491 Practical hints
Battery
3Battery cover mounting nuts
Using a 6 mm T-handle hex key (not
supplied with vehicle) with a minimum
shaft length of 12 in (30 cm), unfasten
and remove battery cover mounting
nuts 2 located at the floor carpet per-
foration.
Move the front passenger seat to the
most forward position (
page 43).
Switch off the ignition (
page 38).
Remove the SmartKey from the starter
switch.
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO*:
Make sure the vehicle’s on-board
electronics have status 0.
After turning off the engine with the
KEYLESS-GO start/stop button,
with the driver's door closed, the
starter switch is in position1. With
the driver’s door opened, the start-
er switch is set to position0, same
as SmartKey removed from starter
switch (
page 39).Step 3 (Disconnecting)
4Seat rail, rear
5Seat rail cover, rear
Pull seat rail cover 5 away from seat
rail 4 on both sides as indicated by ar-
rows.
Pull off seat rail cover 5 to the rear as
indicated by arrow.
