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InCaseofanEmergency
EmergencyStarting
StartingaFloodedEngine
Jump-Starting
Iftheenginefailstostart,itmaybe
flooded(excessivefuelintheengine).
Thebatteryisinthetrunk.
Jump-startingisdangerousifdone
incorrectly.Sofollowtheprocedure
carefully.Ifyoufeelunsureaboutjump-
starting,westronglyrecommendthatyou
haveacompetentservicetechniciando
thework.
Followthisprocedure:
1.
2.
Depresstheacceleratorallthewayand
holditthere.
TurntheignitionswitchtotheSTART
positionandholditthere―forupto10
seconds.Iftheenginestarts,releasethe
keyandacceleratorimmediately
becausetheenginewillsuddenlyrev
up.
WARNING
Battery-RelatedExplosion:
Flamesandsparksnearopenbattery
cellsaredangerous.Hydrogengas,
producedduringnormalbattery
operation,couldigniteandcausethe
batterytoexplode.Anexploding
batterycancauseseriousburnsand
injuries.Keepallflames,including
cigarettes,andsparksawayfromopen
batterycells.
3.
Iftheenginefailstostart,crankit
withoutdepressingtheaccelerator―for
upto10seconds.
FrozenBattery:
Jump-startingafrozenbatteryis
dangerous.Itmayruptureorexplode,
causingseriousinjury.
Don'tjump-startafrozenbattery.
CAUTION
Useonlya12Vboostersystem.You
candamagea12Vstarter,ignition
system,andotherelectricalparts
beyondrepairwitha24Vpower
supply(two12Vbatteriesinseriesora
24
Vmotorgeneratorset).
1.
Makesuretheboosterbatteryis12V
andthatitsnegativeterminalis
grounded.
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| Model Year | 2004 |
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