jump start terminals MERCEDES-BENZ CL-CLASS 2007 Owners Manual

662 Practical hints
Jump starting
Remove red cover from positive
terminal4.
Connect positive terminal3 of the
charged battery with positive
terminal4 of the discharged battery
with the jumper cable. Clamp cable to
charged battery3 first.
Connect negative terminal2 of
charged battery to jumper cables and
attach other end of the jumper cable
with the negative clamp1 to a suit-
able ground point on the vehicle.
Get into vehicle and start engine within
30 seconds.
If the starting attempt does not suc-
ceed:
Turn the SmartKey in starter switch
to position 0.
Take out the SmartKey.
Turn off engine of donor vehicle, re-
start it and let it run at idle speed
for several minutes.
Disconnect the jumper cable during
this time.
Reconnect jumper cable as de-
scribed before.
Restart engine.
While the engine is running, switch off
several electrical consumers such as
the blower.
Disconnect jumper cables first nega-
tive clamp1 from ground point and
negative terminal2, then from posi-
tive terminals4 and3.
Have the battery checked at the near-
est authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.!Never invert the terminal connections.

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