13-22 Useful advice for emergencies
Perform the following procedure to start your engine
by connecting your battery to the well charged bat-
tery of another vehicle with booster cables.
CAUTION
• Use booster cables able to handle large cur-
rents.
• Your vehicle’s electrical system operates on
a 12V power supply. Confirm that the vehicle
giving the boost also has a battery or batter-
ies connected for 12V power supply.
1. Stop the engine of the vehicle giving the boost.
2. Connect one end of the red booster cable to the
positive (+) terminal of the dead battery. Con-
nect the other end of the red booster cable to
the positive (+) terminal of the booster battery.
3. Connect one end of the black booster cable to
the negative (–) terminal of the booster battery
and connect the other end of the black booster
cable to a section of frame on the vehicle with
the dead battery at a point as far away as possi-
ble from the battery.
When the battery has run down
WARNING
• Check the battery’s fluid level before con-
necting booster cables. If the fluid is below
the “LOWER” level line, add battery fluid
or distilled water. If the battery was
charged with an excessively low fluid
level, it would deteriorate rapidly and
could overheat or explode.
• Be careful not to connect the booster
cables in the wrong sequence. Sparks are
often produced when you connect the
booster cable to the vehicle’s frame.
Therefore, if the cable is connected to a
section of the frame near the battery, the
spark could set off the hydrogen given off
by the battery to cause an explosion. Be
sure to connect the cable end to a point as
far away as possible from the battery.
Also, keep cigarettes and open flames well
away from the battery.
• Unless absolutely necessary, avoid start-
ing the engine by towing or pushing the
vehicle. Doing so is dangerous because
the brakes work poorly and the steering
wheel becomes very difficult to turn.
Note that it is not possible to push-start an
automatic transmission vehicle.
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