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In Case of an Emergency

Emergency Starting

Form No. 8S06-EA-03H

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 the 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.

•

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

•

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

•

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

•

Connect the other end to a solid, 
stationary, exposed metallic point 
(for example, the engine hanger) 
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 Step 3.

Jumper
cables

Discharged 
battery

Connect cables in 
numerical order and 
disconnect in reverse 
order.

Booster battery

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