Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 2007 Owners Manual User Manual

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Practical hints

Jump starting

The starter battery is located on the right
side of the engine compartment.

Make sure the two vehicles do not
touch.

Turn off all electrical consumers.

Apply the parking brake (

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

Remove the red cover from positive ter-
minal on both vehicles (

1 Positive terminal of charged battery
2 Positive terminal of discharged battery
3 Negative terminal of discharged

battery

4 Negative terminal of charged battery

Connect positive terminals

1 and 2

of the batteries with the red jumper ca-
ble. Clamp cable to charged battery

first.

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

Connect negative terminals

3 and 4

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

3 first.

Start the engine of the disabled vehi-
cle.

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

Remove the jumper cables first from
negative terminals

4 and 3 and then

from positive terminals

2 and 1.

You can now turn on the lights.

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

Warning!

Keep flames or sparks away from battery.

Do not smoke.

Observe all safety instructions and precau-

tions when handling automotive batteries

Never invert the terminal connections.