Vehicle care -> Jump starting for Your Vauxhall Corsa 4 Door 2020

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Vehicle care  
Jump starting  
9 Warning  
Do not start with quick charger.  
Avoid contact of the battery with  
eyes, skin, fabrics and painted  
surfaces. The fluid contains  
sulphuric acid which can cause  
injuries and damage in the event  
of direct contact.  
A vehicle with a discharged vehicle  
battery can be started using jump  
leads and the vehicle battery of  
another vehicle.  
Caution  
Never expose the vehicle battery  
to naked flames or sparks.  
A discharged vehicle battery can  
already freeze at a temperature  
of 0 °C. Defrost the frozen battery  
before connecting jump leads.  
Never jump start another vehicle  
with an electric vehicle.  
1. Remove centre cap with the brand  
emblem by pushing from the  
inside.  
9 Warning  
2. Position the wheel outside down  
Wear eye protection and  
protective clothing when  
handling a battery.  
Use a booster battery with the  
same voltage (12 V). Its capacity  
(Ah) must not be much less than  
that of the discharged vehicle  
battery.  
Be extremely careful when starting  
with jump leads. Any deviation  
from the following instructions can  
lead to injuries or damage caused  
by battery explosion or damage to  
the electrical systems of both  
vehicles.  
in the wheel well.  
3. Secure the defective wheel with  
the wing nut.  
4. Depending on the tyre size, the  
floor cover can be placed on the  
projecting wheel.  
Use jump leads with insulated  
terminals and a cross section of  
at least 16 mm2 (25 mm2 for  
diesel engines).  
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Do not disconnect the discharged  
vehicle battery from the vehicle.  
Switch off all unnecessary  
electrical consumers.  
Lead connection order:  
3. Allow both engines to idle for  
approx. 3 minutes with the leads  
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  
of your vehicle in the engine  
compartment.  
connected.  
4. Switch on the needed electrical  
consumers e.g. headlights,  
heated rear window.  
Do not lean over the vehicle  
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,  
transmission in neutral,  
automatic transmission in P.  
5. Reverse above sequence exactly  
when removing leads.  
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.