Notice: Ignoringthesestepscouldresultincostly
damagetothevehiclethatwouldnotbecoveredby
thewarranty.
Notice: Ifyouleavetheradioorotheraccessories
onduringthejumpstarting procedure, theycould
bedamaged. Therepairswouldnotbecoveredby
thewarranty.Alwaysturnofftheradioandother
accessories whenjumpstarting thevehicle.
Tryingtostartthevehiclebypushingorpullingit
willnotwork,anditcoulddamagethevehicle.
3.
Turnofftheignition onbothvehicles. Unplug
unnecessary accessories pluggedintothe
cigarette lighterortheaccessory poweroutlets.
Turnofftheradioandallthelampsthatarenot
needed.Thisavoidssparksandhelpssaveboth
batteries. Anditcouldsavetheradio!
1.
Checktheothervehicle. Itmusthavea12-volt
batterywithanegative groundsystem.
Notice: Iftheothervehicle's systemisnota12-volt
systemwithanegativeground,bothvehicles can
bedamaged. Onlyusevehicles with12-voltsystems
withnegativegroundstojumpstartyourvehicle.
4.
Openthehoodontheothervehicleandlocatethe
positive(+)andnegative(−)terminal locations on
thatvehicle.
2.
Getthevehicles closeenoughsothejumper
cablescanreach,butbesurethevehicles arenot
touching eachother.Iftheyare,itcouldcausea
groundconnection youdonotwant.Youwouldnot
beabletostartyourvehicle, andthebad
Yourvehiclehasaremotepositive(+)jumpstarting
terminal andaremotenegative(−)jumpstarting
terminal. Youshouldalwaysusetheseremote
terminals insteadoftheterminals onthebattery.
grounding coulddamagetheelectrical systems.
Toavoidthepossibility ofthevehicles rolling, set
theparkingbrakefirmlyonbothvehicles involved
inthejumpstartprocedure. Puttheautomatic
transmission inP(Park)oramanualtransmission
inNeutralbeforesettingtheparkingbrake.Ifyou
haveafour-wheel-drive vehicle, besurethe
transfer caseisinadrivegear,notinNeutral.
Ifthevehiclehasaremotepositive(+)terminal, it
islocatedunderaredplasticcoveratthepositive
batterypost.Touncovertheremotepositive(+)
terminal, opentheredplasticcover.
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| Categories | Cadillac Escalade Manuals, Cadillac Manuals |
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| Tags | Cadillac Escalade 6.2 |
| Model Year | 2010 |
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