#
Alwaysta ke car eto conn ectonlybatt ery
te rm inals ofidentical polaritywhen jump
st ar ting ave hicle. #
Duringstar tin gassis tance, itis ess entia l
to obser vetheseq uence describedfor
conn ectingand discon nectingthe
jum per cable s. #
Donotco nnec tor dis connec tth ebat-
te ry term inals while theengine isrun-
ning. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion duetoamix-
tur eof explosiv ega ses
A mixtu reofexplosiv ega ses can escape from
th ebatt erydur ing chargin gand jump star tin g. #
Fire ,open 0ames, smokingand creati ng
spar ksmust beavo ided. #
Mak esur eth at ther eis su1cien tve ntila -
tion. #
Donotst and overth ebatt ery. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion from afrozen
batt ery
A disc hargedbatt eryma yfreeze attemp era-
tur es slightl yabo veorbelo wfreezin gpoint.
Dur ingstar ting assist anceorbatt erych argin g,
batt eryga scan bereleased. #
Alwaysallo wabatt eryto thaw before
ch argin git or per form ing star ting assis -
ta nce. If
th eindicat or/warning lampsintheins trument
clust erdo notlight upatlow temp eratur es,itis
ve ry likelyth at thedisc hargedbatt eryhas frozen.
In this case youma yneit her jump-st artth eve hi-
cle nor charge thebatt ery.
The service life of abat tery that has been thawe d
ma ybe dramaticall yshor tened. Thestar ting char-
act eristics maybe impair ed,especi allyat low
te mp eratur es.
It is recommen dedthat youha ve ath awe dbatt ery
ch eckedat aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. All
v All
vehicle s ehicle
s
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag ecaused bynume rous or
ex tended attem ptsto star tth eengine Numer
ousorextended attem ptsto star tth e
engine maydamag eth ecat alytic converter
due tonon-c ombusted fuel. #
Avoid numer ousand extended attem pts
to star tth eengine. Obser
vethefo llo wing points during star ting assis -
ta nce and when chargin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse undamag edjum per cables/c harging
cables withasu1cient cross-section and
insulat edterm inal clam ps.
R Non-in sulatedpar tsof thete rm inal clam ps
must notcome intocont actwithot her metal
par tswhile thejum per cable/c harging cable
is connect edtothebatt ery/jum p-startcon-
nection point.
R The jumper cable/c harging cable mustnot
come intocont actwithan ypar tswhic hma y
mo vewhen theengine isrunning. 304304
Br
eak down assist anc e
R
Alwaysmak esur eth at nei ther younor thebat-
te ry iselectr ostaticall ych arge d.
R Keep awa yfrom /reand open 0ames.
R Donotlean overth ebatt ery.
Obser vetheadditional follo wing points when
ch argin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse batterych arge rs tested and
ap pro vedfo rMer cedes-Benz.
R Read thebatt erych arge r's oper ating instruc-
tion sbef orech argin gth ebatt ery.
Obser vetheadditional follo wing points during
st ar ting assist ance:
R Startin gassis tance mayonl ybe prov ided
using vehicles, batteries orother jump star t
de vice swit hanomi nalvoltag eof 12 V.
R The vehicles mustno tto uc h. SS
t t
ar ar
ting assist ting
assist anceandc ance
andchar har
ging t ging
the 12 Vbatt he
12 Vbatt ery er
y #
Onlyha ve star ting assist an ce pro vided bya
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop, e.g.an aut hor -
ize dMer cedes- BenzCen ter. #
Onlyha ve thebatt erych arge dat aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop, e.g.an aut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCen ter. RR
eplacing t eplacing
the 12 Vbatt he
12 Vbatt ery er
y #
Onlyha ve thebatt eryre placed ataqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop, e.g.at an aut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCen ter. TT
o o
w st w
star ar
tin gor to ting
ortowing away wing
away OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the per he
per mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods hods
*
N NO O
TE TE
Damag efrom automati cbr aking If
one ofthefo llo wing functions isswitc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omati callyin cer tain
situations:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD function
R ActivePa rking Assist To
avoid damag eto theve hicle, deactivat e
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar situa-
tions: #
Duringtowing #
Inacar wash Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dstranspor tingyo ur
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rather than
to wing itawa y.
Fo rto wing ,use ato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axles onthegr ound. Donotuse tow bar systems.
If yo uno tice that theve hicle haslostcoolan t,do
no tha ve itto we daw ay.Ha ve theve hicle transpor -
te dins tead.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetotow-
ing awa yin cor rectl y #
Obser vetheinst ruction sand noteson
to wing away. Br
ea kd ow nas sist anc e
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