Battery A, Charging
Oxyhydrogen gas escaping due to charging and degassing.
Risk of explosion
- Prevent generating sparks.
- Take care to avoid short circuits.
- No open fire.
- Do not smoke.
- No open flames.
- Discharge the static electricity, quickly touch the door striker.
- Only perform battery procedures in well-ventilated locations.
- Pay attention to the correct side of the bleed hole.
Risk of damaging the.
- Charging the Battery -A-, the resting voltage must not be lower than 11.6 V.
The Battery Monitoring Control Module -J367- will be called battery monitoring control module in the information that follows.
Battery -A- will be called battery in the information that follows.
For a battery to be indicated as severely discharged, the resting voltage must be less than 11.6 V.
Conditions
- The battery temperature must be at least 10 °C (50 °F).
-- Switch off the ignition and electrical equipment.
-- Place the vehicle key and other start authorization systems (such as smartphones) outside of the vehicle interior.
Danger of explosion when checking, charging or jump starting the battery.
- Do not check or charge a battery when the "ALI (Acid Level Indicator)" has no color or is bright yellow. Do not give a jump start.
-- Turn on the battery charger.
-- Adjust the charging mode.
Short circuit with ground possible.
Risk of explosion of the battery.
- Only use insulated terminal clamps.
-- Connect the red charging clamp "+" to the positive terminal.
-- Attach the black charging clamp "-" to the jump start terminal at vehicle ground.
End battery charging process
-- Turn off the battery charger.
-- Remove the black charging clamp "-" from the battery charger.
-- Remove the red charging clamp "+" from the battery charger.