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Defrost the frozen battery before
connecting jump leads.
 Wear eye protection and protective
clothing when handling a battery.

Use a booster battery with the same
voltage (12 volts). Its capacity (Ah)
must not be much less than that of
the discharged battery.
 Use jump leads with insulated ter-
minals and a cross section of at least
2 2
16 mm (25 mm for diesel engines).

Do not disconnect the discharged
battery from the vehicle.

Switch off all unnecessary electri-
cal consumers.

Do not lean over the battery during
jump starting.

Do not allow the terminals of one
lead to touch those of the other lead.
 The vehicles must not come into
contact with each other during the
jump starting process.

Apply the parking brake, manual
transmission in neutral, automatic
transmission in P.
Lead connection order:
1. Connect the red lead to the positive
terminal of the booster battery.
2. Connect the other end of the red
lead to the positive terminal of the
discharged battery.
3. Connect the black lead to the
negative terminal of the booster
battery.
4. Connect the other end of the black
lead to a vehicle grounding point,
such as the engine block or an
engine mounting bolt. Connect as
far away from the discharged
battery as possible, however at least
60 cm.
Route the leads so that they cannot
catch on rotating parts in the engine
compartment.
To start the engine:
1. Start the engine of the vehicle
providing the jump.
2. After 5 minutes, start the other
engine. Start attempts should be
made for no longer than 15 seconds
at an interval of 1 minute.
3. Allow both engines to idle for
approx. 3 minutes with the leads
connected.
4. Switch on electrical consumers(e.g.
headlights, heated rear window) of
the vehicle receiving the jump start.
5. Reverse above sequence exactly
when removing leads.
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TOWING
TOWING THE VEHICLE
If you need to have your vehicle towed ,
please use our service network or
professional towing company .
The best method is to have the vehicle
transported using a recovery vehicle .
If towing by 2 wheels
,
lift the front
driving wheels and tow with the front
tyres locked
.
Please observe the following procedures
when towing a vehicle :

No passenger should remain in the
vehicle being towed.

Release the parking brake of the
towed vehicle and place the trans-
mission gear in neutral.
 Switch on the emergency warning
lights.

Keep the speed limits.
If it is not possible to have your vehicle
towed by a recovery vehicle, proceed as
follows:
Disengage cap at front right bottom and
remove downwards.
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