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The discharged battery must be properly connected to the vehicle's electrical sys
tem.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper coble
clomps in exactly the order described below!
Fig. 163 Eng ine compartme nt: Co nnecto rs for jumper
cables and charger
F ig . 164 Jump start ing with the battery of another ve
h icle: @discharged ve hicle batte ry, @ booste r battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump
start for your veh icle.
Preparatory me asures
1. Do not jump start a frozen battery! Re
place such a battery!
2 . Otherwise apply the hand brake and put
the selector leve r into P pos ition.
3. For both vehicles swi tch off all cons umers
and the ignit ion.
Conn ecting /disconnecting the jumper
cable .
4. Con nect one end of the red jumper cable
on the
jump st a rt bo lt @ ¢ fig. 164
Emergenc y situ ation s 21 7
(Bolts under red cover = "positive") o f the
vehicle to be started @.
5 . Connect the other end of the red jumper
cable to the positive terminal @ofthe
booster battery @.
6 . Connect one end of the black jumper ca
ble to the negat ive terminal ® of the
booster battery @.
7. Co nnect the othe r end of the black jumper
c able to the negat ive termina l (bolt head)
@ in the external starting po int @ of
your vehicle.
8 . Route the jumper cables so that they can
not catch in any rotat ing parts in the en
gine compartment.
Sta rting th e engine
9. Sta rt the eng ine of the vehicle providing
assistance and allow it to run at idle.
10. Now start the engine of the vehicle with
the discharged battery, wait for two to
three minutes until the engine "runs"
smooth ly.
11. If the eng ine does not start: Stop try ing
after 10 seconds and then try aga in after
about 30 seconds.
12 . In the vehicle that has received sta rt as
s istance, tur n on the heate r blower and
the rear window hea ting to elim inate a ny
vo ltage peaks when disconnecting . Driv
ing lights must be switched off!
13 . Disconnect the cable while the engine is
runn ing exactly in
reverse order to that
described in<=>
page 217, Connecting/dis
connecting the jumper coble ..
When do
ing so, make sure that the cable cannot
contact rotating eng ine parts.
14 . Close the cove r on the posit ive termina l.
T he battery is vented to the outside to p revent
gases from enter ing the veh icle inter ior. Make
s ur e that the jumper clamps a re well connec t
ed with their
me tal parts in full contact with
the battery terminals.
A WARNING
To avoid serious personal injury and dam
age to the vehicle, heed all warnings and
