Owner's Manual - Page 226

For CIVIC HYBRID 2006.

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Start the vehicle. If the starter
motor still operates slowly,check
that the jumper cables have good
metal-to-metalcontact.
Keep the ends of the jumper cables
away fromeach other and any metal
on the vehicle until everything is
disconnected. Otherwise, you may
cause an electrical short.
If the booster battery is inanother
vehicle, have an assistant start
that vehicle andrun it at a fast idle.
Once your vehicle is running,
disconnect the negative cable from
your vehicle, then from the
boosterbattery.Disconnect the
positive cable from your vehicle,
then from the booster battery.
If your vehicle’s 12 volt battery is
disconnected or goes dead, the IMA
battery level gauge readingwill not
be correct the next time you turnthe
ignition switch to theON(II)
position. It will show less than the
actual leveltemporarily. It will show
the correct level after you drive for
at least 30 minutes.
Connect the second jumper cable
to the negative ( ) terminal on
theboosterbattery.Connect the
other end to the grounding strap
as shown. Do not connect this
jumper cable to any other part of
the engine.
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