What to do in an emergency
Emergency starting
Emergency starting
If these instructions are not followed
exactly, serious personal injury and
Connect cables in numerical order and
damage to the vehicle may occur! If
disconnect in reverse order.
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
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on yourself, your clothing or on the
Jump starting
vehicle.
Jump starting can be dangerous if done
僅 Do not attempt to jump start the vehi-
incorrectly. Therefore, to avoid harm to
cle if the discharged battery is frozen
yourself or damage to your vehicle or
or if the electrolyte level is low; the
battery, follow the jump starting proce-
battery may rupture or explode.
dures. If in doubt, we strongly recom-
僅 Do not allow the (+) and (-) jumper
mend that you have a competent
cables to touch. It may cause sparks.
technician or towing service jump start
your vehicle.
僅 The battery may rupture or explode
when you jump start with a low or fro-
CAUTION
zen battery.
Use only a 12-volt jumper system. You
can damage a 12-volt starting motor,
Jump starting procedure
ignition system, and other electrical
1. Make sure the booster battery is 12-
parts beyond repair by use of a 24-volt
volt and that its negative terminal is
power supply (either two 12-volt batter-
grounded.
ies in series or a 24-volt motor generator
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2. If the booster battery is in another
set)
vehicle, do not allow the vehicles
come in contact.
WARNING
3. Turn off all unnecessary electrical
Battery
loads.
Never attempt to check the electrolyte
4. Connect the jumper cables in the
level of the battery as this may cause the
exact sequence shown in the illustra-
battery to rupture or explode causing
tion. First connect one end of a
serious injury.
jumper cable to the positive terminal
of the discharged battery (1), then
connect the other end to the positive
WARNING
terminal on the booster attery (2).
Battery
Proceed to connect one end of the
僅 Keep all flames or sparks away from
other jumper cable to the negative
the battery. The battery produces
terminal of the booster battery (3),
hydrogen gas which may explode if
then the other end to a solid, station-
exposed to flame or sparks.
ary, metallic point (for example, the
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