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Warning!
Keep flames or sparks away from battery.
Do not smoke.
Observe all safety instructions and precau-
tions when handling automotive batteries
( page 266).
The battery is located in the trunk on the
right hand side underneath the luggage
box ( page 325). Only jump start the ve-
hicle from the battery in the trunk.
Make sure that the two vehicles do not
touch.
Turn off all electrical consumers.
Apply parking brake.
Shift selector lever to position P.
G
1 Positive terminal of charged battery
2 Positive terminal of discharged battery
3 Vehicle ground
4 Negative terminal of charged battery
Connect positive terminals 1 and 2 of
the batteries with the jumper cables.
Clamp cable to charged battery 1 first.
Start engine of the vehicle with the
charged battery and run at idle speed.
Connect negative terminal 4 of the
charged battery and vehicle ground 3
(lock ring of the trunk lid lock) in the
trunk with the jumper cable. Clamp ca-
ble to charged battery 4 first.
Practical hints
Jump starting
Start the engine of the disabled vehi-
cle.
i
The message
Malfunction - electric
consumers switched off
may appear
in the instrument cluster. It will disap-
pear as soon as the battery is suffi-
ciently charged.
Now you can again turn on the electrical
consumers. Do not turn on the lights under
any circumstances.
Remove the jumper cables first from
vehicle ground 3 and negative
terminal 4 and then from positive
terminals 1 and 2.
Have the battery checked at the next
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
!
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
Do not tow-start the vehicle.
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