Emergency situations
General
This chapter is intended for trained emer-
gency crews and working personnel who
have the necessary tools and equipment to
perform these operations.
Starting by pushing or
towing
CD Note
Vehicles with an automatic tran smission
cannot be started by pushing or towing .
Starting with jumper
cables
If necessary, the engine can be started by
connecting it to the battery of another vehi-
cle.
If t he engine shou ld fail to start because of a
discha rged or weak battery, the battery can be
connected to the battery of
another veh icle,
using a pair of jumper cables to start the en-
g ine.
Jumper cables
Use only jumper cables of sufficiently la rge
cross section to carry the starter current safe-
ly. Refer to the man ufacturer's specif ications.
Use only jumper cables with
insulated te rm i-
na l clamps w hich are d istinctly mar ked:
plus(+) cable in mos t cases colore d red
minus (-) cable
in most cases colored black.
A WARNING
Batte ries contai n e lect ricity, ac id, an d gas.
Any of th ese can cause very ser io us or fatal
injury. Follow the instructions below for
safe han dli ng of your veh icle's bat t ery.
- Always shield you r eye s and avoid lean-
ing over t he bat t e ry whenever possib le.
- A d isch arged battery can free ze at tem-
pera t ures ju st be low 3 2 °F (0 °C). Before
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connecting a ju mpe r cab le, you must
thaw the fr ozen battery comp lete ly, ot h-
erwise it could explode.
- Do not allow battery acid to contact eyes
or skin. Flus h any contacted area with
wate r immediately .
- Improper use of a booster battery to
start a vehicle may cause an explosion.
- Vehicle batter ies genera t e exp losive gas-
es. Keep spar ks, flame and lighted ciga -
rettes away from batte ries.
- Do not try to jump start any ve hicle with
a low ac id leve l in the battery.
- The voltage of the booste r batte ry m ust
a lso have a 12-Volt rat ing. The capacity
(Ah) of the booster battery sho uld not be
lowe r tha n that of the discharged bat-
tery . Use of batte ries of d iffe rent voltage
or substantially d iffe rent "Ah" rat ing
may cause an exp losion and persona l in-
JU ry.
- Neve r cha rge a frozen battery. Gas tr a p-
ped in the ice may cause an explosion.
- Never charge or use a battery t hat has
been fr oz en . The battery case may have
be weakened.
- Use of batter ies of differe nt voltage or
sub st ant ially diffe ren t ca pacity (Ah) rat-
ing may cause an exp losion an d injury .
The capac ity (Ah) of t he booster bat t ery
should not be lower than that of the dis -
charged batte ry.
- Before you chec k anyt hing in t he engine
compa rtment, always read and hee d a ll
WARNINGS¢
page 226 , Engine com-
partment.
CD Note
- App lying a higher voltage booster ba t-
tery will cause expens ive damage to se n-
sit ive e lectronic components, such as
cont rol units, relays, rad io, etc.
- There must be no electrical contact be-
tween the vehicles as otherwise current
cou ld already start to f low as soon as the
posit ive(+) term inals a re connected. ..,.
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