Connecting Jumper Cables - Mini COUPE Owner's Manual

MOBILITY
Do not touch live parts
To avoid the risk of potentially fatal injury,
always avoid all contact with electrical compo‐
nents while the engine is
Preparation
1. Check whether the battery of the other ve‐
hicle has a voltage of 12 volts and approxi‐
mately the same capacitance in Ah. This in‐
formation can be found on the battery.
2. Switch off the engine of the assisting vehi‐
cle.
3. Switch off any electronic systems/power
consumers in both vehicles.
Bodywork contact between vehicles
There must not be any contact between
the bodies of the two vehicles, otherwise there
is a danger of shorting.◀
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Breakdown assistance
running.◀
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Connecting jumper cables

Connecting order
Connect the jumper cables in the correct
order; otherwise, there is the danger of injury
from sparking.◀
1. Open the battery cover in the engine com‐
partment to access the positive terminal.
2. Unlock the tabs of the positive terminal
cover on the left and right, arrows 1, and
raise the cover, arrow 2.
3. Attach one terminal clamp of the positive
jumper cable to the positive terminal of the
battery or to a starting aid terminal of the
vehicle providing assistance.
4. Attach the second clamp of the positive
jumper cable to the positive terminal of the
battery of the vehicle to be started.
5. Attach one terminal clamp of the negative
jumper cable to the negative terminal of
the battery, or to the corresponding engine
or body ground of the vehicle providing as‐
sistance.
6. Attach the second clamp of the negative
jumper cable to the negative terminal of