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Emergency
situations
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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 batte ry manager system must
be able to detect the battery 's state of
charge. Always connect the negative
ground cab le to the negative 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. 218
Engine compartment: connecto rs for jump
start cables and charger
Fig. 219
Jump start ing with the battery of another ve·
hide: @ - booster battery, @ - discharged vehicle bat-
tery
The procedure described below fo r connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump
start for your vehicle.
Vehicle with discharged battery:
.,. Turn off light s 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.
218 .
1. Connect one end of the red positive cable
on the jump start bolt
c::;,
fig.
219 @ (bolt
under the red cover = "positive") of the ve-
hicle to be started @ .
2. Connect the other end to the positive ter-
mina l @ of the booster battery @ .
Connect NEGATIVE (-) to NEGATIVE (-)
(black)
3. Connect one end of the black negative ca-
ble to the negat ive terminal @ of the
booster battery @ .
4.
Connect the other end to the jump start
pin © (bolts with hex head bolt= "nega-
tive") of the vehicle to be started @ .
Starting the engine
.,. Start the engine of the veh icle with the
booster battery @ . Run t he engine at a
moderate speed .
.,. Start engine with 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
aga in .
.,. With eng ine running, remove jumper cables
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse
o r-
de r .
.,. Close the red cover on the positive t erm inal.
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent
gases from entering the veh icle inter ior. Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connect-
ed with their metal parts in full contact with
the battery terminals.
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WARNING
To avoid serious personal injury and dam-
age to the vehicle, heed all warnings and
instructions of the jumper cable manufac-
turer. If in doubt, call for road service .
- Jumper cables must be long enough so
that the veh icles do not touch.
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