First: is it really the battery?

The 2027 Palisade owner's manual suggests a few quick checks when the engine will not start:

• Make sure the gear is in P (Park) or N (Neutral). The engine starts only in one of those positions.
• Turn on the interior light. If the light dims or goes out when you operate the starter, the battery is drained, and a jump start is the next step.
• Check the fuel level and add fuel if needed.

If the vehicle still does not start, the manual says to contact an authorized Hyundai dealer. It also warns against starting the vehicle by pushing or pulling it, which may overload the catalytic converter and damage the emission control system.

Safety warnings before you connect anything

The manual calls jump starting dangerous if done incorrectly, and says that if you are in doubt, have a service technician or towing service do it for you. Its warnings include:

• Wear eye protection designed to protect the eyes from acid splashes.
• Keep all flames, sparks and smoking materials away from the battery. Hydrogen is always present in battery cells, is highly combustible and may explode if ignited.
• Batteries contain sulfuric acid. If acid gets in your eyes, flush them with clean water for at least 15 minutes and get immediate medical attention.
• Do not try to jump start the vehicle if the battery is frozen.
• Use only a 12 V power supply (a battery or a jumper system).
• Do not try to jump start the vehicle by push-starting it.
• Keep batteries out of reach of children, and avoid fans and other moving parts in the engine compartment at all times, even when the vehicles are off.

How to jump start a Hyundai, step by step

These steps follow the jump starting procedure in the 2027 Palisade owner's manual:

1. Position the vehicles close enough for the jumper cables to reach. Do not let the vehicles touch.
2. Turn off all electrical devices such as the radio, lights and air conditioning. Put both vehicles in P (Park), apply the parking brakes and turn both vehicles off.
3. Open the hood. Identify the positive (+) and negative (-) terminals correctly to avoid a reverse-polarity connection.
4. Connect one jumper cable to the red, positive (+) battery terminal of your vehicle. Connect the other end of that cable to the red, positive (+) battery or jumper terminal of the assisting vehicle.
5. Connect the second jumper cable to the black, negative (-) battery or jumper terminal of the assisting vehicle. Connect the other end of the second cable to the chassis ground of your vehicle.
6. Start the assisting vehicle and let it run at about 2,000 RPM for a few minutes. Then start your vehicle.
7. Once your vehicle starts, disconnect in reverse order: first the cable from your vehicle's chassis ground and the assisting vehicle's negative (-) terminal, then the cable from the assisting vehicle's positive (+) terminal and your vehicle's positive (+) terminal.

The manual warns not to connect the second cable to the negative (-) terminal of the discharged battery, because a spark could cause the battery to explode. Do not let the cables touch anything except the correct terminals or the correct ground, do not lean over the battery while making connections, and avoid contact with the positive and negative cables while jump starting.

After the jump: how long to run it

From the Jump Starting and Battery sections of the 2027 Palisade owner's manual, text saved October 26, 2026; PDF link checked November 8, 2026.

Good to know

A few more points from the same manual:

Michigan City Hyundai service hours

From Michigan City Hyundai's website, November 8, 2026. The website lists Monday to Saturday service hours and none for Sunday. Holiday hours can differ.