282 Emergency situations
@ Tips
- The discharged battery must be properly
connected to the vehicle's electrical sys-
tem. When jump starting or charging the
battery, never connect the negative
ground cable to the battery negative
post because the battery manager sys-
tem must be able to detect the battery 's
state of charge. Always connect the neg-
ative ground cable to the negative
ground post of the battery manager con-
trol unit .
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper coble
clomps in exactly the order described below!
Fig. 237 Engine compartme nt: Connecto rs for jumper
cab les and charger
Fig. 238 Jump start ing with the battery of another ve-
hicle: @ booster battery, @ 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
CD by pressing on the ar·
row
c::> fig. 23 7 .
.. Open the cover @ on the pos itive terminal.
l. Connect one end of the red positive cable
on the
jump start bolt c::> fig. 238 CD
(Bolts under cover = "posit ive") of the ve·
hicle to be started @ .
2. Connect the other end to the positive ter-
minal @ of the booster battery @ .
Connect NEGATIVE (-) to NEGATIVE (-)
(black)
3. Connect one end of the black negative ca-
ble to the negative terminal ® of the
booster battery @ .
4. Connect the other end of the black nega-
t ive cab le to the
jump start bolt @ (Bolts
with hex head = "negative") of the vehicle
to be started @ .
Starting the engine
.. Start the engine of the veh icle with the
booster battery @ . Run the engine at a
moderate speed .
.. Start engine with discharged vehicle battery
® in the usual manner.
.. If the engine fails to start: do not keep the
st arter crank ing for longer than 10 seconds .
Wait for about 30 seconds a nd then try
again .
.. With eng ine running, remove jumper cables
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse or-
de r .
.,. Close the cover @ on the positive termina l
and re-install the cover
CD c::>fig. 237.
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent
gases from entering the veh icle interior . Make
s ure that the jumper clamps are well connect·
ed with their
metal ports in full contact with
the battery term inals.
A WARNING
To avoid serious personal injury and dam-
age to the vehicle, heed all warnings and
inst ructions of the jumper cable
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