Emergency situation s
When jump sta rting or charging the battery,
never connect the negative ground cable to
the batte ry negat ive post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of c harge. Always connect the
negat ive grou nd cab le to the negative ground
post of the batte ry manager control unit .
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable clamps in
ex actly the order described below!
F ig . 215 Eng ine co m pa rt m ent: con nec tors for ju mp star t
cab les a nd cha rge r
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Fig . 2 16 Jum p start ing w it h t he bat te ry of a not her ve hicl e:
@-boos te r ba ttery , @ -disc harg ed v eh icle batt ery
The procedure described be low for con necting
jumper cables is intended to p rovide a jump start
for your ve hicle.
Vehicle with discharged battery: •T urnoff lig ht s and accesso ries , move lever of
automat ic transmiss ion to N (Ne utra l) or P
(Park) and set parking brake.
Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE(+) (red)
• Open the red cove r o n t he po sit ive termin al
~fig . 2 15.
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1. Connect one end o f the red positive ca ble on
the
jump start bolt ~ fig. 216 /J) (bolt under
the red cover = "positive") of the vehicle to be
started @.
2. Connect the other end to the positive termi-
nal@ of the booster battery @.
Connect NEGATIVE (-) to NEGATIVE (-)
(black )
3. Co nnect one end of the black negative cable
to the negative term inal ® of the booste r
batte ry @ .
4 . Connect th e other end to the
jump start pin
@ (bolts w it h hex head bolt = "negative") of
the veh icle to be s tarte d@ .
Starting the engine • Sta rt the engine of the veh icle with the booster
bat tery @. Run the eng ine at a moderate
speed.
• Sta rt engine w it h discha rged vehicle ba ttery @
i n t he usual man ner.
• If the engine fails to start, do not keep the
starter cra nking for lo nger than 10 seco nds .
Wait for about 30 seconds and then try again .
• With engine running , remove jumper cab les
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse order .
• Close the red cover on the positive term inal.
The batt ery is vented to the o utside to prevent
gases from enter ing the vehicle inter ior. Make
su re that t he jumper clamps are well connected
with their metal parts in full contact w ith the
batte ry terminals.
&_ WARNING
To avoid se rious personal injury and damage
to the veh icle, heed all war nings and inst ruc
tion s of the jumper cable m anufa cture r.
If in
d oubt, cal l for ro ad service.
- Ju mpe r cabl es must be lo ng enoug h so tha t
t he vehicles do no t tou ch.
- When conne cting jumper cables, make sure
th at they c an not get c aug ht in any moving
p art s in the engine com partmen t.
- B efore you check any thing in the e ngine
comp artment, alw ays re ad an d hee d all
WAR NINGS
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