Lancia THESIS CONNECT Owner's Handbook Manual - 302

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IF BATTERY IS TO BE DISCONNECTED

Battery is housed on the left side of

the luggage compartment, protected

by cover B (fig. 79). To remove cover

unscrew knob A.

DISCONNECTING THE 

LOADED BATTERY

Should the charged battery be dis-

connected (e.g. during a car inactivity

time) perform these operations in the

given order:

1) Depress the push button on the

central console or on the remote con-

trol to open the boot. 

2) Depress manually the inside hook

A (fig. 80) of the boot lock, and push

it back completely until the recall

electric travel is activated. 

3) Remove the cover and disconnect

battery terminals. 

4) Fully turn anti-clockwise the key

into the outside bonnet lock to pull

out the locking hook (fig. 81).

5) If necessary, it is now possible to

fully close the boot, leaving the bat-

tery disconnected. 

6) When the battery it to be con-

nected again, to open the bonnet, fully

fig. 79

L0A0030b

fig. 80

L0A0332b

turn the key anticlockwise in the lock,

and at the same time slightly press the

lower edge of the number plate holder

to reduce operation effort (fig. 81).

7) Connect battery terminals and as-

semble the cover again. 

8) Depress push button A (fig. 81)

to restore normal lock operation. 

9) Normally close the boot without

slamming it down; the lock electric

servo control will fully lock it. 

10) Perform the initialisation of the

door lock, air conditioner and ESP

system control units, described below.

fig. 81

L0A6022b