Battery Cable: Service and Repair
REMOVAL1. Disconnect the battery cables.
1 Disconnect the battery ground cable.
2 Disconnect the battery to starter relay cable.
2. Remove the three battery cable wire harness pushpins.
3. Remove the nut and the chassis ground cable.
4. Raise and support the vehicle; refer to Maintenance/Service and Repair.
5. Remove the bolt, the frame ground cable, and the bracket.
6. Remove the bolt from the battery cable bracket.
7. Remove the battery ground cable nut from the starter motor stud and remove the battery ground cable.
8. Remove the starter motor wiring harness.
1 Remove the push-on electrical connector.
2 Remove the starter motor wiring harness to starter motor nut and wire.
^ Remove battery cable wiring harness.
INSTALLATION
1. Install the starter motor wiring harness.
1 Install the starter motor wiring harness to starter motor wire and nut.
2 Install the push-on electrical connector.
2. Install the battery ground cable to the starter motor stud and install the nut.
3. Install the battery cable bracket and the bolt.
4. Position the frame ground cable, bracket and install the bolt.
5. Lower the vehicle.
6. Install the chassis ground cable and the nut.
7. Install the three battery cable wire harness pushpins.
8. Connect the battery to starter relay cable and then connect the battery ground cable.
NOTE: When the battery is disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms may occur while the vehicle relearns its adaptive strategy. The vehicle may need to be driven to relearn the strategy.