Battery, Disconnecting and Connecting

Battery, Disconnecting and Connecting

Accident risk.

• When working on pyrotechnic components (such as airbags and belt tensioners), the battery must be disconnected with the ignition switched on.

Disconnecting

- Switch off the ignition and remove the ignition key.

- Lift the luggage compartment floor and engage it on the body.

- Remove the wind deflector from its mount.

- Remove the nut - 1 - and remove the wind deflector mount - 2 -.






- Open the cover - 1 - over the negative battery terminal.






- Loosen the nut - 3 - several turns and remove the ground wire cable terminal clamp - 2 - from the battery terminal.

Connecting






• Tightening specification, refer to => [ Battery Overview ] Battery Overview.

- Disconnect the electrical connector - 2 - from the battery monitoring control module (J367) - 1 -.

- Connect the ground wire terminal clamp - 3 - by hand to the battery negative terminal - - - and tighten the nut.

- Connect the electrical connector to the battery monitoring control module.

- Install the wind deflector mount.

When the battery is reconnected, the following steps must be performed:

• Activate the one touch up/one touch down power window regulators. Refer to the Owner's Manual.

• Check the Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) memories of all control modules and erase "Undervoltage" DTC if necessary using the Vehicle diagnostic tester.

• After reconnecting the power supply, the Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) warning lamp may only go out after the vehicle has been driven a few yards.