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Vehicle care
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A discharged vehicle battery can
already freeze at a temperature
of 0 °C. Defrost the frozen battery
before connecting jump leads.
Wear eye protection and
protective clothing when
handling a battery.
Use a booster battery with the
same voltage (12 V). Its capacity
(Ah) must not be much less than
that of the discharged vehicle
battery.
Use jump leads with insulated
terminals and a cross section of
at least 16 mm2 (25 mm2 for
diesel engines).
Do not disconnect the discharged
vehicle battery from the vehicle.
Switch off all unnecessary
electrical consumers.
Do not lean over the vehicle
battery during jump starting.
Do not allow the terminals of one
lead to touch those of the other
lead.
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The vehicles must not come into
contact with each other during
the jump starting process.
Apply the parking brake,
transmission in neutral,
automatic transmission in P.
3. Connect the black lead to the
negative terminal of the booster
battery.
4. Connect the other end of the black
lead to a vehicle grounding point
of your vehicle in the engine
compartment.
Route the leads so that they cannot
catch on rotating parts in the engine
compartment.
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To start the engine:
1. Start the engine of the vehicle
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providing the jump.
2. After five minutes, start the other
engine. Start attempts should be
made for no longer than 15 s at an
interval of 1 min.
3. Allow both engines to idle for
approx. three minutes with the
leads connected.
4. Switch on electrical consumers
e.g. headlights, heated rear
window of the vehicle receiving
the jump start.
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Open the positive terminal protection
caps of both vehicle batteries.
Lead connection order:
1. Connect the red lead to the
positive terminal of the booster
battery.
2. Connect the other end of the red
lead to the positive terminal of the
discharged battery.
5. Reverse above sequence exactly
when removing leads.
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