Operation Manual

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Practical hints
Jump starting
The starter battery is located on the right
side of the engine compartment.
왘 Make sure the two vehicles do not
touch.
왘 Turn off all electrical consumers.
왘 Apply the parking brake (컄 page 63).
왘 Make sure the gear selector lever is set
to position P (
컄 page 172).
왘 Open the hood (컄 page 282).
왘 Remove the red cover from positive ter-
minal on both vehicles (
컄 page 427).
1 Positive terminal of charged battery
2 Positive terminal of discharged battery
3 Negative terminal of discharged
battery
4 Negative terminal of charged battery
왘 Connect positive terminals 1 and 2
of the batteries with the red jumper
cable. Clamp cable to charged battery
first.
왘 Start the engine of the vehicle with the
charged battery and run at idle speed.
왘 Connect negative terminals 3 and 4
of the batteries with the black jumper
cable. Clamp cable to charged battery
first.
왘 Start the engine of the disabled vehi-
cle.
You can now turn on the electrical con-
sumers. Do not switch on the headlamps
under any circumstances.
왘 Remove the jumper cables first from
negative terminals 4 and 3 and then
from positive terminals 2 and 1.
You can now switch on the headlamps.
왘 Have the battery checked at the near-
est authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Warning! G
Keep flames or sparks away from battery.
Do not smoke.
Observe all safety instructions and precau-
tions when handling automotive batteries
(
컄 page 290).
!
Never invert the terminal connections.