JumpStarting
Notice: Ignoringthesestepscouldresultincostly
damagetothevehiclethatwouldnotbecoveredby
thewarranty.
Ifthevehicle's battery (orbatteries) hasrundown,you
maywanttouseanothervehicleandsomejumper
cablestostartyourvehicle. Besuretousethefollowing
stepstodoitsafely.
Tryingtostartthevehiclebypushingorpullingit
willnotwork,anditcoulddamagethevehicle.
1.
Checktheothervehicle. Itmusthavea12-volt
batterywithanegative groundsystem.
{WARNING:
Notice: Iftheothervehicle's systemisnota12-volt
systemwithanegativeground,bothvehicles can
bedamaged. Onlyusevehicles with12-voltsystems
withnegativegroundstojumpstartyourvehicle.
Batteries canhurtyou.Theycanbedangerous
because:
2.
Getthevehicles closeenoughsothejumper
cablescanreach,butbesurethevehicles arenot
touching eachother.Iftheyare,itcouldcausea
groundconnection youdonotwant.Youwould
notbeabletostartyourvehicle, andthebad
grounding coulddamagetheelectrical systems.
.
.
.
Theycontainacidthatcanburnyou.
Theycontaingasthatcanexplodeorignite.
Theycontainenoughelectricity toburnyou.
Ifyoudonotfollowthesestepsexactly,someor
allofthesethingscanhurtyou.
Toavoidthepossibility ofthevehicles rolling, set
theparkingbrakefirmlyonbothvehicles involved
inthejumpstartprocedure. Puttheautomatic
transmission inP(Park)oramanualtransmission
inNeutralbeforesettingtheparkingbrake.Ifyou
haveafour-wheel-drive vehicle, besurethe
transfer caseisinadrivegear,notinNeutral.
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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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