Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2006 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 457)

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Practical hints
Jump starting
̈ 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.
Now you can again turn on the electrical
consumers. Do not turn on the lights under
any circumstances.
̈ Remove the jumper cables first from
negative terminals
2 and 4 and then
from positive terminals 1 and 3.
Now you can turn on the lights.
̈ Have the battery checked at the near-
est authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
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.
!
Do not tow-start the vehicle.
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