2006 BMW M3 Owner's Manual - Page 143

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Receiving assistance Mobile Service* To establish contact with the BMW Group's Mobile Service: Press button 2 for at least 2 seconds. The indicator lamp above the buttons lights up. As soon as a telephone connection has been set up with the Mobile Service, the indicator lamp flashes. Depending on the country you are in, your vehicle's current location will also be transmitted if your vehicle is equipped with an activated BMW Assist function. Jump-starting When your battery is discharged, you can use two jumper cables to start your vehicle with power from the battery in a second vehicle. You can also use the same method to help start another vehicle. Use only jumper cables with fully insulated handles on the terminal clamps. Do not touch high-voltage wiring and cables on a running engine. Contact with components carrying high voltage can be harmful or fatal. Carefully observe the following instructions to avoid personal injury and/or damage to one or both vehicles.< 143 Connecting the jumper cables Be sure to connect the jumper cables in the right order; otherwise there is a risk of injury due to sparks being created near the battery.< The jump-starting terminal located in your BMW's engine compartment serves as the positive battery terminal; refer also to the engine compartment overview on page 120. The cover of this auxiliary terminal is marked with a +. 1. Open the cover of the BMW jumpstarting terminal. Do so by pulling the tab - see arrow 1 2. Connect one terminal clamp of the plus/+ jumper cable to the positive terminal of the battery or to a jumpstarting terminal in the donor vehicle Preparations 1. Check whether the battery of the support vehicle has 12 volts and approximately the same capacity - measured in Ah. This information is provided on the battery 2. Stop the engine of the support vehicle 3. Switch off all consumers in both vehicles. Make absolutely certain that there is no contact between the bodywork of the two vehicles, otherwise there is a short circuit hazard.< Online Edition for Part-No. 01 41 0 158 512 - © 09/04 BMW AG Index Data Repairs Maintenance Controls Overview

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Mobile Service*
To establish contact with the BMW
Group's Mobile Service:
Press button 2 for at least 2 seconds.
The indicator lamp above the buttons
lights up. As soon as a telephone con-
nection has been set up with the Mobile
Service, the indicator lamp flashes.
Depending on the country you are in,
your vehicle's current location will also
be transmitted if your vehicle is
equipped with an activated BMW Assist
function.
Jump-starting
When your battery is discharged, you
can use two jumper cables to start your
vehicle with power from the battery in a
second vehicle. You can also use the
same method to help start another
vehicle. Use only jumper cables with
fully insulated handles on the terminal
clamps.
Do not touch high-voltage wiring
and cables on a running engine.
Contact with components carrying high
voltage can be harmful or fatal.
Carefully observe the following instruc-
tions to avoid personal injury and/or
damage to one or both vehicles.
<
Preparations
1. Check whether the battery of the
support vehicle has 12 volts and
approximately the same capacity –
measured in Ah. This information is
provided on the battery
2. Stop the engine of the support vehi-
cle
3. Switch off all consumers in both
vehicles.
Make absolutely certain that there
is no contact between the body-
work of the two vehicles, otherwise
there is a short circuit hazard.
<
Connecting the jumper cables
Be sure to connect the jumper
cables in the right order; other-
wise there is a risk of injury due to
sparks being created near the battery.
<
The jump-starting terminal located in
your BMW's engine compartment
serves as the positive battery terminal;
refer also to the engine compartment
overview on page
120
. The cover of this
auxiliary terminal is marked with a +.
1. Open the cover of the BMW jump-
starting terminal. Do so by pulling the
tab – see arrow 1
2. Connect one terminal clamp of the
plus/+ jumper cable to the positive
terminal of the battery or to a jump-
starting terminal in the donor vehicle
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