How to Jump Start Your Mazda

CMH Mazda Hatfield would like to inform you to inform you on How To Jump Start Your Mazda as jump-starting is dangerous if done incorrectly. Please follow the procedure carefully, and if you are unsure, we recommend that you have one of our competent service technicians assist.

Warning!

Don’t allow the positive (+) terminal to make contact with any other metal object that could cause sparks.
Keep all flames, including cigarettes, and sparks away from open battery cells.
Connect the negative (-) lead to a good ground point away from the battery.
Route the jumper leads away from moving engine parts.

To jumpstart your Mazda’s battery, you will need a set of jumper cables and another running vehicle to provide energy. Once you found those, the steps to jumpstart your Mazda battery are:

Have the running vehicle park facing your Mazda, switch both the vehicles engines off and engage there parking brakes (handbrake).
Open the bonnets/hoods and locate the batteries.
Find the positive (+) and negative (-) terminals.
Connect the red jumper cable clamp to the positive (+) on the dead battery first.
Connect the other red clamp to the positive terminal on the charged battery.
Then, connect the black jumper cable clamp to the negative (-) on the charged battery.
Finally, ground the last black clamp to an unpainted metal surface of the car.
Start the engine of the vehicle with the charged battery; run the engine for a few minutes, then start the engine of your Mazda.
Once your Mazda has been jumped, remove the jumper cables in reverse order: grounded clamp, black clamp, red clamps.
Run your Mazda’s engine for at least 30 minutes to give the battery sufficient time to recharge.