Tow Starting Or Towing Away; Towing Away The Vehicle - Mercedes-Benz E-Class Operator's Manual

304 Breakdown assistance
Connect positive terminal 2
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to the positive pole of the donor battery
using the jumper cable/charging cable.
Always begin with positive clamp
own vehicle first.
During the starting assistance proce‐
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dure: start the engine of the donor vehicle
and run at idle speed.
Connect the negative pole of the donor vehi‐
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cle and ground point 3 of your own vehicle
by using the jumper cable/charging cable.
Begin with the donor battery first.
During starting assistance: start the
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engine of your own vehicle.
During the charging process: start the
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charging process.
During starting assistance: let the engines
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run for several minutes.
During starting assistance: before discon‐
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necting the jumper cables, switch on an elec‐
trical consumer on your own vehicle, e.g. the
rear window heater or the lighting.
on your vehicle When the starting assistance/charging process
is complete:
First, remove the jumper cables/charging
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2 on your
cables from ground point
tive pole of the donor battery, then from pos‐
itive terminal
donor battery. Begin each time with the con‐
tacts on your own vehicle first.
After removing the jumper cables/charging
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cables, close cover
2.
You can obtain further information on starting
assistance at any qualified specialist workshop.

Tow starting or towing away

Towing away the vehicle

Mercedes-Benz recommends transporting your
vehicle in the case of a breakdown, rather than
towing it away.
3 and the nega‐
2 and the positive pole of the
1 of positive terminal
* NOTE Damage to the vehicle due to tow‐
ing away incorrectly
Observe the instructions and notes on
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towing away.
Permitted towing methods
Vehicles with transmission damage must be
R
transported ( page 306).
→
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
R
only with both axles on the ground.
4MATIC vehicles: only with both axles on
R
the ground.
& WARNING Risk of accident due to limi‐
ted safety-related functions during the
towing process
Safety-related functions are limited or no lon‐
ger available in the following situations:
the ignition is switched off.
R
the brake system or power steering sys‐
R
tem is malfunctioning.