Electrical Fuses; Transporting The Vehicle; Tow-Starting - Mercedes-Benz A-Class Series Owner's Manual

Vehicles with manual transmission:
X
depress the clutch pedal.
Shift to neutral.
X
or
Vehicles with AUTOTRONIC: shift AUTO-
X
TRONIC to position N.
Release the brake pedal.
X
Release the parking brake.
X

Transporting the vehicle

The towing eyes or trailer tow hitch can be
used to pull the vehicle onto a trailer or trans-
porter if you wish to transport it.
Vehicles with manual transmission:
X
shift to neutral.
Vehicles with AUTOTRONIC: turn the key
X
to position 2 in the ignition lock.
Move the selector lever to N.
X
As soon as the vehicle is loaded:
Prevent the vehicle from rolling away by
X
applying the parking brake.
Vehicles with manual transmission:
X
shift to first gear or reverse gear.
Vehicles with AUTOTRONIC: move the
X
selector lever to position P.
Turn the key in the ignition lock to position
X
0 and remove the key from the ignition
lock.
Secure the vehicle.
X
! Only lash the vehicle down by the wheels
or wheel rims, not by parts of the vehicle
such as axle or steering components. Oth-
erwise, the vehicle could be damaged.
Tow-starting (emergency engine
starting)
When tow-starting, it is important that you
observe the safety instructions (
and the legal requirements in each respective
country.
! Vehicles with AUTOTRONIC must not be
tow-started. Otherwise, you could damage
AUTOTRONIC.
Before tow-starting the following conditions
must be fulfilled:
the battery is connected.
R
the engine has cooled down.
R
the catalytic converters have cooled down.
R
Switch on the hazard warning lamps
X
( page 85).
Y
Fit the towing eye (
X
Secure the rigid towing bar or the towing
X
rope.
Depress and hold the brake pedal.
X
Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition
X
lock.
Depress the clutch pedal and keep it
X
depressed.
Shift to neutral.
X
Release the brake pedal.
X
Tow-start the vehicle.
X
Engage second engage gear.
X
Release the clutch pedal slowly, do not
X
operate the accelerator pedal while doing
so.
The engine is started.
Depress the clutch pedal and shift to neu-
X
tral.
Stop at a suitable place.
X
Apply the parking brake.
X
Remove the rigid towing bar or towing rope.
X
Remove the towing eye (
X
Switch off the hazard warning lamps.
X

Electrical fuses

Important safety notes
The fuses in your vehicle serve to close down
faulty circuits. If a fuse blows, all the compo-
page 236)
Y
nents on the circuit and their functions stop
operating.
Electrical fuses
page 237).
Y
page 238).
Y
Z
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