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Em e rgen cy si t uation
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Tips
- The discharged battery must be properly
connected to the vehicle's electrical sys-
tem. When jump starting or charging the
battery, never connect the negative
ground cable to the battery negative
post because the battery manager sys-
tem must be ab le to detect the battery 's
state of cha rge. Always connect the neg-
at ive g round ca ble t o the neg ative
ground post of the battery manager con-
trol unit.
Use of jumper
cables
Make sure to connect the jumper coble
clomps in exactly the order described below!
Fig. 271
Engine compartme nt: Connecto rs for jumper
cab les and charger
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Fig. 272
Jump start ing with the battery of another ve-
hicle: A - booste r battery, B - discha rged veh icle battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump
start for your veh icle.
Vehicle with discharged battery :
.. Turn off lights and accessories, move lever
of automatic transmission to N (Neutra l) or
P (Park) and set parking brake.
Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE(+ )
(red)
.. Open the red cover on the positive pole
¢fig. 271 .
1. Connect one end of the red positive cable
on the jump start bolt
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fig. 2
72 @
(Bolts under red cover = "positive") of the
vehicle to be started @ .
2. Connect th e othe r end to the positive t er-
mi na l @ of t he booster batte ry @ .
Connect NEGATIVE (-) to NEGATIVE (-)
(black)
3. Connect one end of the b lack negative ca-
ble to the negat ive termi na l @ of the
booster battery @ .
4 . Connect the othe r end of the black nega-
tive cab le to the jump start bolt @ (Bolts
with hex head= "negative") of the vehicle
to be started @ .
Sta rting the engine
.. Start t he engine of the veh icle with t he
booste r bat tery @ . Run t he engine at a
moderate speed .
.. Start engine with discharged vehicle battery
@
in the usual manner.
.. If the engine fails t o start: do not keep the
starter crank ing for longer than 10 seconds.
Wait for about 30 seconds a nd the n try
again.
""With eng ine running, remove j umpe r cab les
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse
or·
de r .
.. Close the red cover on the positive pole .
The battery is vente d t o t he outside to preven t
gases from entering the veh icle inter ior. Make
sure that the j umper clamps are well connec t-
ed with their
metal ports in full contact
with
the battery term inals.
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WARNING
-
To avoid serious persona l injury and dam-
age to the veh icle, heed all warnings and
instructions of the jumper cable ma nufac-
turer. If in doubt , call for road service.
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