Mercedes-Benz CLK-Coupe 2006 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 432)

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Practical hints
Jump starting
The battery is located on the right side of
the engine compartment. For jump start-
ing, use the terminals in front of the bat-
tery.
̈ Make sure the two vehicles do not
touch.
̈ Turn off all electrical consumers.
̈ Apply parking brake.
̈ Shift gear selector lever to position P.
̈ Open the hood ( ୴ page 308).
̈ Flip up cover from positive under hood
terminal
2 in front of the filter box
( ୴ page 427).
1 Positive terminal of charged battery
2 Positive under hood terminal in front of
discharged battery
3 Negative under hood terminal in front
of discharged battery
4 Negative terminal of charged battery
̈ Connect the positive terminal 1 of the
charged battery with the positive under
hood terminal
2 in front of the filter
box with the jumper cable. Clamp cable
to charged battery
1 first.
̈ Start engine of the vehicle with the
charged battery and run at idle speed.
̈ Connect the negative terminal 4 of
the charged battery with the negative
under hood terminal
3 in front of the
filter box with the second jumper cable.
Clamp the cable to the negative
terminal
4 of the charged battery
first.
̈ Start the engine of the disabled vehi-
cle.
You can now turn on the electrical con-
sumers. Do not turn on the lights under
any circumstances.
̈ Remove the jumper cables first from
the negative terminals
3 and 4 and
then from the positive terminals 2
and 1.
You can now turn on the lights.
̈ Have the battery checked at the near-
est authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Warning!
G
Keep flames or sparks away from battery.
Do not smoke.
Observe all safety instructions and precau-
tions when handling automotive batteries
( ୴ page 315).
!
Never invert the terminal connections.