What to do in an emergency
Jump starting procedure
Do not allow the jumper cables to
contact anything except the correct
battery terminals or the correct
ground. Do not lean over the bat-
tery when making connections.
Push-starting
1.Make
sure the booster battery is
and that its negative termi-
Your
manual transaxle-equipped
vehicle should not be push-started
because it might damage the emis-
sion control system.
12-volt
nal is grounded.
2.If
the booster battery is in another
vehicle, do not allow the vehicles to
touch.
Vehicles equipped with automatic
transaxle cannot be push-started.
Follow the directions in this section
for jump-starting.
CAUTION - Battery
cables
3.Turn off all unnecessary electrical
loads.
Do not connect the jumper
cable from the negative terminal
of the booster battery to the
negative terminal of the dis-
charged battery. This can cause
the discharged battery to over-
heat and crack, releasing bat-
tery acid.
4.Connect
the jumper cables in the
exact sequence shown in the illus-
tration. First connect one end of a
jumper cable to the positive termi-
nal of the discharged battery (1),
then connect the other end to the
positive terminal on the booster
battery (2). Proceed to connect
one end of the other jumper cable
to the negative terminal of the
booster battery (3), then the other
end to a solid, stationary, metallic
point (for example, the engine lift-
ing bracket) away from the battery
WARNING
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.
5.Start
the engine of the vehicle with
the booster battery and let it run at
rpm, then start the engine of
2,000
the vehicle with the discharged
battery.
If the cause of your battery discharg-
ing is not apparent, we recommend
that the system be checked by an
authorized HYUNDAI dealer.
(4).
Do not connect it to or near any
part that moves when the engine is
cranked.
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