2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE battery

496 Practical advice
Batteries
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Have the ba tter ies charged at a qualifi ed
speciali st workshop. Mercedes-Benz recom-
me nds that you use a Mercedes-Benz Servi ce
Ce ntre for this purpose .If yo u are charging the
bat teries yourself, observe the opera ting inst ruc-
ti ons for you rbatte ry charge r.
! Onlyus e ba tter y ch arge rs with ama ximum
vo ltage of 14.8 V. Sta
rter battery
6 Make sure that the battery charger is
swi tche doff and connec tit to the ter-
mi nals on the star ter battery .Observe
the note sin the oper ating inst ruc tions
fo r the battery charger wh endoing so.
6 Refitt he charged sta rterbatter yand
fo ld the bar do wn. 6
Fit the st arte r battery inthe engine
co mp artment.
6 Fold the retainer down.
! Makesure that the ba seplate and the ba t-
te ry sec uring rings are fit tedse cu rely.
! Alway sconnect the ba ttery in theord erde-
scribed below. Nev erswap thete rminal clam ps.
You may ot herwise dam ageth ev ehicle elec tron-
ics. Rec
onne ctingt he starter battery
6 Make sure that the consu mer batter yis
fi tted andc onnecte dco rrectly in the
boot.
6 Turn the key to position0 in theignition
lo ck andrem ove it.
6 Connect the pos itiv e ter minalcl amp
an dse cur ethe cov er.
6 Connect th ene gative termina lcl am p.
6 Fit the bre athe rhose.
! Makesure that a cellca p is fitte dbet ween
th e ba tter y and thebreat herh ose.
6 Switch ontheigni tion.
6 Startthe engine.
6 Check the vehicle func tio ns. G
Riskofacid bu rns There is a
risk of ac idbu rnsdu ring the
ch argin gp roce du re due to th ega sesw hich
es cap e from the battery. Do not leanover
th eba tter ywhen it isbe ing char ged. Fitting
thestarter battery Re
conn ecting the battery G
Risk of accident Do
not drive unle ssthec onsu merbatt eryis
fitted and conne cted correc tly.
Ha ve wo rkcarrie dout on the consu merbat-
tery at aqualifie dspecial istw orks hop, e.g. a
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Practical advice
Jum p-starting
If the starter battery is disc harged and the
ve hicle do es not star t, the engine can be
ju mp -starte dfrom another vehi cle using
ju mp leads. Obse rve the followi ngpoints:
! Conn ectthe jump lead dire ctly to the
te rmina lsh oe on the sta rter battery.
! Jump -starti ngmust onl ybe perform ed
wh en thee nginea nd cataly tic co nvert-
er ar eco ld.
! Do not star tt he engi neif the battery
has froze n.Thaw the battery out first.
! Jump -starti ngma yonlybe per form ed
fr om 12 Vbatter ies.
! Onlyuse jump leads which ar eprote ct-
ed against pol arity reversa lan d which
hav ea suff icientcros s-sect ion an din-
su lated termina lcla mp s.
i Jump leads which are protect edagainst
polar ity re ve rsal and furt her information about
ju mp-starting canbe ob tained from any
Me rcedes-Benz Service Centre ,fo rex ample.
! Avoid repea ted and lengt hystarting at-
temp ts.On lyperfor mjump -startin gon the ba t-
te ry in the engine comp artme nt. !
Never st artthev ehicle usingar apid batte ry
charge r.
6 Makesure tha t thetwo vehicle sdo not
tou ch.
6 Secure the vehicle usin gthe electric
pa rki ng brake andmo ve the trans mis-
si on select or lever to P.
6 Switchof fall electri calcons umers. 1
Negative termina lof own vehicle
2 Negative term inal of donor batt ery
3 Positive termina lof donor battery
4 Pos itiv et erminal of own vehicle
6 Run the other vehicl e’sen gine at idling
sp ee d.
6 Connect pos itiv e te rm inals 3and 4
of the two batter ieswith the jump lead .
Connect to batt ery4 ofyour own ve-
hicle firs t.
6 Connect on een d of the jump lead sto
ne gative terminal 2of the donor bat-
tery and th eoth erend 1toasuit able
ea rth po inton theve hicle. Ju
mp -sta rting Jum
p-st ar ting G
Risk ofacid bu rns Do
not lean over the battery wh ile th ee n-
gi ne is bei ngjum p-starte d. G
Risk of explos ion Avoid
crea ting sp arks. Keep naked flam es
away from theba tter y, and donot smo ke.
Co mp ly with saf etypr ec aution sand take
protec tive me asure swh en han dlingb atte r-
ies ( =page 493). P54.10-2705-31
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Practical advice
Towing
Observe the le galrequ iremen tsfor the
countr yconc erne dw hentow ing.
Having th evehicl eca rried away on a tran s-
po rter ortrailer is prefer able totowing it.
We reco mm end the use of a rigid towing
ba rif tow ing is ne cessar y. !
Makesure that theelec tric parkin gbr ak eis
released. If the ele ctric parking brake is fault y,
release the elec tric parking brake manually
(= page 472).
! Whentowing, pull away slowly and smoot h-
ly .Too much trac tive force could dam age eit her
of theve hicles. Donot use theto wi ng eye for re-
co very purposes.
! Youm ayonly to wthev ehicle a max imum
dis tance of50 km.A max imum towing speed of
50 km /hmustnotbe ex ceede d.
Th e propeller shaft sto the driven axles mustbe
remov edifto wi ng for more than 50 km.
! Inserttheke yin to thei gn ition loc k under-
neat hth eK EYLESS GObutton on vehic leswi th
KEYLESS GO. Tu rnthe key toposition 2in the
ignition lo ckand shift the au tomatic trans mis-
sio nto N.The nturnth e ke yto pos ition 0again
and leave itin the ignitio n. Befo
re towing the vehi cle, ma kesure that
the ba ttery is conne cted andch arge d.Oth-
er wi se:
! you cannot swi tchon the ignition
! you cannot shift the tr ansm issi on to N
us ingt he selec torle ver
Yo u wil lhave to use the ignition lock under-
neath the KEYLESS GO* buttonon ve hicles
with KEYLE SSGO* (
=page 229).
To w-star ting the vehicle isnot permitted.
If the en gine does not star t, tr yjum p-star t-
ing it (
=page 497).
If it isnot possible to ju mp-start the veh i-
cle ,have it towed to the ne ares tqu alifie d
specialist worksho p,e.g. a Me rced es-Benz
Se rvice Centre.
If the vehicle has su ffer ed tran smission
dama ge, onl ytow itwith th eprope ller
sh aft disc onnec ted.
Th e ig nition mu stbe switche doff ifyo uare
towing the ve hicle with the front /reara xle
raised. Interventi onbyESP ®
cou ldoth er-
wi se damag eth e brak e system. To
wing G
Risk of accide nt Ha
ve the vehicle to wedus inga rigi dtowi ng
ba rif:
! theengine is not runn ing
! there is a brak esyst em ma lfun ction
! there is a malfun ction in the power sup-
pl yo rthe veh icle ’s electric alsyst em
The re is nopow erassista ncefor th esteer-
in ga nd theb rake syst emwhen the engine is
not running. Youwill then re quire consi dera-
bly morefor ce tostee ran dto brak e.
When to wing or tow- starti nganother vehi-
cl e, its weig htshou ldnot begrea ter than the
pe rmis sible gross weight of yo urvehicle
( = pa ge 518).
The transmission isin position Pwhen the
co nsum erbattery isno tco nnecte d. Poi
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