Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class 2007 Owners Manual User Manual

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Practical hints

Jump starting

The battery is located on the right side of
the engine compartment. For jump start-
ing, use the terminals in front of the bat-
tery.

Make sure the two vehicles do not
touch.

Turn off all electrical consumers.

Apply the parking brake (

୴

page 59).

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

Open the hood (

Flip up cover from positive under hood
terminal

2 in front of the filter box

(

୴

page 448).

1 Positive terminal of charged battery
2 Positive under hood terminal in front of

discharged battery

3 Negative under hood terminal in front

of discharged battery

4 Negative terminal of charged battery

Connect the positive terminal

1 of the

charged battery with the positive under
hood terminal

2 in front of the filter

box with the jumper cable. Clamp cable
to charged battery

1 first.

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

Connect the negative terminal

4 of

the charged battery with the negative
under hood terminal

3 in front of the

filter box with the second jumper cable.
Clamp the cable to the negative
terminal

4 of the 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
the negative terminals

3 and 4 and

then from the positive terminals

and

You can now switch on the headlamps.

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

Never invert the terminal connections.