2004 Mazda MAZDA6 Owner's Manual - Page 217
2004 Mazda MAZDA6 Manual
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J56J_8S11-EA-03G_Edition1.book Page 17 Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:29 PM In Case of an Emergency Emergency Starting 1. Make sure the booster battery is 12 V and that its negative terminal is grounded. 2. If the booster battery is in another vehicle, don't allow the vehicles to touch. Turn off the engine of the vehicle with the booster battery and all unnecessary electrical loads in both vehicles. 3. Connect the jumper cables in the exact sequence as in the illustration. • Connect one end of a cable to the positive terminal on the discharged battery (1). • Attach the other end to the positive terminal on the booster battery (2). • Connect one end of the other cable to the negative terminal of the booster battery (3). • Connect the other end to a solid, stationary, exposed metallic point (for example, the strut mounting bolt) away from the discharged battery (4). 4. Start the engine of the booster vehicle and run it a few minutes. Then start the engine of the other vehicle. 5. When finished, carefully disconnect the cables in the reverse order described in Step 3. Jumper cables Connect cables in numerical order and disconnect in reverse order. Discharged Booster battery battery 7-17 Form No. 8S11-EA-03G