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WARNING
(continued)
•
Before you check anything in the engine compartment,
always
read
and
heed
all WARNINGS=>
page 211,
"Engine
compartment"
.
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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 must be no electrical contact between the vehicles as
otherwise current could already start to flow as soon as the positive
(+)
terminals are connected
.
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Tips
The discharged battery must be properly connected to the vehicle's
electrical system.
•
Use of jumper
cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable clamps in exactly
the order described below!
Fig.
173
For
jump
starting or charging
the
battery, there
is a
jump
start connection
on
the left
side
of the
engine
compartment.
Fig.
174 Jump
start
using
the
battery in
another vehicle:
A
-
Discharge, B- Female
socket
The procedure described below for connecting jumper
cables
is
intended to provide a
jump
start for your vehicle.
Preparatory
measures
1.
Do not jump start a frozen battery! Replace such a
battery!
2. Otherwise apply the hand brake and shift into idle gear if
your vehicle has manual transmission,
and put the
selector lever into P position if your vehicle has auto-
matic transmission.
3. For both vehicles switch off all consumers and the
igni-
tion.
Connecting/disconnecting
the jumper
cable.
4.
Connect one end of the red jumper cable on the
jump
start bolt
G)
=>
fig.
174
(Bolts under red cover= "posi-
tive") of the vehicle to be started
@.
5. Connect the other end of the red jumper cable to the
positive terminal
@
of the booster battery
@
.
6. Connect one end of the black
jumper
cable to the nega-
tive terminal
@
of the booster battery
@
.
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