G
Risk of injury
There is ariskofa cidb urns whe njump-start-
ing avehicle du etothe gases which escape
from the battery .Donot lean over the battery
while the engine is being jump-started. G
Risk of explosion
Gases escaping from the battery during jump-
starting may cause mino rexplosions. Avoid
creating sparks. Kee pnaked flames away
from the battery ,and do not smoke.
Compl ywiths afety precautions and take pro-
tective measures whe nhandling batteries. You will find these under "Battery
"inthe
index.
X Make sure that the two vehicle sdonot
touch.
X Appl ythe parking brake firmly.
X Manual transmission: engage neutral.
X Automatic transmission*: shift the trans-
missio ntoposition P.
X Switch off al lelectrical consumers (e.g.
radio, blower, etc.).
X Ope nthe bonne t(Ypage 180). X
Slide cover 0046of positive terminal 0047in
the direction of the arrow .
X Connect positive terminal 0047on your vehi-
cle to positive terminal 008Aof dono rbattery
0087 using the jump lead ,beginning with your
ow nb attery.
X Start the engine of the dono rvehicle and
run it at idling speed.
X Connect negative terminal 0088of dono rbat-
tery 0087to earth point 0086of your vehicle
using the jump lead ,connecting the jump
lead to dono rbattery 0087first.
X Start the engine. X
First, remove the jump lead from earth
point 0086and negative terminal 0088,then
from positive terminal 0047and positive ter-
minal 008A,eacht ime disconnecting from the
battery on your ow nvehicle first.
X Have the battery checke dataqualified
specialist workshop, e.g. aMercedes-Benz
Service Centre. Jump-starting
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