Subaru Forester: Battery
- Before beginning work on or near any battery, be sure to extinguish all cigarettes, matches, and lighters.
Never expose a battery to an open flame or electric sparks.
Batteries give off a gas which is highly flammable and explosive.
- For safety, in case an explosion does occur, wear eye protection or shield your eyes when working near any battery. Never lean over a battery.
- Do not let battery fluid contact eyes, skin, fabrics, or paint because battery fluid is a corrosive acid. If battery fluid gets on your skin or in your eyes, immediately flush the area with water thoroughly.
Seek medical help immediately if acid has entered the eyes.
If battery fluid is accidentally swallowed, immediately drink a large amount of milk or water, and seek medical attention immediately.
- To lessen the risk of sparks, remove rings, metal watchbands, and other metal jewelry. Never allow metal tools to contact the positive battery terminal and anything connected to it WHILE you are at the same time in contact with any other metallic portion of the vehicle because a short circuit will result.
- Keep everyone including children away from the battery.
- Charge the battery in a wellventilated area.
- Battery posts, terminals and related accessories contain lead and lead compounds, chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and reproductive harm. Batteries also contain other chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer.
Wash hands after handling.
1) Cap
2) Upper level
3) Lower level
It is unnecessary to periodically check the battery fluid level or periodically refill with distilled water.
However, if the battery fluid level is below the lower level, remove the cap. Fill to the upper level with distilled water.
Never use more than 10 amperes when charging the battery because it will shorten battery life.
Rear window wiper blade rubber
1. Pull out the end of the blade rubber
assembly to unlock it from the plastic
support.
2. Pull the blade rubber assembly out of
the plastic support.
1) Metal spines
3. If the new blade ...
Fuses
Never replace a fuse with one having
a higher rating or with material
other than a fuse because serious
damage or a fire could result.
The fuses are designed to melt during an
overload to ...
See also:
Cornering light function
The cornering light function improves the illumination of the road over a wide
angle in the direction you are turning, enabling better visibility in tight bends,
for example. It can only be acti ...
Auto lamps windscreen wiper detection
If Auto lamps is selected and the windscreen
wipers are switched on for 20 seconds or
more, the side lamps, tail lamps and
headlamps will switch on automatically. When
the wipers are switched off, ...
Driving on Grades
Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear before starting down a long or steep downgrade.
If the transmission is not shifted down, the brakes might have to be used so much
that they would get hot and ...
