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2012 Mazda Mazda6 Owners Manual

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9. Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects
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1. Make sure the booster battery is 12 V

and that its negative terminal is
grounded.

2. If the booster battery is in another

vehicle, don't allow both vehicles to
touch. Turn off the engine of the
vehicle with the booster battery and all
unnecessary electrical loads in both
vehicles.

3. Connect the jumper cables in the exact

sequence as in the illustration.

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Connect one end of a cable to the
positive terminal on the discharged
battery (1).

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Attach the other end to the positive
terminal on the booster battery (2).

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Connect one end of the other cable
to the negative terminal of the
booster battery (3).

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Connect the other end to the ground
point indicated in the illustration
away from the discharged battery
(4).

4. Start the engine of the booster vehicle

and run it a few minutes. Then start the
engine of the other vehicle.

5. When finished, carefully disconnect the

cables in the reverse order described in
the illustration.

Push-Starting

Do not push-start your Mazda.

WARNING

Never tow a vehicle to start it:

Towing a vehicle to start it is
dangerous. The vehicle being towed
could surge forward when its engine
starts, causing the two vehicles to
collide. The occupants could be
injured.

CAUTION

Do not push-start a vehicle that has
a manual transaxle. It can damage
the emission control system.

NOTE

You can't start a vehicle with an automatic
transaxle by pushing it.

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In Case of an Emergency

Emergency Starting

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  • 1. Make sure the booster battery is 12 V and that its negative terminal is grounded.
  • 2. If the booster battery is in another vehicle, don't allow both vehicles to touch.
  • 3. Connect the jumper cables in the exact sequence as in the illustration.
  • 4. Start the engine of the booster vehicle and run it a few minutes.
  • 5. When finished, carefully disconnect the cables in the reverse order described in the illustration.

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