Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2008 Owners Manual User Manual

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Practical hints

Jump starting

The battery is located in the trunk under-
neath the luggage box (

jump start the vehicle from the battery in
the trunk.

Make sure the two vehicles do not
touch.

Turn off all electrical consumers.

Apply parking brake (

Make sure the gear selector lever is set
to position P.

Open the trunk.

1 Positive terminal of discharged battery
2 Negative terminal of discharged bat-

tery

3 Positive terminal of charged battery
4 Negative terminal of charged battery

Connect positive terminals

1 and 3

of the batteries with the jumper cable.
Clamp cable to charged battery

first.

Start engine of the vehicle with the
charged battery and run at idle speed.

Connect negative terminals

4 and 2

of the batteries with the jumper cable.
Clamp cable to charged battery

first.

Start the engine of the disabled vehi-
cle.

You can now turn on the electrical con-
sumers. Do not switch on the headlamps
under any circumstances.

Remove the jumper cables first from
negative terminals

2 and 4 and then

from positive terminals

1 and 3.

You can now switch on the headlamps.

Have the battery checked at the near-
est authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.

Never invert the terminal connections!