water
.Consult adoctor if
necessary. Wear eye protection.
Keep children away.
Observe this Owner's Man-
ual.
H
Environmenta
lnote
Do not dispos eofbatteries in th ehousehold
rubbish. Dispose of defectiv ebatteries in an
environmentally responsible manner .Take
them to aMercedes-Ben zServic eCentre or
to as pecial collection poin tfor old batteries. G
Risk of injury
For safet yreasons ,Mercedes-Ben zrecom-
mends that you only use batteries which have
been tested and approved for your vehicle by
Mercedes-Benz. These batteries provide
increase dimpac tprotection to prevent vehi-
cle occupant sfroms ufferin gacid burns
should th ebattery be damaged in th eevent
of an accident.
To prevent acid burns, observe th efollowing
safet ynotes when handling batteries:
R do not lean over th ebattery.
R do not place any metal object sonabattery.
Otherwise, you could cause ashor tcircuit
and th ebattery's gas mixtur ecould ignite.
R mak esure that you do not create an elec-
trostatic charge, e.g .bywearingsynthetic
clothin gorasar esult of frictio nonfabrics.
Therefore, you should not pull or slide the
battery over carpet sorother synthetic
materials. R
never touc hthe battery first. To discharge
ap ossible electrostatic charge, step out of
th ev ehicle firs tand touc hthe bodywork.
R do not wipe th ebattery using acloth. The
battery may explode as aresult of electro-
static charge or due to flyin gsparks.
! Before loosening th eterminal clamps of
th eb attery, switch off th eengine and
remove th ekey or, on vehicles with KEY-
LESS-GO*, mak esure that th eignitio nis
not switche don. In th einstrumen tcluster,
all of th eindicator lamps must be out. Oth-
erwise ,you may destroy electronic compo-
nents ,such as th ealternator.
i Mercedes-Ben zrecommend sthaty ou
have work involvin gthe battery, e.g.
removal, charging and replacement, car-
ried out at aqualified specialist workshop,
e.g .aM ercedes-Ben zServic eCentre.
Installation location of th ebattery Your vehicle is equipped with
abattery in the
engine compartment. It is located on th efront
bulkhead under th efilter box on th eright-
hand side of th evehicle when viewed in the
directio noftravel. 0046
Battery
0047 Positive terminal
008A Negative terminal
0088 Breather hose 274
BatteryPractical advice
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