Notice: Ignoring these steps could result in costlydamage to your vehicle that would not be coveredby your warranty.Trying to start your vehicle by pushing or pulling itwill not work, and it could damage your vehicle.1. Check the other vehicle. It must have a 12-voltbattery with a negative ground system.Notice: If the other vehicle’s system is not a 12-voltsystem with a negative ground, both vehicles canbe damaged. Only use vehicles with 12-volt systemswith negative grounds to jump start your vehicle.2. Get the vehicles close enough so the jumper cablescan reach, but be sure the vehicles aren’t touchingeach other. If they are, it could cause a groundconnection you don’t want. You wouldn’t be able tostart your vehicle, and the bad grounding coulddamage the electrical systems.To avoid the possibility of the vehicles rolling, setthe parking brake firmly on both vehicles involved inthe jump start procedure. Put an automatictransmission in PARK (P) or a manual transmissionin NEUTRAL before setting the parking brake.Notice: If you leave your radio or other accessorieson during the jump starting procedure, they couldbe damaged. The repairs would not be coveredby your warranty. Always turn off your radio andother accessories when jump starting your vehicle.3. Turn off the ignition on both vehicles. Unplugunnecessary accessories plugged into the cigarettelighter or accessory power outlets. Turn off theradio and all lamps that aren’t needed. Thiswill avoid sparks and help save both batteries. Andit could save your radio!4. Open the hoods and locate the positive (+) andnegative (−) terminal locations of the other vehicle.Your vehicle has a remote positive (+) jumpstarting terminal and a remote negative (−) jumpstarting terminal. You should always use theseremote terminals instead of the terminals on thebattery.The remote positive (+)terminal is located near theengine accessory drivebracket. On some vehicles,the terminal may becovered under under a redplastic cover. To accessthe remote positive (+)terminal, open thered plastic cover.5-43
