User Manual - Page 235

For 2004 MAZDA 3.

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7-18
In Case of an Emergency
Emergency Starting
Form No. 8S18-EA-03I
1. For vehicle equipped with the engine
cover, remove the engine cover.
2. Remove the battery cover from its front
side.
3. Make sure the booster battery is 12 V
and that its negative terminal is
grounded.
4. If the booster battery is in another
vehicle, don’t allow the vehicles to
touch. Turn off the engine of the
vehicle with the booster battery and all
unnecessary electrical loads in both
vehicles.
5. Connect the jumper cables in the exact
sequence as in the illustration.
• Connect one end of a cable to the
positive terminal on the discharged
battery (1).
• Attach the other end to the positive
terminal on the booster battery (2).
• Connect one end of the other cable
to the negative terminal of the
booster battery (3).
• Connect the other end to a solid,
stationary, exposed metallic point
(for example, the right hand side
engine mounting bolt) away from
the discharged battery (4).
Connect cables in numerical order and disconnect in reverse order.
Jumper cables Discharged
battery
Booster battery
Battery cover
J48C_8S18-EA-03I_Edition1.book Page 18 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 8:51 AM
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