Removing vehicle electrical system support battery
WARNING:
Working on 12 V electrical system.
Risk of short circuits! Risk of fire!
Risk of short circuits! Risk of fire!
- Make sure that there is no charger connected to the jump start terminal in the engine compartment.
- Detach battery ground lead from battery.
- For auxiliary batteries: Detach battery minus cables from all auxiliary batteries.
Preliminary work
- Refer to DISCONNECTING ALL BATTERY GROUND LEADS .
- Refer to REMOVING THE COVER OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT THE REAR LEFT .
- Refer to REMOVING LEFT AND RIGHT WIPER ARM .
- Refer to REMOVING THE COWL COVER .
- Refer to REMOVING TRAILING LINK AT SPRING BOLT .
WARNING:
Working on 12 V electrical system.
Risk of short circuits! Risk of fire!
Risk of short circuits! Risk of fire!
- Make sure that there is no charger connected to the jump start terminal in the engine compartment.
- Detach battery ground lead from battery.
- For auxiliary batteries: Detach battery minus cables from all auxiliary batteries.
- Detach the vent hose (1).
- Loosen the screw (2) and remove the battery carrier.
- Loosen the nut on the negative battery terminal (3).
- Detach the negative battery terminal (3) from the negative battery terminal.
- Put the battery ground lead to one side and secure it.
- Loosen the nut on the positive battery terminal (4).
- Detach the positive battery terminal (4) from the positive battery terminal.
WARNING:
Unprotected battery terminals.
Risk of short circuits! Risk of fire!
Risk of short circuits! Risk of fire!
- Cover the vehicle battery.
- Place the positive battery cable to one side and secure it.
- Removing the vehicle electrical system support battery (5).