What to do in an emergency
Jump starting procedure
Do not allow the jumper cables to
contact anything except the cor-
rect battery terminals or the cor-
rect ground. Do not lean over the
battery when making connections.
Push-starting
1. Make sure the booster battery is
12-volt and that its negative termi-
nal is grounded.
Your manual transmission-equipped
vehicle should not be push-started
because it might damage the emis-
sion control system.
2. If the booster battery is in another
vehicle, do not allow the vehicles
to come in contact.
Vehicles equipped with intelligent
variable transmission cannot be
push-started.
WARNING - Battery
cables
3. Turn off all unnecessary electrical
loads.
Follow the directions in this section
for jump-starting.
Do not connect the jumper cable
from the negative terminal of the
booster battery to the negative
terminal of the discharged bat-
tery. This can cause the dis-
charged battery to overheat and
crack, releasing battery acid.
4. Connect the jumper cables in the
exact sequence shown in the illus-
tration. First connect one end of a
jumper cable to the positive termi-
nal of the discharged battery (1),
then connect the other end to the
positive terminal of the booster
battery (2).
WARNING - Tow starting
vehicle
Never tow a vehicle to start it.
Make sure to connect one end of
the jumper cable to the negative
terminal of the booster battery,
and the other end to a metallic
point, far away from the battery.
When the engine starts, the
vehicle can suddenly surge for-
ward and could cause a colli-
sion with the tow vehicle.
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, sta-
tionary, metallic point (for example,
the engine lifting bracket) away
from the battery (4). Do not con-
nect it to or near any part that
moves when the engine is
cranked.
5. Start the engine of the vehicle with
the booster battery and let it run at
2,000 rpm, then start the engine of
the vehicle with the discharged
battery.
If the cause of your battery discharg-
ing is not apparent, you should have
your vehicle checked by an author-
ized Kia dealer.
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