280 Emergency situations
@ Tips
- The discharged battery must be pro perly
connected to the vehicle's electrical sys-
tem. When jump starting or charging the
batte ry, never connect t he negative
gro und cable to the battery negative
post because the battery manager sys-
tem must be ab le t o detect the bat tery 's
state of cha rge . Always connect the neg-
at ive ground cable t o t he neg at ive
gro und post of the bat t ery man age r co n-
trol unit.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper coble
clomps in exactly the order described below!
Fig. 228 Engine compart ment: Connecto rs for jum pe r
cab les and charger
Fig. 229 Jump sta rt ing with the bat t ery of a not her ve-
hicle : @ booster batte ry, @ discharged vehicle battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump
start for your veh icle .
Vehicle with discharged battery:
.. Turn off lights and accessories, move lever
of automatic transmission to
N (Neutral) or
P (Park) and set parking brake.
Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE(+)
(red)
.. Remove the cover a bove the jump start con -
nection .
.. Open the red cover on the positive pole
¢fig. 228 .
1. Connect one end of the red positive cable
on the
jump start bolt c::> fig. 229 @
(Bolt s under red cover= "posit ive") of the
vehicle to be st art ed ® ·
2. Connect t he ot her end to the pos itive t er-
mina l @ of t he booster battery @ .
Connect NEGATIVE (- ) to NEGATIVE (-)
(black)
3. Conne ct one end of t he black nega t ive ca-
ble to t he negat ive termi na l @ of the
booster battery @ .
4 . Connect the other end to the
jump start
bolt @
(Bolts with hex head = "negative")
of the vehicle to be started ® ·
Starting the engine
.. Sta rt the engine of the veh icle with t he
booster batte ry @ . Run the engine at a
moderate speed .
.. Sta rt engine with discharged vehicle battery
® in the usual manner.
.. If the eng ine fails to start : do not keep the
st arter cran king for longer t han 10 seconds .
Wa it for about 30 seconds and the n try
aga in .
.. With eng ine runni ng, remove ju mpe r cab les
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse or-
de r .
.. Close the red cover on the positive pole .
The battery is vente d to t he outside to preven t
gases from ent ering the veh icle interior . Make
sure that the j umper clamps are well connect·
ed with t heir
metal ports in full contact with
the battery term inals .
A WARNING
- -
To avoid serious personal injury and dam-
age to the veh icle, heed all warnings and
instructions of the jumper cable ma nufac-
ture r. If in doubt, call for road service .
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