Kia 2019 niro - Push-Starting

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What to do in an emergency Emergency starting
Jump-starting
1. Make sure the booster battery is
12-volt and that its negative ter
-
minal is grounded.
2. If the booster battery is in
anothe
r vehicle, do not allow the
vehicles to come in contact.
3. Turn off all unnecessary electrical
loa
d
s.
4. Connect the jumper cables in the
ex
act sequence shown in the illus
-
tration. First connect one end of a
jumper cable to the positive ter
-
minal of the discharged battery
(1), then connect the other end to
the positive terminal of the
booster battery (2).
Proceed to connect one end of the
other j
u
mper cable to the nega
-
tive terminal of the booster bat
-
tery (3), then the other end to a
solid, stationary, metallic point
away from the battery (4).
Do not allow the jumper cables to
c
o
ntact anything except the cor
-
rect battery terminals or the cor
-
rect ground. Do not lean over the
battery when making connec
-
tions.
5. Start vehicle with the booster
battery and let it run,
then start
the vehicle with the discharged
battery.
If the cause of your battery dis
-
charging is not apparent, you should
have your vehicle checked by an
authorized Kia dealer.
NOTICE
Make sure to connect one end of the
jumper cable to the negative termi
-
nal of the booster battery, and the
other end to a metallic point, far
away from the battery.
Push-starting
Your vehicle equipped with reduction
gear should not be push-started.
WARNING
Tow starting vehicle
Never tow a vehicle to start it.
When the vehicle starts, the vehicle
ca
n suddenly surge forward and
could cause a collision with the tow
vehicle.