JUMP-STARTING
When your battery is discharged, you can
use two jumper cables to start your vehicle
with power from the battery in a second
vehicle. Correspondingly you can help start
another vehicle. Only use jumper cables
with fully insulated handles on the termi-
nal clamps.
1. Check whether the battery of the sup-
port vehicle has 12 Volts and approxi-
mately the same capacity measured in
Ah. These data are printed on the bat-
tery
2. Switch off the engine of the support
vehicle
3. Switch off any electrical systems and
components in both vehicles.
Preparing for jump-starting
Do not touch live wiring and cables
on a running engine. There is a risk of
fatal injury if you do this. Carefully observe
the following instructions to avoid per-
sonal injury and/or damage to either vehi- to observe this procedure can lead to spark-
cle or both vehicles. Make sure that there is ing and pose an injury hazard.<
no contact between the bodywork of the
Connect the jumper cables
Always adhere to this sequence when
connecting the jumper cables; failure
The illustration shows the auxiliary jump-
starting terminal on the MINI COOPER S
and the MINI COOPER S Convertible. In the
MINI COOPER S and the MINI COOPER S
Convertible, the auxiliary jump-starting
terminal, arrow 1, acts as the positive bat-
tery terminal, refer to view of engine com-
partment on page 107. The cover is marked
with a +.
two vehicles to avoid a short circuit haz-
ard.<
1. Remove the cover of the battery or open
the cover of the auxiliary jump-starting
terminal:
>MINI COOPER and MINI COOPER Con-
vertible:
Remove the battery cover.
To do so, press the two clips simulta-
neously.
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