Curious if anyone has found the connections noted below from the Owners manual or, as I believe, this statement on Page 1-20 of the was just lifted from another manual and is incorrect. Some have said the plastic cover on the wire going to the front fuse panel is what they are referring to, however it is very difficult to remove and I am not convinced the wire size is designed to carry the current needed for the starter. Also there is no quality negative terminal. Other cars I have had with rear or rear seat battery locations made it clear where to put jumper cables by labeling the underhood connections. In addition the diagram of the underhood items does not mention these connctions. Putting jumper wires on the fus panel wire does also not look very safe.
From Page 1-20
Jump Starting the Battery
The battery is in the rear of the
vehicle. Access to the battery is not
necessary for jump starting. There
are remote positive (+) and negative
(−) terminals under the hood for this
purpose. See Battery on page 10-30
and Jump Starting on page 10-65.

 

It is on the end of the fuse box under the hood. Passenger side of car where the battery cable enters the fuse box. It is covered with a piece of plastic that flips out of the way.

 

I've looked at that connection. The plastic does not look like it is designed to flip out of the way. You can get it off with difficulty. Also would like conformation that the wire powering the fuse panel is large enough to go to the rear and then to the starter! Sure not as large as I installed on my pro street rod with an Optima in the right rear. The connection is also in a tight spot. Although I can find a ground, there is nothing large obvious. Would like a GM rep to confirm it is correct to use, as getting at the battery is a pain.

 

Interesting. Chevy Customer Service has tried to get an answer to my question from their resources. Initially instead of a response to page 1-20 referring to under hood connections they returned and referenced 10-56 that discusses connecting to the battery with no reference to under hood connections. When I pressed about the accuracy of the statement on 1-20 and if it was, where are they (both positive and negative) they were told "yes" with no mention of where they are!
Looking at the connection going to the front fuse panel, the difficulty of getting the plastic cover off, the tightness of the area, no marking as to use for jump starting and most of all the small size of the wire, I question if that is the proper spot! Also no quality ground is obvious. In my '34 Pro Street Rod with a 502/502 Chevy engine, that I wired, I used a 2/0 welding cable to go from the right rear battery location to the starter. Starters can draw over 200 amps. The wire going to the C7 front fuse panel is not even close in size!
Have asked the service manager of a dealer who sells lots of Vettes if he can define where the under hood connections are, if they exist! Will see what he says.

 

I'm another owner who is confused about where to jump start the car. Jumping at the battery is inconvenient at best. I can see the pos and neg cables under the fuse box, but can't figure out how to move to out of the way. Just for your information, you can connect a battery tender plugged into the assessory connection in the trunk.

 

Jerry, not sure about the cable size and jumping the battery from the remote positive terminal. But I do plan to power my curb alert off that terminal. After way tooo long I figured out that the positive terminal cover, just behind the fuse box can be opened pretty easy. Use a small screwdriver gently pry the cover from the bottom towards the windshield. The tab will pop and the cover can be rotated up and toward the engine. I can't see that I would use this for a jump.
BTW been on your sight great write-ups.
Thanks
TRC7

 

From your comment, I decided to look at the 2013 Z06 Owners’ Manual to see what that said, since it also had a right rear battery location. The front of the manual had the exact same wording as the C7, i.e. you can access the terminals under the hood. However in the rear of the manual it had in a diagram of the locations in the engine compartment as well as instructions! It shows the positive terminal under the fuse panel cover, which is says to remove. It says the negative terminal is under the engine cover below the oil filler!
I just looked under the C7 front fuse panel and I could see no place to attach a positive connector jumper cable. In fact I could remove the front two cover clips but the back two are difficult so just tilted the panel cover to look in. Perhaps the plastic cover over the threaded power input connector, which some have said it the correct location, is the proper place for the positive terminal. I’m sure there is a place to find for a positive, if you remove the engine cover! Even the Z06 looks like they just connected it to a bolt head! Looks like a shade tree mechanic approach to me!
Bottom Line: If we are officially told those are the connections-it is just as easy, or easier, to get to the battery! It is easy enough to pop out the clips on the bottom of the right rear wheel cover, which makes removing enough carpet to access the battery terminals somewhat easier!
I assume if they felt the wire going to the Z06 front fuse panel was large enough perhaps the C7 one is as well. It is only energized for perhaps 15 seconds. Of interest, where the Z06 manual discusses and shows connecting under the hood, in a similar Owner’s Manual location, the C7 does not.

 

I too have tried to locate and access this "terminal". But I found it's much easier to access the battery in my vert.

 

I just looked at my C7 - as stated above the cover flips open. The cable going to it is easily heavy enough to jump the car if needed. Need to be realistic here - a C7 will likely need to be jumped only in a relatively warm weather situation where the battery died (either due to being an old battery or it was discharged due to time of inactivity or something left on). With that said, it will "jump" easily. It isn't as if the temperature is 20 degrees below. The location under the hood isn't super convenient but in my opinion easier than trying to cable into the rear battery location. For emergency use it would work.

 

It will work fine I've already used my c7 to jump one of our cars. It's really not that difficult to put jumper cables on. Good luck!

 

Please elaborate. Which way to pop out the clips. Up or out toward the left or what?

 

Which procedure did you use?

 

The plastic cover over the front fuse panel input power connector must be like the rubber seal on the hatch! Varies from car to car. Mine is hard to remove-takes a big screw driver and quite a bit of leverage! My hatch will also not close no matter how hard I try to slam it! It works fine if I have a door open-my solution!
I’ve been at my battery enough that I have loosened the carpet sufficiently to have access to it pretty easy now! I just pop the clips on the bottom of the right wheel cover. If I need a jump start or need to help someone, that will be my method.

 

Thanks. I have removed that cover but mine is a bit harder to come off. I also was looking for a place up front if I wanted to put on the curb alert. It is a good spot. Finally warming up so will install a skip shift elimiator today-will have more pics!