Kia XCeed 2020 - EMERGENCY STARTING

What to do in an emergency EMERGENCY STARTING
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EMERGENCY STARTING
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Connectcablesinnumericalorder
anddisconnectinreverseorder.
Jump starting
Jumpstartingcanbedangerousif
doneincorrectly.Therefore,toavoid
harmtoyourselfordamagetoyour
vehicleorbattery,followthejump
startingprocedures.Ifindoubt,we
stronglyrecommendthatyouhave
acompetenttechnicianortowing
servicejumpstartyourvehicle.
CAUTION
Useonlya12-voltjumpersystem.
Youcandamagea12-voltstarting
motor,ignitionsystem,andother
electricalpartsbeyondrepairbyuse
ofa24-voltpowersupply(either
two12-voltbatteriesinseriesora
24-voltmotorgeneratorset).
WARNING
Battery
Neverattempttocheckthe
electrolytelevelofthebattery
asthismaycausethebatteryto
ruptureorexplodecausingserious
injury.
WARNING
Battery
• Keepallflamesorsparksaway
fromthebattery.Thebattery
produceshydrogengaswhich
mayexplodeifexposedtoflame
orsparks.Iftheseinstructions
arenotfollowedexactly,serious
personalinjuryanddamagetothe
vehiclemayoccur!Ifyouarenot
surehowtofollowthisprocedure,
seekqualifiedassistance.
Automobilebatteriescontain
sulfuricacid.Thisispoisonous
andhighlycorrosive.Whenjump
starting,wearprotectiveglasses
andbecarefulnottogetacidon
yourself,yourclothingoronthe
vehicle.
• Donotattempttojumpstartthe
vehicleifthedischargedbattery
isfrozenoriftheelectrolytelevel
islow;thebatterymayruptureor
explode.
• Donotallowthe(+)and(-)jumper
cablestotouch.Itmaycause
sparks.
• Thebatterymayruptureor
explodewhenyoujumpstartwith
aloworfrozenbattery.