Caution: Batteries produce explosive gases. Batteries contain corrosive acid.
Batteries supply levels of electrical current high enough to cause burns.
Therefore, in order to reduce the risk of personal injury while working
near a battery, observe the following guidelines:
• Always shield your eyes. • Avoid leaning over the battery whenever possible. • Do not expose the battery to open flames or sparks. • Do not allow battery acid to contact the eyes or the skin. - Flush any contacted areas with water immediately and thoroughly. - Get medical help.
Notice: This vehicle has a 12 volt, negative ground electrical system. Make sure the vehicle or equipment being used to jump start the engine is also 12 volt, negative ground. Use of any other type of system will damage the vehicle's electrical components.
Do not try to jump start a vehicle if you are unsure of the other vehicle's voltage or ground, or if the other vehicle's voltage and ground are different. Diesel engine vehicles have more than one battery. Should the vehicle have an optional diesel engine, use only the battery on the driver's side on the engine compartment when jump starting. This procedure can be used to start a single-battery vehicle from any of the diesel engine vehicle's batteries. However, at low temperatures, it may not be possible to start a diesel engine vehicle from a single battery in another vehicle. The booster and discharged batteries should be treated carefully when using jumper cables.
- Position the vehicle with the booster (charged) battery so that the jumper cables will reach.
- Place an automatic transmission in PARK.
- Set the parking brake.
- Block the wheels.
- Turn off all electrical loads that are not needed (leave the hazard flashers ON).
- Turn OFF the ignition switch.
- Check the built-in battery hydrometer of the discharged battery. If the hydrometer is clear or light yellow, do not jump (charge) the battery. Refer to Battery Hydrometer Displays Yellow Dot in Engine Electrical.
- Attach the end of one jumper cable to the positive terminal (1) of the booster battery.
- Attach the other end of the same cable to the positive terminal of the discharged battery.
- Attach one end of the remaining jumper cable to the negative terminal of the booster battery.
- Remove the plastic cap from the grounding stud attached to the engine compartment body surface. Make the final connection of the negative cable to the grounding stud on the body of the vehicle being started.
- Start the engine of the vehicle that is providing the jump start and turn off all electrical accessories.
- Crank the engine of the vehicle with the discharged battery.
- Reverse steps 8, 9, 10, and 11 exactly when removing the jumper cables. The negative battery cable must be disconnected from the engine that was jump started first.
| • | Do not let the two vehicles touch. |
| • | Make sure that the jumper cables do not have loose ends, or missing insulation. |
