Your vehicle is equipped with a second battery. Refer to
the following instructions when making use of it. After reading the following information,
keep it with your owner's manual for future reference.
- Disconnect the positive (+) battery cable at the primary underhood battery.
- Remove one nut from the junction block (located just inboard from the
primary battery on the radiator tie bar), and retain for use in step 3.
- Locate the lead from the auxiliary positive (+) battery cable and install
to the junction block. Reinstall the nut from step 2. Torque to 10.0 ±
2.0 N·m.
- At the auxiliary (rear) battery, locate the short positive (+) battery
cable.
- Remove the two nuts from the rear battery isolator posts and retain them
for use in Step 8.
- Attach the double-crimped positive (+) terminal to the top post of the
isolator.
- Attach the single terminal to the lower post of the isolator.
- Torque both nuts to 10.0 ± 2.0 N·m
- Affix the protective boots over the nuts.
- Secure the short auxiliary positive (+) battery cable to the auxiliary
battery. Torque to 15.0 ± 5.0 N·m.
- Attach the negative (-) battery cable to the battery and frame. Torque
at battery is 15.0 ± 5.0 N·m. Torque at frame is 10.0 ± 2.0 N·m.
- At the primary underhood battery, re-attach the positive (+) battery cable to
the primary battery. Torque to 15.0 ± 5.0 N·m.
During vehicle usage, obtain 12 volt electrical power from the available end
of the megafuse which is near the primary battery.