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Jump Starting



Jump Starting

Warning!
Keep Flames or sparks away from the battery.
Do not smoke.
Observe all safety instructions and precautions for handling automotive batteries.

The Battery is located in the trunk underneath the luggage box. Only jump start battery in the trunk.
- Make sure the two vehicles do not touch.
- Turn off all electrical consumers.
- Apply parking brake.
- Shift gear selector lever to position P.
- Never invert the terminal connections!





- Connect positive terminals -1- and -3- of the batteries with the jumper cable. Clamp cable to charged battery -3- first.

-1- Positive terminal of discharged battery.
-2- Negative terminal of discharged battery.
-3- Positive terminal of charged battery.
-4- Negative terminal of charged battery.

- Start engine of the vehicle with the charged battery and run at idle speed.
- Connect negative terminals -4- and -2- of the batteries with the jumper cable. Clamp cable to charged battery -4- first.
- Start the engine of the disabled vehicle.

The message: [Malfunction - electric consumers switched off] may appear in the instrument cluster. It will disappear as soon as the battery is sufficiently charged.

Now you can again turn on the electrical consumers. Do not turn on the lights under any circumstances.
- Remove the jumper cables first from negative terminals -2- and -4- and then from positive terminals -1- and -3-.

Now you can turn on the lights.

-Do not tow-start the vehicle-