Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2018 Operating Instructions Manual page 302

300 Breakdown assistance
Vehicles with rear wheel drive
Vehicles with front wheel drive
If the vehicle is expected to be parked up or out
of use for over three weeks, disconnect the bat‐
teries. This will prevent battery discharge caused
by quiescent current consumers.
Vehicles with a battery main switch:
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switch off the main switch of the battery .
Vehicles without a battery main switch:
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switch off all electrical consumers.
Switch off the engine and the power supply.
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Remove the floor covering (
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Remove screws 1
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2 in the direction of the arrow.
The screws must protrude over the larger
recesses.
Remove battery cover
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page 299).
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and slide battery cover
2 upwards.
First loosen and remove the negative terminal
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clamp on the battery so that the clamp is no
longer in contact with the terminal.
Remove the positive terminal clamp cover.
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Loosen the positive terminal clamp and fold it
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up to the side, together with the prefuse box.
Removing/fitting the starter battery
Vehicles with rear wheel drive: removing the
starter battery
Disconnect the starter battery (
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Remove breather hose
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bracket from the connection on the degassing
cover.
page 299).
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1 with the connector