2009 Volvo S60 Owner's Manual - Page 196

09 Maintenance and servicing 09 Battery Corrosive Replacing the battery 6. Lift off the plastic cover if necessary and disconnect the positive cable 7. Pull the ventilation hose from the battery. 8. Lift out the old battery. Installing a new battery No smoking, no open flames, no sparks 1. Put a new battery into place. 2. Put the lower retaining bracket in place and retighten the bolt. 3. Reconnect the positive cable. Explosion Ventilation hose 4. Press the cover for the positive battery terminal into place and fold down the lid of the plastic cover. 5. Connect the negative (ground) cable and fold down the plastic cover if applicable. 6. Be sure that the ventilation hose is securely connected to the battery and that the other end of the hose is properly routed through the ventilation opening in the floor of the battery compartment (see the illustration). 7. Reinstall the retaining bracket over the battery and retighten the nuts. 1. Switch off the ignition and remove the key. 2. Wait at least 5 minutes after switching off the ignition before disconnecting the battery so that all information in the vehicle's electrical system can be stored in the control modules. 3. Remove the bolts on the retaining bracket over the battery and lift out the bracket. 4. Fold up the plastic cover over the negative (ground) battery terminal. or unscrew the cover over the battery. 5. Disconnect the negative cable. 196 G028419