To Jump Start A Disabled Vehicle:

Raise hood on disabled vehicle and visually inspect engine compartment for:

• Inspect the battery cable terminal clamps for damage. Replace any battery cable that has a damaged or deformed terminal clamp.
• Inspect the battery tray and battery hold down hardware for damage. Replace any damaged parts.
• Slide the thermal guard from the battery case, if equipped. Inspect the battery case for cracks or other damage that could result in electrolyte leaks. Also, check the battery terminal posts for looseness. Batteries with damaged cases or loose terminal posts must be replaced.
• Inspect the battery thermal guard for tears, cracks, deformation or other damage. Replace any battery thermal guard that has been damaged.
• Inspect the battery built-in test indicator sight glass (if equipped) for an indication of the battery condition. If the battery is discharged, charge as required. Refer to BATTERY, STANDARD PROCEDURE .
• Generator drive belt condition and tension.

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1. 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.
2. On disabled vehicle, place gear selector in park or neutral and set park brake. Turn off all accessories.
3. Connect jumper cables to booster battery. RED clamp to positive 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.
4. On disabled vehicle, connect RED jumper cable clamp (1) to positive (+) terminal (2). Connect BLACK jumper cable clamp to a good engine ground (exposed metal part of the discharged vehicle's engine) away from the battery and the fuel injection system.
5. 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.
   CAUTION:

   Do not crank starter motor on disabled vehicle for more than 15 seconds, starter will overheat and could fail.

6. 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 min.), before cranking again.