1996 Buick Century Owner's Manual

2.3.Get the vehicles close enough so the jumper cablescan reach, but be sure the vehicles aren’t touchingeach other. If they are, it could cause a groundconnection you don’t want. You wouldn’t be able tostart your Buick, and the bad grounding coulddamage the electrical systems.Turn off the ignition on both vehicles. Unplugunnecessary accessories plugged into the cigarettelighter. Turn off all lamps that aren’t needed as wellas as radios. This will avoid sparks and help saveboth batteries. In addition, it could save your radio!NOTICE:4. Open the hoods and locate the batteries.IFind the positive (+) and negative (-) terminals oneach battery.ACAUTION:An electric fan can start up even when the engineis not running and can injure you. Keep hands,clothing and tools away from any underhoodelectric fan.If you leave your radio on, it could be badlydamaged. The repairs wouldn’t be covered byyour warranty.5-3