224 Emergency situations
@ Tips
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. 166 Engine compart ment: Conne cto rs for jumper
cables and charger
Fig. 167 Jump sta rting with the battery of anot her ve-
hicle: @ discharged vehicle 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 measures
1. Do not jump start a frozen battery! Re-
place such a battery!
2. Otherwise apply the hand brake and shift
into idle gear if your vehicle has manua l
transmission, and put the selector lever
into P position if you r vehicle has auto-
matic transmission .
3. For both vehicles switch off all consumers
and the ignition.
Connecting/disconnecting the jumper
cable.
4. Connect one end of the red jumper cable
on the
jump start bolt (D q fig. 167
(Bolts under red cover= "positive") of the
vehicle to be started @ .
5. Connect the other end of the red jumper
cable to the positive terminal @ of the
booster battery @ .
6. Connect one end of the b lack jumper ca-
ble to the negat ive terminal ® of the
booster battery @ .
7. Connect the other end of the black jumper
cable to the negative terminal (bolt head)
© in the external starting point @ of
your vehicle.
8. Route the jumper cables so that they can-
not catch in any rotat ing parts in the en-
gine compartment.
Starting the engine
9. Start the engine 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 "r uns "
smoothly.
11. If the engine does not start: Stop trying
after 10 seconds and then try again after
about 30 seconds.
12. In the vehicle that has received start as-
sistance, turn on the heater blower and
the rear window heating to elim inate any
voltage 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 224, Connecting/dis-
connecting the jumper cable ..
When do-
ing so, make sure that the cable cannot
contact rotating engine parts.
14. Close the cover on the positive terminal.
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent
gases from entering the vehicle interio r. Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connect-
ed with their
metal ports in full contact with
the battery terminals.
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