Mercedes-Benz 2008 CLS 550 Operator's Manual page 425

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Practical hints
Jump starting
The battery is located in the trunk under-
neath the luggage box ( page 397). Only
jump start the vehicle from the battery in
the trunk.
Make sure the two vehicles do not
touch.
Turn off all electrical consumers.
Apply parking brake ( page 59).
Make sure the gear selector lever is set
to position P.
Open the trunk.
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1 Positive terminal of discharged battery
2 Negative terminal of discharged bat-
tery
3 Positive terminal of charged battery
4 Negative terminal of charged battery
Connect positive terminals 1 and 3
of the batteries with the jumper cable.
Clamp cable to charged battery 3
first.
!
Never invert the terminal connections!
Start engine of the vehicle with the
charged battery and run at idle speed.
Connect negative terminals 4 and 2
of the batteries with the jumper cable.
Clamp cable to charged battery 4
first.
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.
Remove the jumper cables first from
negative terminals 2 and 4 and then
from positive terminals 1 and 3.
You can now switch on the headlamps.
Have the battery checked at the near-
est authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.

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