Sulfuric acid risk
Automobile batteries contain sulfu
-
ric acid. When jump starting your
vehicle, be careful not to get sulfuric
acid on yourself, your clothing, or on
the vehicle. This acid is poisonous
and highly corrosive.
Jump-starting
1.Make sure the booster battery is
12-volt and that its negative ter
-
minal is grounded.
If the booster battery is in
another vehicle, do not allow the
vehicles to come in contact.
2.Turn off all unnecessary electrical
loads.
3.Connect the jumper cables in the
exact sequence shown in the illus
-
tration.
1)Connect on end of a jumper
cable to the positive terminal of
the discharged battery (1).
2)Connect the other end to the
positive terminal of the booster
battery (2).
3)Proceed to connect one end of
the other jumper cable to the
negative terminal of the
booster battery (3), then the
other end to a solid, stationary,
metallic point away from the
battery (4).
Do not allow the jumper cables
to contact anything except the
correct battery terminals or the
correct ground. Do not lean
over the battery when making
connections.
4.Start vehicle with the booster
battery and let it run at 2,000
rpm, 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.
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
Vehicles equipped with automatic
transmission cannot be push-
started. Follow the directions in this
section for jump-starting.
Tow starting vehicle
Never tow a vehicle to start it.
When the engine starts, the vehicle
can suddenly surge forward and
could cause a collision with the tow
vehicle.
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