#When givingstartin gassis tance, al ways
mak esuret hat youo nly connec tbat‐
te ry term inals wit hidentical polarity.
#During startin gassis tance, youm ust
observ ethe described order forc on‐
necting and disconnecting thej umper
cables.
#Do no tconnect or disconnect theb at‐
te ry cla mp sw hile thee ngine is running.
&
WARNING Risk ofexplosion during
ch argingp rocess and startin gassis tance
During thec harging process and starting
assis tance, theb atter ymayrelease an explo‐
siv eg as mixture.
#Avoid fire ,o pen flames,c reating spar ks
and smoking.
#Mak esuret hat ther eiss ufficient venti‐
latio ndurin gthe chargingp rocess and
during startin gassis tance.
#Do no tlea no verab atter y.
Ifth ei ndicator/warning lamps in thei nstrument
clus terdon otlight up at lo wtemperatures, it is
ve ry likel ythat thed ischar gedb atter yhas fro‐
zen.
& WARNING Risk ofexplosion from afro‐
zen battery
Ad ischar gedb atter ymayfreeze at temp era‐
tures slightl yabove or belo wfreezing point.
During startin gassis tance or batter ycharg‐
ing, batter ygas ma ybereleased.
#Alwayst hawaf roze nb atte ryout firs t
befor echarging it or per form ing start‐
ing assis tance.
The service li feof ab atter ythat has been
th awe dmaybe dramaticall yshor tened.
It is recommended that youh ave athawe db at‐
te ry checkedataq ualified specialis tworks hop. All
vehicles
* NO
TEDama gecaused bynumerouso r
ex tende dattem ptstos tart thee ngine
Nume rous or extende dattem ptstos tart the
engine ma ydamag ethe catalytic con verter
due tonon-combu sted fuel.
#Av oid numerous and extende dattem pts
to star tt he engine.
Obser vethef ollowing points during starting
assis tance and when chargingt he battery:
ROnlyuse undamaged jumper/charging
cables wit hasufficient cross-section and
insula tedt erminal clamps.
RNon- insulated parts of thet erminal clamps
mus tnotcom eintoc ontact wi thother me tal
parts while thej umper/charging cable is
connected totheb attery/jump-s tart connec‐
tion point.
RThe jumper/charging cable mus tnotcome
int oc ontact wi thanyp arts whic hmaymo ve
when thee ngine is running.
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RAlwaysm akes uret hat neither youn orthe
batter yiselectrost aticallycharged.
RKeep away from fire and open flames.
RDo no tlean overthe batter y.
RWhencharging: onlyuse batter ychargers
te sted and appr ovedbyM ercedes-Benza nd
re ad theb atter ychar ger's operating instruc‐
tions befor echarging theb atter y.
Obser vethea dditional following point sduring
st artin gassis tance:
RSt artin gassis tance ma yonly be pr ovided
using batteries wit hanominal voltag eof
12 V.
RThe vehicles mus tnot to uch.
RGasoline engine: onlyaccep tstartin ga ssis‐
ta nce if thee ngine and exhaus tsystema re
cold.
#Secur ethe vehicle byapplying thee lectric
parking brake.
#Au tomatic transmission: shiftthet ransmis‐
sion toposition j.
#Makesuret hat thei gnition and all electrical
consumer sareswitched off.
#Open theh ood.
#Slide co ver1 of positiv eclamp 2onthe
jump-s tarting connection point in thed irec‐
tion of thea rrow .
#Connect positiv eclamp 2onyour vehicle to
positiv epole of thed onor batter yusing the
jumper/charging cable .Alway sb egin with
positiv eclamp 2onyour ow nv ehicle firs t.
#Du ring thes tarting assistance proce ‐
du re:st ar tt he engine of thed onor vehicle
and runati dles peed.
#Connect then egativ epole of thed onor bat‐
te ry and ground po int3 ofyour ow nv ehicle
by usingt he jumper/charging cable. Begin
wit hthe donor batter yfirst .
#Du ring starting assist ance:star tt he
engine of your ow nv ehicle.
#During thec hargingp roce ss: star tt he
ch argingp rocess.
#During starting assist ance:lett he engines
ru nf or se veralm inutes.
#During starting assist ance:beforediscon‐
necting thej umper cable, switc honanelec‐
trical consumer in your ow nv ehicle, e.g. the
re ar wind owheater or lighting.
When thes tartin ga ssis tance/charging process
is compl ete:
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