CITROEN DS3 - Starting Using Another Battery

Whenthebatteryonyourvehicleisdischarged,
theenginecanbestartedusingaslavebattery
(externaloronanothervehicle)andjumpleads.
Starting using another
battery
Firstcheckthattheslavebatteryhasanominal
voltageof12Vandacapacityatleastequalto
thatofthedischargedbattery.
Donottrytostarttheenginebyconnectinga
batterycharger.
Donotdisconnectthe(+)terminalwhenthe
engineisrunning.
F Connecttheredcabletothepositive
terminal(+)oftheflatbatteryA, then to the
positiveterminal(+)oftheslavebatteryB.
F Connectoneendofthegreenorblack
cabletothenegativeterminal(-)ofthe
slave battery B(orearthpointontheother
vehicle).
F Connecttheotherendofthegreenorblack
cabletothenegativeterminalC
(ortheenginemounting)ofthebroken-
downvehicle.
F Starttheengineoftheothervehicleand
allowittorunforafewminutes.
F Operatethestarterofthebroken-down
vehicleandlettheenginerun.
 Iftheenginedoesnotstartimmediately,
switchofftheignitionandwaitafew
momentsbeforetryingagain.
F Waituntiltheenginereturnstoidle,then
disconnectthejumpleadsinreverseorder.
Somefunctionsarenotavailableifthe
batteryisnotsufficientlycharged.