Index Chrysler Chrysler TOWN & COUNTRY, VOYAGER, Dodge Caravan - service repair manual 2001-2007 year
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WARNING: DO NOT JUMP START WHEN MAINTE- WARNING: DO NOT ALLOW JUMPER CABLE CLAMPS TO TOUCH EACH OTHER WHEN CON- WARNING: DO NOT USE OPEN FLAME NEAR BAT- WARNING: REMOVE METALLIC JEWELRY WORN WARNING: WHEN USING A HIGH OUTPUT BOOST- WARNING: REFER TO INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED CAUTION: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PUSH OR TOW (1) Raise hood on disabled vehicle and visually inspect engine compartment for: • Battery cable clamp condition, clean if necessary. • Frozen battery. • Clear or bright color test indicator, if equipped. • Generator drive belt condition and tension. • Fuel fumes or leakage, correct if necessary. CAUTION: If the cause of starting problem on dis- (2) When using another vehicle as a booster source, park the booster vehicle within cable reach. (3) On disabled vehicle, place gear selector in park or neutral and set park brake. Turn off all accesso- (4) Connect jumper cables to booster battery. RED clamp to positive terminal (+). BLACK clamp to neg- end of cables to touch, electrical arc will result. (5) On disabled vehicle, connect RED jumper cable clamp to positive (+) terminal. Connect BLACK (6) Start the engine in the vehicle which has the booster battery, let the engine idle a few minutes, CAUTION: Do not crank starter motor on disabled (7) If engine does not start within 15 seconds, stop cranking engine and allow starter to cool (15 min- DISCONNECT CABLE CLAMPS AS FOLLOWS: • Disconnect BLACK cable clamp from engine ground on disabled vehicle. • When using a Booster vehicle, disconnect BLACK cable clamp from battery negative terminal. • Disconnect RED cable clamp from battery posi- tive terminal on disabled vehicle. Fig. 6 JUMPER CABLE CLAMP CONNECTIONS 1 - BATTERY NEGATIVE TERMINAL 0 - 16 LUBRICATION & MAINTENANCE RS JUMP STARTING (Continued) |