
battery @ .
4.
Connect the other end to the jump start pin
@
("negative") of the vehicle to be started
@ .
Starting the engine
.. Start the engine of the vehicle with the booster
battery @ . Run the eng ine at a moderate
speed .
.,. Start engine w it h discharged vehicle battery @
in the usual manner.
.,. If the engine fails to start, do not keep the
starter cranking for longer than 10 seconds.
Wait for about 30 seconds and then try again .
.. With engine running, remove jumper cables
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse
order .
.. Close the red cover on the positive terminal.
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent
gases from entering the vehicle interior . Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connected
with their metal parts in full contact with the
battery term inals .
A
WARNING
To avoid ser ious personal injury and damage
to the veh icle, heed all warnings and instruc-
tions of the jumper cable manufacturer.
If in
doubt, call for road service.
- Jumpe r cables must be long enough so that
the vehicles do not touch .
- When connecting jumper cables, make s ure
that they cannot get caug ht in any moving
parts in the engine compartment.
- Before you check anything in the engine
compa rtm ent, always read and heed all
WARNINGS ~
page 238.
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