What to do in an emergency
Emergency starting
one end of the jumper cable to the nega
tive terminal of the booster battery, and
the other end to a metallic point, far
away from the battery.
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ground. Do not lean over the bat
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tery when making connections.
4. If connected with the other vehicle,
start the vehicle with the booster bat
tery first and let it run at 2,000 rpm
for several minutes.
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WARNING
Sulfuric acid risk
5. Start the vehicle with the discharged
battery.
6. If the engine starts, disconnect one
end of the negative terminal of the
booster battery (3), then other end of
the positive terminal of the booster
battery (2) and the discharged battery
(1).
Automobile batteries contain sulfuric
acid. When jump starting your vehicle,
be careful not to get sulfuric acid on
yourself, your clothing, or on the vehicle.
This acid is poisonous and highly corro
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sive.
If the cause of your battery discharging
is not apparent, have your vehicle
checked by an authorized Kia dealer.
Jump-starting
1. Make sure the booster battery is 12-
volt and that its negative terminal is
grounded.
NOTICE
If the booster battery is in another
vehicle, do not allow the vehicles to
come in contact.
2. Turn off all unnecessary electrical
loads.
3. Connect the jumper cables in the
exact sequence shown in the illustra
tion.
Battery cables
Do not connect the jumper cable from
the negative terminal of the booster bat
tery to the negative terminal of the dis
charged battery. This can cause the
discharged battery to overheat and
crack, releasing battery acid.
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Make sure to connect one end of the
jumper cable to the negative terminal of
the booster battery, and the other end to
1) Connect on end of a jumper cable
to the positive terminal of the dis
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a metallic point, far away from the bat
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charged battery (1).
tery.
2) Connect the other end to the posi
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tive terminal of the booster battery
(2).
Push-starting
3) Proceed to connect one end of the
other jumper cable to the negative
terminal of the booster battery (3),
Vehicles equipped with automatic trans
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mission or DCT cannot be push-started,
and only jump starting can be applied.
Follow the directions in this section for
"Jump-starting" on page 6-5.
then the other end to a solid, sta
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tionary, metallic point away from
the battery (4).
Do not allow the jumper cables to
contact anything except the correct
battery terminals or the correct
WARNING
Tow starting vehicle
Never tow a vehicle to start it.
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