Battery, Disconnecting And Connecting: Disconnecting

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Fig 1: Identifying Nut -1- & Remove Wind Deflector Mount -2-

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-- Turn off the ignition and remove the key.

-- Lift the luggage compartment floor and engage it on the body.

-- Remove the wind deflector from its mount.

-- Remove the nut -1- and remove the wind deflector mount -2-.

-- Open the cover -1- over the battery negative terminal.

Fig 2: Identifying Negative Terminal Cover

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-- Loosen the nut -3- several turns and remove the battery ground cable terminal -2- from the battery terminal.