JumpStarting
{WARNING:
Notice: Ignoringthesestepscouldresultincostly
damagetothevehiclethatwouldnotbecoveredby
thewarranty.
Tryingtostartthevehiclebypushingorpullingit
willnotwork,anditcoulddamagethevehicle.
Personalinjury,death,ordamagetothevehicle
canresultifyoutryjumpstarting orusinga
batterychargeronthehighvoltagehybridbattery.
Useonlythe12-voltbattery forjumpstarting and
charging.
1. Checktheothervehicle. Itmusthavea12‐volt
batterywithanegative groundsystem.
Notice: Iftheothervehicle's systemisnota12-volt
systemwithanegativeground,bothvehicles can
bedamaged. Onlyusevehicles with12-voltsystems
withnegativegroundstojumpstartyourvehicle.
Ifthevehicle's 12‐voltbattery hasrundown,youmay
wanttouseanothervehicleandsomejumpercablesto
startyourvehicle. Usethefollowing stepstodoitsafely.
2. Getthevehicles closeenoughsothejumper
cablescanreach,butbesurethevehicles arenot
touching eachother.Itcouldcauseaground
connection youdonotwant.Youwouldnotbeable
tostartyourvehicle, andthebadgrounding could
damagetheelectrical systems.
{WARNING:
Toavoidthepossibility ofthevehicles rolling, set
theparkingbrakefirmlyonbothvehicles involved
inthejumpstartprocedure. Puttheautomatic
transmission inP(Park)oramanualtransmission
inN(Neutral) beforesettingtheparkingbrake.
Ifyouhaveafour-wheel-drive vehicle, besurethe
transfer caseisinadrivegear,notinN(Neutral).
Batteries canhurtyou.Theycanbedangerous
because:
.
.
.
Theycontainacidthatcanburnyou.
Theycontaingasthatcanexplodeorignite.
Theycontainenoughelectricity toburnyou.
Ifyoudonotfollowthesestepsexactly,someor
allofthesethingscanhurtyou.
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