In case of an emergency
Jump starting procedure
Do not allow the jumper cables to
contact anything except the cor-
rect battery terminals or the cor-
rect ground. Do not lean over the
battery when making connections.
Push-starting
1.
Make sure the booster battery is
12-volt and that its negative termi-
nal is grounded.
Vehicles equipped with automatic
transaxle cannot be push-started.
Follow the directions in this section
for jump-starting.
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5
6
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2.
If the booster battery is in another
vehicle, do not allow the vehicles 5. Start the engine of the vehicle with
to touch.
the booster battery and let it run at
rpm, then start the engine of
CAUTION
2,000
3.
4.
Turn off all unnecessary electrical
loads.
the vehicle with the discharged
battery.
Never tow a vehicle to start it
because the sudden surge for-
ward when the engine starts
could cause a collision with the
tow vehicle.
Connect the jumper cables in the
exact sequence shown in the pre-
If the cause of your battery discharg-
vious illustration. First connect one ing is not apparent, you should have
end of a jumper cable to the posi-
your
vehicle
checked
by
an
tive terminal of the discharged bat- Authorized Kia Dealer.
tery (➀), then connect the other
end to the positive terminal on the
Refer to illustration on page 6-5.
booster battery (➁). Proceed to
connect one end of the other
jumper cable to the negative ter-
minal of the booster battery (➂),
then the other end to a solid, sta-
tionary, metallic point (for exam-
ple, the engine lifting bracket)
away from the battery (➃). Do not
connect it to or near any part that
moves
when
the
engine
is
cranked. Do not connect the
jumper cable from the negative
terminal of the booster battery to
the negative terminal of the dis-
charged battery.
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| Model Year | 2004 |
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