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To Jump Start A Disabled Vehicle:: Notes

  1. Raise hood on disabled vehicle and visually inspect engine compartment for:
    CAUTION: If the cause of starting problem on disabled vehicle is severe, damage to booster vehicle charging system can result.
    • Battery cable clamp condition, clean if necessary.
    • Frozen battery.
    • Yellow or white color test indicator, if equipped.
    • Generator drive belt condition and tension.
    • Fuel fumes or leakage, correct if necessary.
  2. When using another vehicle as a booster source, park the booster vehicle within cable reach. Turn off all accessories, set the parking brake, place the automatic transmission in PARK or the manual transmission in NEUTRAL and turn the ignition OFF.
  3. On disabled vehicle, place gear selector in park or neutral and set park brake. Turn off all accessories.
  4. Connect jumper cables to booster battery. RED clamp to positive terminal (+) or remote terminal. BLACK clamp to negative terminal (-). DO NOT allow clamps at opposite end of cables to touch, electrical arc will result. Review all warnings in this procedure.
  5. On disabled vehicle connect RED jumper cable clamp to positive (+) remote terminal. See Fig 1. Connect BLACK jumper cable clamp to engine ground.
    1. Pull the protective sleeve from the remote positive terminal labeled Position Jump Post Attachment.
    2. Connect RED jumper cable clamp to positive (+) remote terminal. See Fig 1.
    3. Connect BLACK jumper cable clamp to Negative Jump Post Attachment or engine ground as close to the ground cable attaching point as possible
  6. Start the engine in the vehicle which has the booster battery, let the engine idle a few minutes, then start the engine in the vehicle with the discharged battery.
    Fig 1: Positive Jumper Cable Clamp Connection
    GC0102536Courtesy of CHRYSLER LLC
    1 - BATTERY POSITIVE REMOTE TERMINAL
    CAUTION: Do not crank starter motor on disabled vehicle for more than 15 seconds, starter will overheat and could fail.
  7. Allow battery in disabled vehicle to charge to at least 12.4 volts (75% charge) before attempting to start engine. If engine does not start within 15 seconds, stop cranking engine and allow starter to cool (15 minutes), before cranking again.
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